Namur
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Namur. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
an important manufacturing and commercial city of Belgium. It is situated at the junction of the Sambre and the Meuse, thirty-five miles southeast of Brussels. Namur is an ancient city, dating from the time of Caesar. It has been the scene of many a deadly battle. The English and Dutch under William III of England took it by siege from Louis XIV in 1695. A citadel dating from 1784 still stands on a rocky promontory. The old walls have been leveled to make way for boulevards. There are few ancient buildings. The city has a modern aspect. The inhabitants are chiefly Walloon, that is to say, French. The streets, shops, public buildings, commercial houses, and churches imitate those of Paris. Coal, timber, and iron in the immediate vicinity form the basis of extensive manufactures. It is in the center of a productive agricultural region. The rivers afford facilities for navigation. Numerous railways connect with France, Germany, and Holland. The population in 1905 was about 35,000.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Belgium, at the confluence of the Sambre with the Meuse, 35 miles S. E. of Brussels; is noted for its cutlery, and also manufactures firearms, leather, paper, and to- NANAIMO turesque citadel (1784), the old fortifications have been razed since 1866, their place being taken by a cordon of seven forts. The town itself has suffered so much by war that it offers little of interest-the cathedral, completed in 1772, with the grave of Don John of Austria; the Jesuit Church of St. Loup (1653), a large military school, an antiquarian museum, monuments of Leopold I. and the geologist Omalius d'Halloy (1783- 1875), etc. Namur was captured by Louis XIV. in 1692, but recaptured in 1695, after a 10 weeks' siege, by William III. It was captured, after a brief resistance, by the Germans in 1914, and with its fall began the Great Retreat to the Marne. Pop. about 35,000.