Fleurus
a town of Belgium, in the province of Hainault, near the Sambre, 7 miles N. E. of Charleroi. This place is noted for four important battles having taken place in its vicinity. The first took place on Aug. 30, 1622, between the Spaniards under Gonsalvo of Cordova, the general of the Catholic League, and the troops of the Protestant Union commanded by the Bastard of Mansfeld and the Dukes of Brunswick and Saxe- Weimar. Both sides claimed the advantage. The second was fought July 1, 1690, Montmorency, Duke of Luxem- 1050, bourg, defeating the Prince of Waldeck, one of the most able of the generals of the Augsburg League. The third was that in which General Jourdain defeated the Imperialists under the Prince of Coburg, June 26, 1794. The fourth, more commonly known as the battle of Ligny, took place on June 16, 1815. On that day Blücher was defeated by Napoleon.