St Dizier, a town of France (dept. Haute-Marne), 38 miles by rail SE. of Châlons, is situated on the Marne, which here begins to be navigable. In 1544 it resisted for some weeks the army of Charles V., and in 1814 the French twice defeated here the invading army of the allies. There are iron forges and foundries, boat-building yards, and cotton-factories. Pop. 9863.
St Dizier
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 83
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