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FONTENOY , a See also: village of Belgium, in the province of Hennegau, about 4 M
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S.E. of See also: Tournai, famous as the scene of the See also: battle of Fontenoy, in which on the 11th of May 1745 the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the Anglo-Allied army under the duke of See also: Cumberland
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