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Wattignies, a village, dep. Nord France, 83 m. 8.W. Lille; the Freuch General Jourdan defeated there the Austrians in 1798.

Wert (Wecrt or Weerdt), a towa in Dutch Limburg.

Wetzlar, a willed town of Rhenish Prussia, 42 m. E.N.E. Coblens, on the river Lahn.

Wissembourg (German, Weissenburg), a fortified city of Elsass- Lothriugen (Alsace-Lorraiue), Germany, on the right bank of the Lauter, 84 m. N.N.E. Sirasburg; iortified works called the “ Lines of Weissenburg,” extending along the Lauter to Lauterburg, were built by the Austrians in 1702.

Wurmser (Count vou), a great Austrian General; invaded Alsace 1793 ; was defeated at Freischweiler ; was unsuccessful against General Bonaparte in Italy 1796; died at Vienna 1797.

York (Frederick, Duke of), second son of George III.; commanded the British Army in Flanders 1793, and after repeated defeats b the French returned to England ; in 1799 was again sent to Ho land, and had to sign a disadvantag.ous Treaty ; died in 182+.