text:  The army of the States having taken refuge within the walls of Antwerp the royalists instead of marching straight to Brussels according to general expectation effected in the first instance the reduction of Tirlemont Louvain D'Arschot Sichem and Diest --Nivelle the capital of Walloon Brabant next succumbed to their arms--Maubeuge Chimay Barlaimont;--and after a severe struggle the new and beautiful town of Philippeville