See also:

• HERSTAL, or HERISTAL

HERSTAL, or HERISTAL  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, less than 2 M . N. of See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege and practically one of its suburbs . The name is supposed to be derived from Heerstelle, i.e . " Permanent See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp." The second See also:

• PIPPIN, or PEPIN

Pippin was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born here, and this See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace acquired the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks . His See also:

• GRAND

grand-son, Pippin the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short, died at See also:

• HERSTAL, or HERISTAL

Herstal in A.D . 768, and it disputes with See also:

• AIX

Aix la Chapelle the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being the birthplace of See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne . It is now a very active centre of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel manufactures . The Belgian See also:

• NATIONAL

national small arms factory and See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon foundry are fixed here . Pop . (1904) 20,114 .