By the side of the road and indicated by the sign "Abri de Malencourt" Plaque The ruins of a WWI bunker decorated by two artillery shells and two helmets. There is a concrete cross on top of the bunker, and a stone plaque with french text hanging on it's side. The plaque honors the French 69th Infantry Regiment which was completely destroyed in defense of the town, as well as members of the US 79th Division that fell here years later.

A LA MEMOIRE

DES 6 COMPAGNIES

DU 69E REGIMENT D'INFANTRIE

(DIVISON DE FER DU XX^E CORPS)

ENTIEREMENT DISPARUES

DU 30 MARS AU 5 AVRIL 1916

POUR A DEFENSE DES VILLAGES

DE MALANCOURT ET HAUCOURT

ET A LEURS FRERES D'ARMES

DE LA 79^E DIVISION D'INFANTERIE U.S.

TOMBES AU MEME EMPLACEMENT

EN SEPTEMBRE 1918

LEURS CAMARADES DU RALLEIMENT

English translation:

In memory of the six companies of the 69th Infantry Regiment (Iron Division of the XXth Corps) that entirely disappeared from 30 March to 5 April 1916 in defense of the villages of Malancourt and Haucourt and to their brothers in arms of the US 79th Infantry Division who fell in the same emplacement in September 1918. Your comrades of Rally.