_At the fork, 1 km. further on, take the right-hand road to =St-André=. Pass through same, then through +Varssenaere+, +Jabbeke+, +Westkerke+ and +Ghistelles+. Beyond Ghistelles (level-crossing), take the Ostend-Thourout road, on the left. Pass through =Moerdijck= (24½ kms.), and on reaching the hamlet of +Halve-Barreel+, turn to the right._ _At the first group of houses turn to the right, then to the left at the first fork. At the first house of the hamlet of +Leugenboom+ (3½ kms.), take the foot-path on the right, from which, 150 yards to the left, can be seen the =Pommern= or =Leugenboom Battery=_, at the edge of the wood. This battery comprises a 15in. long range gun, which did most of the bombarding of Dunkirk. The gun, protected by armour, is mounted on a steel bridge having a pivot in front, the rear part of the gun travelling along a circular rail-track in a concrete pit nearly 70 feet in diameter. The gun was manœuvred by means of electric motors. On either side are large shelters in reinforced concrete. In front of and below the platform there was an electric generator group. A large shelter of reinforced concrete, on the right, was probably the Post of Commandment. There is a dummy gun emplacement further on. [Illustration: +Maréchale Gate, by which the tourist leaves Bruges.+] [Illustration] [Illustration: +"Pommern" or "Leugenboom" Battery, near Leugenboom Hamlet.+] _Return by the same road to =Moerdijck=, turn left beyond the bridge, pass through =Moere= (2 kms.), and after crossing the light railway, take the road on the right which follows the railway to =Leke= village (5½ kms.). Beyond the_ ruins of the church, _take the right-hand road to =St. Pierre-Cappelle= (4 kms.)_, whose church is in ruins. _Continue straight along the Nieuport road_, noticing the many observation-posts and concrete shelters. _Throughout the region crossed by the itinerary, on both sides of the Yser, the ground has been completely devastated by trenches, shelters and bombardments. The villages have vanished. Today these places are the resort of pilgrims. =Spermalie= (2 kms.) is next reached._ [Illustration: +Concrete Shelter at St. Pierre-Cappelle.+] _Beyond the bridge, at the fork, take the right-hand road (in bad condition) to =Mannekensvere=._ [Illustration] A few heaps of stones and _débris_ are all that remains of Mannekensvere. _To visit +St. Georges+, cross the Yser by a small wooden foot-bridge, near the place where the Pont de l'Union used to stand. (It is impossible for vehicles to cross the river). Between the Yser and St. Georges, follow a "boyau" (by-trench) to_ the first Belgian and German lines, marked by many concrete shelters pierced with loop-holes. [Illustration: +The Site of Mannekensvere village.+]