Follow this siding into the wood for about 60 yards, where the platform,
which the Germans tried to blow up before retreating, will be found. The
enemy succeeded in saving the gun.
Trees placed in holes along the siding hid the position from the Allied
aviators. _Turn the car round in the alley, about 20 yards after the
siding, and return to the cross-roads, driving slowly, as the road is
narrow and in poor condition._
(_N.B.--Tourists visiting the “Bertha” platform by special excursion
from Château-Thierry, can return by the road which follows the railway,
instead of retracing their steps, as above. Cross the railway, pass
through Bézu-St.-Germain, cross the railway again, turning shortly
afterwards to the left along N. 37, which leads direct to
Château-Thierry._)
[Illustration: FRENCH AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE “BERTHA” PLATFORM IN
JULY, 1918.]
[Illustration: THE ORDRIMOUILLE STREAM AT COINCY.