Antoing Castle

Antoing (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twɛ̃] ; Picard: Antweon) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Antoing, Bruyelle, Calonne, Fontenoy, Maubray, and Péronnes-lez-Antoing.

The Antoing Bridge is a railway bridge over the river Scheldt, located near Antoing, Belgium, on the HSL 1 line between Paris and Brussels.

The Battle of Fontenoy took place on 11 May 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, now in Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the same size, led by the Duke of Cumberland. By 1745, five years of war had brought France close to financial bankruptcy, and the Austrian Netherlands seemed to offer the best opportunity for a decisive victory which would end it. In April 1745, Saxe besieged Tournai, a key strategic town on the upper Scheldt, compelling the main Allied army to march to its relief. Leaving 22,000 men to continue the siege, Saxe placed his main force about 8 kilometres (5 mi) away in the villages of Antoing, Vezon and Fontenoy, along a naturally strong feature strengthened with defensive works. After several unsuccessful flank assaults which incurred heavy casualties, an Allied infantry column of 15,000 attacked the French centre, before being repulsed. Covered by their cavalry, they retreated toward Brussels, abandoning Tournai which fell shortly afterwards. Many British troops were withdrawn in October to suppress the Jacobite rising of 1745, leaving France in control of the Austrian Netherlands. However, Fontenoy failed to end the war, and in May 1746, Louis XV initiated peace talks, but negotiations dragged on for the next two years. Despite further French victories at Rocoux in 1746 and Lauffeld in 1747, their economic position continued to deteriorate. The war ended in November 1748 with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, under which France relinquished its gains in the Austrian Netherlands.

Vaulx (Picard: Vau) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Gaurain-Ramecroix is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

The Paddestraat (English: Toad Street) is a 2.3 km long cobbled road in the municipality of Zottegem, in East Flanders, Belgium. The road is a regular location of the springtime cycling classics in Flanders. In 1995, the cobbled road of the Paddestraat was classified as a protected monument by the Flemish government.

Rumillies (Picard: Rumilie) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Tournai, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Captain Guy Wilbraham Wareing (23 July 1899 – 27 October 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.

Brunehaut (French pronunciation: [bʁyn(ə)o]; Picard: Brunéo; Walloon: Bruniô) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bléharies (town centre), Guignies, Hollain, Howardries, Jollain-Merlin, Laplaigne, Lesdain, Rongy, and Wez-Velvain.

The Arrondissement of Tournai (French: Arrondissement de Tournai; Dutch: Arrondissement Doornik) is a former arrondissement in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Tournai also comprises the municipality of Lessines in the Arrondissement of Soignies and all municipalities of the Arrondissement of Ath, with the exception of the municipalities of Brugelette and Chièvres. In 2019 it was merged into the new Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron.

Maubray Airfield (ICAO: EBTY) is a private airfield located near Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonia (southern Belgium). It mainly serves glider flying by the local aeroclub.

Mortagne-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ dy nɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies on the border with Belgium, on the river Scheldt.