Cassel dans les Flandres
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Of Collegial Saint-Pierre built by Robert Clippings into 1072 and destroyed afterwards many vicissitudes in 1792. A few four twenty three years later, a monument reporting the 3 most famous battles of Cassel took its place. It was built in 1873, out of stone of Soignies. 1st Battle: 1071, Robert victorious Clippings of Philippe 1st King de France (in Bavinchove). 2nd Battle: 1328, Philippe VI of Valois, King de victorious France of Zannekin and the Flemish communiers (in Hardifort). 3rd Battle: 1677, Philippe of Orleans, brother of victorious louis XIV on the Dutch and Spanish troops (Battle of the Valley of Peene). Treated of Nimègue 1678, by which our region became French