_Just outside the town, a short distance before reaching the "Hôpital" (to the left of the road), turn to the left and skirt the left side of the "Hôpital", as far as the ="Hindenburg" Battery=_, consisting of four 11in. guns on semi-circular concrete platforms. In front of this battery is the +Old Napoleon Fort+, which the Germans turned into a Casino during the war. Some of their mural paintings may still be seen in the rooms. _Farther on, is_ the post of commandment of the "Hindenburg" Battery. _Return to the road and continue in the direction of Blankenberghe._ _Beyond Milestone No. 6, which bears the inscription "Le Coq 5 km. 1", there is_ an observation-post, _on the left_, with telemetric posts and machine-gun shelters _(photos, p. 71)_. On the coast, some distance ahead, may be seen one of the cruisers which were to have blocked the port of Ostend. [Illustration: +One of the Deutschland (Jacobinessen) Battery's Guns.+] [Illustration: _+The "Deutschland" or "Jacobinessen" Battery+; One of the guns, with shelter for the men and munitions. Below: 1. Breech of the gun; 2. Electric gear for laying; 3. Munitions Shelter; 4. King Albert and President Poincaré visiting the Battery._] _On the road to Blankenberghe, at the point shown by an arrow in the photo on p. 72, take the road on the right leading to the ="Deutschland" Battery=_, also known as the "Jacobinessen" Battery _(photos, pp. 72 and 73)_. This was the most powerful battery on the Belgian coast. Armed with four 15in. guns, it was used to bombard Dunkirk. Grouped in pairs, these naval guns, mounted on bridges, were installed in concrete pits about seventy feet in diameter. The right-hand gun only was protected with armour. The gun laying was effected by means of electric motors. Near each gun immense shelters of reinforced concrete were used to store the shells, while the large shelter between the two groups was probably the post of commandment. Camouflaging of barbed-wire covered with branches of trees may still be seen hanging above the battery. The latter was protected by deep lines of barbed wire and infantry defence-works. _Return to the Blankenberghe road and pass through the village of =Le Coq= (Flemish: de Haan.) On the top of the last turretted house on the right, is_ an observation post, _and opposite, on the top of the dune_, a searchlight. _On the dike are_ two 3in. anti-aircraft guns, _and in the surroundings_, numerous shelters. _Further on, to the left, are_ a lighthouse, _and on the high dune_, an observation-post. _Pass through +Wenduyne+ (4½ kms.) arriving at the ="Herta" Battery=, on the left of the road._ This battery comprises four 8in. guns. _A little further on is the ="Hafen" Battery=_, comprising four 3½in. guns. _=Blankenberghe= (4 kms.) is reached by going between the Fishing Dock and Impounding Dock._