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Scheldt. Pop. (1904) Io,141. It is still one of the five fortified places in Belgium, although its defences are not modernized. It was before Termonde that See also:

Louis XIV. in 1667 was compelled to See also:

BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat an ignominious See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat through its defenders opening the dikes and flooding the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. The See also:

church of Notre See also:

Dame contains two See also:

FINE

fine pictures by See also:

Van Dyck, and one masterpiece of See also:

CRAYER, GASPARD DE (1582-1669)

Crayer's. The fonts are of the 12th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century.

End of Article: TERMONDE (Flemish Dendermonde)

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