The 16th century pillars, without capitals, in the nave, are decorated with finely carved canopies, several of which are mutilated. The present consoles and statues standing against the pillars are unfortunately not the original ones. In the aisles, the brackets on which the springing of the pointed arches rests, are ornamented with figures of persons, lizards and dæmons... The pillars of the choir with their foliate capitals, and the transept and chancel are 14th century. The high altar comprises a reredos. The carved pulpit and confessional are in the Renaissance style. The richly ornamented font has disappeared. A large holy-water basin of unusual shape (truncated cone) is adorned with several black circles. All the zinc and lead-work was stripped off and taken away by the Germans during the occupation of 1918. The wooden leaves of the entrance door were removed. The building suffered severely from the bombardments. The upper part of the belfry fell down and the stained glass was destroyed. Part of the cornice and the frame-work of the chevet were ruined. The fortified château of Caix, vestiges of which still remain, was destroyed by fire in 1400. [Illustration: CAIX CHURCH.] The village did not suffer greatly from the bombardments. Caix was captured by the Germans on March 28, 1918, and retaken by the British at the same time as Beaucourt-en-Santerre, on the evening of August 8, i.e. the first day of the British offensive in Picardy. _Leave the village by the road taken on entering. Beyond Beaucourt, keep straight on as far as_ =Mézières=, _where take the second road on the right to the church (See map, p. 66)_. [Illustration: MÉZIÈRES CHURCH.] The village of Mézières was attacked by the Germans, on March 28, 1918, after the withdrawal of the British. On the 29th, units of the French 133rd Division, which were defending Mézières, were unable to hold the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, who captured the village. On August 8, at the beginning of the offensive by Debeney's Army, the village was recaptured by the 42nd Division, while the 37th Division progressed east of Genonville Wood. _At the church, take the street on the left, then the first on the right_ (G.C. 28), _to_ =Villers-aux-Érables=. The village was almost entirely destroyed; its Château is in ruins. [Illustration: VILLERS-AUX-ERABLES.--THE RUINED CHATEAU.] _The road, along which are numerous graves, trenches and shelters, next crosses the plateau_, where the 133rd Infantry and 4th Cavalry Divisions so heroically retarded the German onrush of March 26-28, 1918. Moreuil. Moreuil, _next reached_, was fortified in the Middle-Ages, but to-day nothing remains of the former ramparts. The Château alone is still existent, and is reached by taking _the third turning on the left (See sketch-map below)_. [Illustration] [Illustration: THE AVRE AT MOREUIL.]