Tirlemont

A town of Belgium, province of Brabant, 25 miles east of Bru els. It was taken by the French in 1635; was ravaged by Marl borough in 1705; taken by the French in 1792; here the French, under Dumouriez, defeated the Austrians in 1793; taken by the French in 1794. Its fortifications were dismantled in 1804.