a town of the French Netherlands, in Hainault, ceded to France by the treaty of the Pyrenees, and is now very well fortified. It was besieged by Prince Eugene in 1712, but to no purpose. It was taken by the allies in April 1794, but retaken in July following. It is seated in a plain on the river Sambre, in E. Long. 3. 47. N. Lat. 50. 7.