The New York herald., 1870-09-07


J un0er that or tie Kingdom OF Rcigium
The history or the cilies OF Besglum. whilc often
attestlnr marvellous progress Ia the arts OF peace
(, l. mainly a history Of sacks and sleges
Brussels, the Capital. was originally founded on
an island OF the river Senne In the seventh century
Wals with seven gates were formed around sno-
aownin i044. lnl2ls 1t was taken BY the English
for ss Low @
LOOT the cruel attempts Of Aiva to establish the In
sne cassd sss o0 artisans % 70 lays the ely
here. In 1895 vrlefoi bombarded the city destroy:
nv the Fsenc portion In o II was captured
borough entered Brussels On November
sssr. a,ss Ca' q ss Sssa sa .ss .ss Issss sssss
by Marlborough. On February le I7le, It was taken
Sy Marshal saxe M IN 1a4s was restored 70 Austria
the Austrians regained possession Of Brassels
out, he RECEIVERS 1t. On July 81, 1so5 Napoleon 1.
makes q triumphant entry into Brussels. On Feb
becomes one Of the capitals OF the Netherlands. In
September 1880, tho revolution bursts forth, and
Belgium. In 1880, on February g. the belgian Oon.
gress choose the Duke Of Nemous for King; BUS
the choice Prince Leopold OF -Coburg s chosen
king August dates the renewal OF hostilites with
nnS sn 2, asas the Reaans and
solved uDon. November Is the Grcat Powers con-
cludo treaty at London with Belgium defining the
Nlysllss, Waterloo, .Csnappe Belle -Allsncs
9uatre, Bras Wayro and the forest OF sognes, al 20
for the great battles which in June 1875 finally ex-
tinguished the power OF Napoleon l.
Caesar, was walled In 1l56. The Austrian Governor.
Don john received the submission OF the inhabtt-
ants In 1871 A French revout onary force mastered
the place In 1892.
Antwerp. small republic In the eleventh century,
became In the sixteenth the richest commcrc al city
Alva In 1851, was completed 1864 and extended IN
i7ol Antwerp mas been frequently besieged. 1t
was pilagcd and burned by the Spaniards Novcm-
ber a, 1870 This massacre was called the spanish
fury. The Duke OF Anj0u attempted to carry the
Whole of THIS idros was eer Killed Or tateS
captive In less than an hour This affair was called
1884, and 1t capitulated, after serge OF fourteen
months, August II, 1885: Its commerce suffered
81 Westphaia, in l6is. Marlborough obtained pos
session OF Antwerp June O, f706; and Marshal SAKE
November 90 iSsa they retirea IN 1855. u bnt re-
gained possession July 49, 1904. 1t was renquished
BY the French In 1914 and formed part Of the king
Holland having refused to give up the citadel the
French began to lombard It December 4, 1882, and
Mechlin, or Malines, founded In the nth century,
was DESTROYED by the orhmea In sS4 rebuilt In Ss7
sacked-by the Spaniards In 1872 by the Prince OF
Orange in 1878. and BY the English In 1888 Marbo.
rough took IL In l708, and It was taken by the
French in 1746 I7o3 ana l7sa and In 1854 they de-
stroyed the forti1cations:
Brugge or Bruges ranked os cry IN tne sevcn.a
magne for its industrial productions. 1t was frst
fortified In sS7. The Count OF Flanders obtained rue
tury It became ol the foremost commercial cities
in the world and was the richest enep6t OF the Han
seattle League. 1t passed under the sway OF the
Dukes OF Burgundy In the fourteenth century, II
was ravaged By fire In 1884, lis and $780, 1t passed
bel ed against the Archduke Macmillan aud nm
prisoned him IN l4ss During the religious siruggles
barded Bruges without success IN 17o4, and It sur
rendered to the allied army In l7oe after the victory
I7os and retired in 1909 The English took 1t in ina
and the French again In 1892. They y ere expelled
Formally aekpowedScd y the soversgaty I Of tbs
French Republic June r. It vas restored to the
Ebs = s formed part Of Belgium
Ostend from small village In the ninth century,
became an important seaport about 11o0. 1t was
It was walled by Philip the Good in 4d5 aud fortified
by the Prince OF Orange In 1888 The sleye by the
loss Of $4,000 men to the garrison and 0,0Oe to the
besiegers September 20 1894. with the captulaiion
a. i7os; was ceded to the Emperor in 17lS and sur.
rendered to the French August 49, l746. 1he Frcnoh
G ss Is la s s
was given up by the Treaty OF PARIS, May 80, 1914
Gnent or Gand, is said to have oeen founded By
the Vandals, who made an irrupttOn into the low
countries in the th century. In $40 1t was ravaged
BY the Northmen; in 1850 was made the capital or
Flanders; In 1874 iC witnessed the suppression or
jacques Van Artevede's insurreotion; In 1451 1t
beled against the government Of Philip the Good
v. In February "a, l54O, Charles v. entered Ghent
The "PaciAcatlon OF Ghent" was signed in tho Town
spanards September II, 1854. It was taken by Louis
XIV. OF France, March 9, 1878; twas taken BY the
ae ns @ads e IN capa o the
Of the Scheldt In 1914 1t annexed to the Neither
lands, and In 1880 TO the new Kingdom Of Belgium.
Mons was made the capital OF Hamault by Charlie
magne in s04. About The end Of the tenth century
il was besioged BY Hugh Capct. In 1899 1t fell into
the hands OF the Duke Of Burgundy The prosperity
which 1t afterwards attained under Charles v. de-
cllned under the exactions Of the Duke Of Alva in
s!al Luxembourg, IN 1873, and again, under Louis
XIV, In 1901. when the walls were destroyed. Tho
8o 1897. They took again in 17ol but were driven
out by Prince Eugene and the Duke OF Marlborough
~ 3Ss wSs raoea ns o aysa :. e
captured it after siege OF sixteen days, June ~
TAG, and again after the warmly contested battle
oth OF November, 1872 Annexed to France IN 1874
1t restored to the Netherlands in 1914 Its for
tincations have been rebuilt since 1918.
Tournay, on the Scheldt Is also strongly fortified:
This city, the ancient capital Of the Neryn and
43s by tue FrankIsh chiefrain Clodion. In $50 1t
was plllaged b! the Northmen, and n 1872 # was
pased was orSSa anssT s9 e rRp w. 10
seized by Henry VIII. OF England, septem.
Der % 5s Francis r Il raa rom aen s
by The Count Of Nassau, the general Of Charles ".
IN DecemIes 1871 and annexed ss to Spanish Elan
bcIlion Of the Inhabitants against the Spanards.
Louis XIV. captured Tournay in 1857 and reunited
under Prince Eugene and the Duke Of Marlborough.
BY the treaty of Utrecht It was ceded to Austria.
| Tie Barrier treaty, signed at Antwerp, November
who were soon compelled to evacuate It.
Louis XIV. seized it In l745 and demolished its
fortlGcatiOns after the famous battle Of
Fontenoy, May II, 1745, when the French.
under Marshal SaXe defeated the allied army COM
manded by the Duke OF Cumberland. Tho French
army on this occasion numbered 10000 men, In
position defended by go pieces OF artillery, whilo
tile allied forces consisted OF 90, 900 men OF whom
about rs. 900 English and Hanoverians. At the
beginning Of the battle the English carried every
thing before them, but the Dutch took to nlghf. The
victory was mainly due to a charge made by the
Irish brigade, led by Lord Clare. The treaty
OF Atx-la-Chapee, October Is, 17lS, restored