NESLES CASTLE SEEN FROM THE TOP OF THE DONJON.
Guillaume de Flavy, who was notorious for his ferocious cruelty, turned the castle into a stronghold for his mercenaries. It was he who delivered Joan of Arc to the Burgundians at Compiègne, of which town he was governor.
The castle was captured by the Americans after three days’ fighting (July 28 to 31, 1918).
Continue towards Seringes. On the right of the road, rather more than a mile after Nesles, there is an American Cemetery.
The village, which is slightly to the north of the road, was taken by the Americans on July 31, 1918. Early in the morning of August 1 the Germans retook it during a counter-attack, only to lose it again. In this region the Americans encountered two picked German Divisions (4th Guards and 6th Bavarians), beating them soundly.