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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 609 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FONTENOY , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

Belgium, in the See also:

province of Hennegau, about 4 M . S.E. of See also:

TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai, famous as the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Fontenoy, in which on the 11th of May 1745 the See also:

French See also:

army under See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

Saxe defeated the Anglo-Allied army under the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

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