Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-10
.L|MBERG CITY FAMOUS
! FOR CHEESE AND SIEGE
Town Wanted by belgium From
Holland Has Had Varied
Experiences.
FOUGHT DUKE OF PARMA
People Held Out Against Superior
Forces for -Four Months and Then
CitiZens We're Slaughtered by
Thousands.

WASHINGTON. August o.-"Dutch"
burg Which Belgium i seeks to have
Holland restore to her because II Will
enable her to fortify her frontiers more
bulletin from tho Washington head.
quarters OF the National Geographical
That portion OF Limburg now ruled
by Holland lies east Of the Meuse. is
smaller than Rhode Island in area and
mas n popuia iien slightly less than that
"Limburg's cheese is famous. though
IT'S significant history is almost for
s,otteni Its name: applying to con on
eleventh century, and was derived from
Il castle built along the Vcsdre River
Limburg.
For two centuries thereafter the
history OF Limburg was one OF tedious
mated by the exploits OF John of Bra
bnnt. whose brilliant battles against
superior forces resulted in the union
Of Limburg and Brabant. Thus Lin
burg became the beneficiary OF that
magma Charta OF the Continent known
as The Joyous Entry" granted by John
established miniature league OF ma
TONS among feudal states. pledging
torial integrity and TO a referendum
on taxes, wars and treaties to their
subjects.
Many Changes Occur.
For a time Limburg was annexed to
France: portions Of 1t then fell to Lux
emburg and thus passed into the Ger
man confederation. That section OF
the original Limburg now in contro-
inc London conference a, tho close OF
our Civil War. After the Belgian
revolution. nearly thirty years earlier.
!tS chlcf city and present capital Mas
FRIGHT. adhered TO Holland. The rest OF
Limburg. including the area which
now is province Of Belgium. sent
ltB LEGISLATORS tho RrusSelg
bly, throughout the period of nearly
decade whom Holland refused TO rec
osnize the independence Of Belgium
aaastrichts mos conspicuous cx-
plot was its four months resistance
o. inc siege OF the terrible Duke OF
Parma. with a small garrison as nu-
cieus; citizens and peasants from the
vicinity resisted veteran army OF
ABOUT equal numbers. Parma had
Eoman's regiment from the city
scalded hundreds 10 death with show
sSrs or boiling water. Men employed
bellows from church organs 10 blow
burning brush into the sub,erranean
trenches. Then The women. nick
named name mine nstresses, hurled baz-
ing toTchcs OF pitch upon the enemy
at the city's gates
Whole City Butchered.
When. after terrific siege the de-
tense cru!nhlcd. the citizens threw up
, lnnnr iortiticstions They held out
naustian one night. concerted attack
ny overwhelming numbers invaded
their last stronghold Red-hot SAND
and boiling water deluged them from
their own root;ops Even the asoc
women and the children were butcher
ed. About 5000 pe-ished. and the cit.
was plundered."
Concarni Ing the cheese that mad.
Limburs famous. the bulletin quote.
communication from William Wisnel
Chaplin as follows:
l.mburS Is sometimes called the
Garden OF Holland. or the celebrated
relish known as LimburS cheese il ma
long been a query how an article OF
1000 made from delicious material and
consl dered such delcacy can posses.
SO obnoxious an odor and st!ll retain
It's self-resrcct. This popularity has
made LimhurS chense responsible 10,
many amusing incidents.
~ Dutch American rural citizen