a city of the Austrian Netherlands, and capital of a duchy of the same name. It is seated partly on a hill, and partly on a plain; it is very strong both by art and nature. It is but indifferently built, though there are some good stone houses in it. There is nothing very remarkable among the structures but the Jesuits church; which is a handsome edifice, after the modern taste. It was taken by Louis XIV. in 1684; who so augmented the fortifications, that it is now one of the strongest towns in Europe. It was ceded to Spain by the treaty of Ryswick; but the French took it again in 1701, and gave it up to the house of Austria by the treaty of Utrecht. It is 25 miles south-west of Trèves, and 100 west of Mentz. E. Long. 6. 10. N. Lat. 49. 52.

the duchy of, is one of the 17 provinces of the Netherlands. It is bounded on the east by the archbishopric of Trèves; on the south by Lorraine; on the west, partly by Champagne, and partly by the bishopric of Liege, which likewise, with part of Limburg, bound it on the north. It lies in the forest of Ardennes, which is one of the most famous in Europe. In some places it is covered with mountains and woods, and in general it is fertile in corn and wine; and here are a great number of iron mines. The principal rivers are the Meuse, the Sour, the Ourte, and the Semoy. It belongs partly to the house of Austria, and partly to the French; and Thionville is the capital of the French part.

François Henry de Montmorenci, duke of, and marshal of France, a renowned general in the service of Louis XIV. was born in 1628. He was with the prince of Condé at the battle of Rocroy, in 1643; and in 1668 distinguished himself at the conquest of Franche Comté. In 1672, he commanded in chief the French army in Holland; when he defeated the enemy near Woerden and Bodegrave, and was universally admired for the fine retreat he made in 1673. He became marshal of France in 1675; gained the battle of Fleurs in 1690, that of Steenik in