SECOND DAY. THE VALLEY OF THE SOMME-COMBLES-PÉRONNE. _Leave Amiens by the Rue Jules Barmi (continuation of the Rue de Noyon), then, after passing the station, by the Chaussée Périgord and N. 35._ _After passing through Longueau, the road forms a double fork. Take the left-hand road in both cases. At =Petit Blangy=_ there is an important Australian cemetery on the left. _After twice crossing the railway the road enters =Abbé Wood=._ _On leaving the road, at the foot of a descent (15 km. from Amiens), take the =Corbie= road on the left, via =Fouilloy=._ There is a fine 16th-18th century church at Corbie. Restored in the 19th century, it is the remains of a famous abbey. The town suffered severely from the bombardments. [Illustration: CORBIE. RUE HERSANT AND THE CHURCH.] [Illustration: SAILLY-LE-SEC.] _Take the Rue Faidherbe as far as a house with brick turrets, where turn to the right into the Rue Victor Hugo._ _Beyond Corbie, the road follows the marshy valley of the Somme to =Vaux-sur-Somme=._ On leaving this village there is a British-American graveyard on the right, by the side of the parish cemetery. _The road next passes through =Sailly-le-Sec=_, whose church is in ruins. _At the end of the village take the road on the left, then at the wayside cross, that on the right up Hill 108_, past two British cemeteries. _2 km. beyond Sailly-le-Sec, the Corbie-Bray road (G.C. 1) is joined, which take on the right_, past a large British cemetery on the right. _Having crossed =Tailles Wood=_ (notice the gun-emplacements) _G.C. 1 descends alongside_ a quarry which sheltered a large German ammunition dump _(photo below). 2 km. beyond the quarry, the village of =Bray-sur-Somme= is reached._ [Illustration: NEAR TAILLES WOOD. GERMAN AMMUNITION DUMP.] Bray-sur-Somme Throughout the offensive of 1916, Bray was an important revictualling centre, and as such, frequently bombed by German aeroplanes. Troops and convoys were constantly passing through. In 1918, the Germans, having driven back the British beyond the old front line of 1914-1916, occupied Bray on March 26, six days after launching their offensive. Immediately progressing beyond the town, they advanced along the Somme to the vicinity of Sailly-le-Sec, where the front line became fixed at the end of March. The Franco-British offensive of August 8, the objective of which was to reduce the Amiens Salient, cleared the Somme Valley as far as the outskirts of Bray, where the Germans resisted strongly. However, on August 22, General Rawlinson's Army, in a fresh effort, succeeded in carrying Hill 107--an observation-post which dominated the country to the north-east. On the night of the 23rd, Australian troops, slipping along the river, entered Bray and captured a large number of prisoners. [Illustration: BRAY-SUR-SOMME. CHURCH AND PLACE DE LA LIBERTÉ.]