. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOWNS. 413 supply a ver}- durable porphyry, mucli superior to basalt as a material for street pavements. The famous field of Waterloo (2,935 inhabitants) lies to the east of Hal and Leeuw-St. Pierre (4,470 inhabitants), on an undulating plateau extending from the Senne to the Dyle. No battle-ground has been described more frequently, and every locality of it has become famous : the castle of Ilougoumont, so furiously attacked and desperately defended; the churchyard of P lance no it ; the inn of Fig. 230.—Brussels and its Environs. Scale 1 : 120,0
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOWNS. 413 supply a ver}- durable porphyry, mucli superior to basalt as a material for street pavements. The famous field of Waterloo (2,935 inhabitants) lies to the east of Hal and Leeuw-St. Pierre (4,470 inhabitants), on an undulating plateau extending from the Senne to the Dyle. No battle-ground has been described more frequently, and every locality of it has become famous : the castle of Ilougoumont, so furiously attacked and desperately defended; the churchyard of P lance no it ; the inn of Fig. 230.—Brussels and its Environs. Scale 1 : 120, 4° 20 4°25' 1 Mile. Belle-Alliance ; the farm of Haie-Sainte ; the village of Mont St. Jean; and the hollow road which proved so disastrous to the retreating French. Brussels, in French Bruxelles, in Flemish Brussel, is situate nearly in the centre of the kingdom of which it is the capital, close to the linguistic boundary separating Wallons from Flemings, and almost on the margin of the plain which stretches from the sea to the hilly region of Belgium. Its beginnings are traced to a castle built upon a swampy island (brocksele) of the Senne, but as early as the eleventh century the nascent city had been surrounded Avith a wall, and had become a stage on the road leading from Flanders to the Ehine. A century later the Dukes of Brabimt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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