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

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