Ramillies

A village of Brabant, Belgium, 28 miles southeast of Bru els, is memorable as the place near which one of the most important battles of the War of the Spanish Succe ion was fought, May 23, 1706. In this conflict the French forces were under the command of Marshal de Villeroy and the elector of Bavaria, while the Duke of Marl borough led the troops of the allies. Villeroy, after a battle of three hours and a half, was defeated, with the lo of all his cannon, the whole of his baggage, and 13,000 men in killed and wounded. The great result of this victory was that the French were compelled to give up the whole of the Spanish Netherlands. About 4000 of the allies were slain in the engagement.