Fields of Battle - Aisne

Confrecourt Farm - First mentioned in 893, established by the Benedictine abbey of St Medard in Soissons as a small monastery and farm. Fortified during the 14th century and measured about 110m x 80m. Huge barn 46m by 17.50m - known as the "La Grange du Diable'. Legend is that the Devil promised to build it in one night in exchange for the soul of the builder: however the crafty builder woke up the cock just as Satan laid the last stone and so saved his soul. The Germans held the farm in early September 1914 but furious French attacks drove them out of it on the 18th and never again lost it during the war. Its extensive stables and underground quarries provided refuge for countless French soldiers who decorated the walls with a variety of carvings and memorials

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