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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fleurus , town (1991 pop. 22,507), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. It is a coal-mining and manufacturing center; domestic appliances, furniture, and machinery are produced. At Fleurus, Mansfield and Christian of Brunswick defeated (1622) the Spanish in the Thirty Years War, the French under Marshal Luxembourg defeated (1690) the Dutch and their allies in the War of the Grand Alliance, and the French under Jourdan defeated the Austrians in a decisive battle (1794) of the French Revolutionary Wars. Author not available, FLEURUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Jean Baptiste Jourdan
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... Revolution, and in the French Revolutionary Wars he commanded the Army of the North to Wattignies (1793), won a decisive victory at Fleurus (1794), and led the army of Sambre-et-Meuse into Cologne (1794). He sponsored the law of general conscription (1798) that bore ... Read more
Louis (-Antoine-Leon) de Saint-Just
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... property of the Revolution's enemies and redistributed it to the poor. He led the victorious attack against the Austrians at Fleurus (in modern Belgium). A fanatical leader of the Reign of Terror , he was arrested in the Thermidorian Reaction and guillotined ... Read more
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