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GEMBLOUX

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 572 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEMBLOUX , a See also:

town in the See also:province of See also:Namur and on the See also:borders of See also:Brabant, See also:Belgium, 25 M. S.E. of See also:Brussels on the See also:main See also:line to Namur and See also:Luxemburg. Pop. (1904) 4643. It is a busy See also:place with large railway and See also:engine See also:works, and the junction for several See also:branch lines. On the 31st of See also:January 1578 See also:Don See also:John of See also:Austria gained here a See also:signal victory over the See also:army of the provinces led by Antony de Goignies.

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