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292 Route 23. ANS. From Mechlin

parties were bound to respect. In 1328 the head of the Awans was
Sir Wm. of Waremme, while the leader of the Waroux was Sir
Henry of Hermal; these two were unceasingly occupied in doing
each other as much mischief as possible; one day as the latter was
going to Herck-la-Ville, he fell into an ambuscade laid for him by
the lord of Waremme, and was so roughly handled that he was
left by the other party for dead; his servants however, perceiving
signs of life, carried their master to Herck where he was cured
of his wounds; when he recovered, his only thought was how to
revenge himself: he sent a challenge to Sir William and informed
him that on S. Bartholomew’s day he would come and knock down
the gate of his castle of Haneffe : both sides then once more prepa-
red for war and this time there was scarcely a single knight in
the whole of Hesbaye and Condroz who was not engaged in the
contest; the 2 parties met in the plain of Dammartin, 25 Aug.
1328, and after a very severe contest, in which a great number on
both sides were killed, victory at length remained with the Awans
who butchered their opponents most mercilessly ; after this bloody
encounter the knights of both lineages shut themselves up in
their castles from whence they only issued forth to ravage one
another’s lands. At length after 38 years of war, 12 of the chief
barons of either party met at the Abbey of S. Laurence near Liege
and concluded a treaty,15 May 1335, which was called the Peace
of the Twelve.

§ kil. Ans and Gram, situated on the highest part of the plateau
of Hesbaye at 892 ft. above the level of the sea and 364 ft. above
the level of the Meuse at Liege. :

The trains descend from here by 2 inclined planes each 2983 yds.
long, and which redeem a height of 357 ft. These are separated
by an intermediate horizontal plane or landing place at

4 kil. Haurpné, where are established stationary engines of 80
horse power which can draw up a train of 12 waggons in 7 min. :
the descent is effected in 18 min. without any other help than the
trigging of the trains. The view, looking down upon Liege is

  
 

strikingly grand and poetical : first is perceived the anct. Abbey |°

of S. Laurence and in the hackground the Citadel of 5. Wal- |

burge, seated on the group of hills which command the town on
the W. Every instant the scene changes; as we descend, the
massive church of S. Martin, on the heights of Publemont, the
Romanesque church of the Holy Cross recalling to the memory
the times of the great Bp. Notger, the cupola and square tower
of S. John with the spire of S. Paul’s Cathedral behind it, pass
successively before us; in the background loom the 2 sombre
towers of S. Bartholomew with the churches of S. Denis and
S. James and lastly the Meuse, which has been recently canalised.

 

 

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