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KEHL , a town in the grand-duchy of Baden, on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Strassburg, with which it is connected by a railway bridge
bridge
trade
developed
chief
defence of Strassburg, to the strategic area of which it belongs. It is encircled- by the strong forts Bose, Blumenthal and Kirchbach of that system
French , and in 1683 a new fortress, built by Vauban, was begun. In 1697 it was restored to the Empire
French , who did not however retain it for very long . In 1793 the French again took the town, which was retaken by the Austrians and was restored to Baden in 1803. In 1808 the French, again in possession, restored the fortifications, but these were dismantled in 1815, when Kehl was again restored to Baden. In August 1870, during the Franco-German
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