Tournay
a town in the Belgian province of Hainault; on the Scheldt; W. of Brussels. Its splendid Roman- near the French frontier; 35 miles W. S. towers and pictures by Jordaens, Rubens, esque cathedral, 400 feet long, has five and Gallait; and there are also the churches of St. Quentin and St. Brice belfry (1190), and a bronze statue (1863) of the Princess d'Epinoy, who (with the grave of King Childeric), the against Parma. Though one of the oldin in 1581 valiantly defended Tournay Princess d'Epinoy, who est towns in Belgium, it has quite a modbeautiful broad streets. The chief man- ern appearance, with fine suburbs and carpets, and porcelain; but there are few ufactures are hosiery, linen, Brussels large workshops, most of the fabrics being executed by the people in their own houses. Tournay, the ancient Torna- 5th and the beginning of the 6th cen- cum, or Turris Nerviorum, was in the tury the seat of the Merovingian kings, 1526 was included in the Spanish Nethersubsequently belonged to France, but in lands. During May , 1794, it was the between the French and Austro-English scene of several hotly contested fights armies, the most important of which was that of May 19, in which Pichegru beat TOURNAY the Duke of York. The town was dev- ment of national defense. Pop. about 73,astated during the German invasion of 1914. Pop. about 37,000.