From this village, the Yser describes a wide curve towards the west which ends at Schoorbakke. At Tervaete, a bridge spanned the Yser. From the right bank the enemy were able to enfilade and even attack the Allies' defences on the left bank, in the rear, and effect a crossing of the river at that point. This explains the frequency and fierceness of the German attacks on Tervaete, which was first lost then recaptured on October 22, 1914, being finally captured by the Germans the next day _(See p. 12)_. _From Stuyvekenskerke, return to the road previously followed, turning left towards +Pervyse+. Shortly before reaching Pervyse are_ the remains of an elevated footway, which formerly crossed the inundated ground. _After crossing what used to be the permanent way of the Dixmude-Nieuport railway, the village of =Pervyse= is reached (3½ kms.)_ The railway embankment formed the boundary of the inundated area, and was fortified. Shelters and graves are still to be seen all the way along. There was an observation-post on the top of the railway-station, to the left of the road. [Illustration: +Temporary Bridge at Tervaete, on the impassable road to Stuyvekenskerke, in 1919.+] Pervyse, in ruins, was made famous by the heroic resistance of the French Marines who beat off the enemy's fierce onslaughts of October and December 1914. The houses bordering the road at the entrance to the village were turned into machine-gun blockhouses, thus barring the way. [Illustration: +Ramscappelle Church.+] _Beyond the church is a crossing; the road on the right leads to =Ramscappelle= (4½ kms.)_ which played an important part in 1914. On October 30, 1914, a fierce German thrust ended in the capture of the village--already on the point of being inundated--from the Belgian 5th and 6th Infantry Regiments. The loss was one of the greatest importance, as no lines of resistance had been prepared in the rear. The recapture of Ramscappelle was therefore an indispensable if very difficult operation. _(See p. 15.)_ [Illustration: +Caeskerke Church (August 1917).+] _The left-hand road leads to =Dixmude=. =Caeskerke= (5½ kms.), a station on the Dixmude-Nieuport railway, is next reached._ The Headquarters of Admiral Ronarc'h were established there in October 1914, and it was this fact which caused it to be bombarded by the Germans, whose shells quickly reduced it to ruins. _Beyond Caeskerke, cross the Yser; before reaching the bridge, on the left, along the riverside, is_ a trench with numerous shelters, known as the "Boyau de la Mort" (Death Trench). It was enfiladed by machine-guns posted in the flour-mill on the opposite bank of the Yser _(on the right, near the bridge)_, which the Germans had converted into a fortress. _(Photo p. 124.)_ [Illustration: +The "Boyau de la Mort" (Death Trench).+ _See p. 19. In the background:_ +Dixmude+.] _The tourist next reaches =Dixmude= (2½ kms.), arriving at the Grand' Place._ [Illustration] DIXMUDE.