Soignies, a town of the Belgian province of Hainault, 22 miles by rail S. by W. of Brussels. The church of St Vincent dates from the 12th century, though it was first founded in 650. Pop. 8683. Near here the French defeated the Netherlanders on 10th July 1794.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 556
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