FLEURUS, a village of Belgium, in the province of Henne gau, 5m. N.E. of Charleroi, famous as the scene of several battles. The first of these was fought on Aug. 19-29, 1622, be tween the forces of Count Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick and the Spaniards under Cordovas, the latter being defeated. The second is described below, and the third and fourth, incidents of Jourdan's campaign of 1794, under FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS. The ground immediately north-east of Fleurus forms the battlefield of Ligny (June 16, 1815), for which see WATERLOO