_Continue to follow_ G. C. 48, _then take, on the right at the cross-roads_, G. C. 46 _leading to =Morsains= (56 km.). Arrived at the latter, turn to the right beyond the church. This road is the_ G.C. 47. _Cross through the village, and before arriving at Perthuis, turn to the left at the cross-roads. At Perthuis (58 km.) turn to the right, and, traverse the locality, turning again to the right on leaving it._ We thus leave the theatre of operations of the First French Corps and enter that of the Tenth Corps. On the right of the horizon may be seen the Forest du Gault, on the borders of which the Tenth Corps engaged furious combats with the Tenth German (Reserve) Corps. [Illustration: GRAVE IN A SAND-PIT] _On reaching =La Rue-le-Comte= (59½ km.) traverse it throughout, as also a level-crossing, in order to arrive at =Le Gault-la-Forêt= (60½ km.). Pass through it._ Several of its houses were burnt by the Germans, who also shot the old rural policeman. [Illustration: BATTLEFIELD OF CHARLEVILLE] _At the cross roads at the end of the village, turn to the right, then immediately afterwards to the left, going round the church. After reaching the hamlet of_ =Le Recoude= (63 km.), the western portion of which was damaged by bombardment, _turn to the left on entering and traverse the village from one end to the other_. [Illustration: CHARLEVILLE CHURCH] During the morning, on September 6, the left of the Tenth French Corps, after penetrating the Forest du Gault, reached the road which the tourist has been following between La Rue-le-Comte and Le Recoude. In the afternoon it was obliged to retire into the forest, but on the following day it attacked again, took numerous prisoners in the forest, and carried the line which it had occupied the day before. It was from this line that it set off on the 8th to continue its advance to the north-east. G. C. 47 _continues in the direction of Charleville. Before entering the village, stop the car at the mile-stone "6 km. 2," 20 yards before arriving at the first isolated house._ _Take on foot the path on the left, which leads_ to the grave seen in the photograph on p. 155, and which is about 150 yards distant. This grave made in a sand-pit contains the bodies of 180 officers and men who fell in the engagements at Charleville. 50 _yards further on_ may be seen from the path and to the left, the view shown in the photograph on p. 155. [Illustration: CHARLEVILLE CHURCH] The French occupied a trench dug under the line of trees seen on the left; the Germans were installed on the hills which shut in the horizon. It was only on September 8, after three days' fighting, that the 20th Division was able to dislodge the enemy from these slopes. _Return to the car and enter_ =Charleville= (66½ km.). The church, seen in the photographs on p. 155 and opposite, was much damaged by the German bombardment. _Walk round it, then enter._