_In Epieds, turn to the right, and on leaving the village, take I. C. 30
on the left, which follows the left-hand side of the rive._ On the other
side of the river, on the hill-side, to the right, is Moucheton Castle
(photo below). A road, lined with poplar-trees, leads there.
The Castle, which was used as headquarters, first by the Germans and
afterwards by the Americans, dates from the 18th century. It has been
carefully restored in recent times.
In the wood, to the right of the road, were ammunition shelters.
_The tourist soon arrives at_ =Brécy=, where a German fifteen-inch
“Bertha” gun was installed. To visit the ="Bertha” platform= (photo p.
66), _turn to the left at the cross-roads before entering Brécy, pass
under the railway-bridge, turn to the left 100 yards further on, and
follow the railway towards Châtelet Wood. Rather less than a mile from
the cross-roads, the wood comes down to the road; skirt it for about 300
yards, until the railway siding which branches off the main line, and
along which the gun was brought to its platform, is reached._
[Illustration: MOUCHETON CASTLE, USED AS G.H.Q. BY THE AMERICANS.]
[Illustration: 15-IN. BERTHA PLATFORM IN CHÂTELET WOOD.