It is utterly impossible to locate the site of a street or house. The only remaining landmarks are the pond and the cemetery--the latter considerably enlarged by the addition of numerous German graves. Everywhere else nothing is to be seen, except heaps of stones and rubbish, beams, scrap-iron, and débris of all kinds. [Illustration: MONTAUBAN. WHERE THE CHURCH STOOD.] [Illustration] _At Montauban Church turn to the right. On leaving the village take the road on the left to =Carnoy=._ It was to the north of Carnoy that from September, 1914, to July, 1916, the front line became fixed. On July 1, 1916, the British set out from Carnoy to attack Montauban, in _liaison_ on their right with the French. _Outside Carnoy the road crosses a ravine_, in which runs the short Albert-Péronne railway, and passes a large cemetery on the left. _It next rises sharply to the Albert-Péronne road, which take on the right._ _Two kilometres beyond the fork, take the road to =Mametz=, on the right._ The village of Mametz (completely destroyed) was captured by the British on July 1, 1916, in spite of a desperate resistance. _In the village, take the road to =Fricourt= (1 km.), on the left._ Fricourt village was fortified by the Germans and formed part of their front line until July 1, 1916. [Illustration: CONTALMAISON. SITE OF THE DESTROYED CHURCH.] Rising in tiers on the brow of a hill, this village consisted of a continuous series of blockhouses and redoubts, with numerous machine-guns. Underneath the houses were deep, comfortable shelters, some of which were 45 feet deep. As was the case throughout the whole of the sector before Albert, Fricourt was the scene of violent mine warfare for many months. On various occasions sanguinary encounters took place for the possession of the mine-craters, but the front line trenches continued to occupy the same positions. The Germans kept the village, while the French clung to its south-western outskirts. [Illustration: CONTALMAISON. ENTRANCE TO THE CHÂTEAU. _The cellars were used as dressing stations._] It took the British no less than thirty-six hours of incessant fighting to carry it on July 2, 1916. 1,500 prisoners were taken. _Take the road to =Contalmaison= (3 km.), which branches off to the right at Fricourt._ Before entering the village notice the British cemetery on the left. The ancient market-town of Contalmaison was important, on account of its dominating position at the junction of several roads. Surrounded with redoubts and defended by the Prussian Guard, it was taken, then lost, on July 7, 1916. Attacked again from the south and west, it was finally carried on July 11, together with Mametz Wood, lying to the east. Contalmaison was completely destroyed. A few crosses mark the site of the church and cemetery. _Take the Boisselle road on the left, and, return to Amiens, via Albert, a short distance further on._ [Illustration: CONTALMAISON. BRITISH CEMETERY NEAR THE CHÂTEAU.] [Illustration]