KEHL , a
See also:town in the
See also:grand-duchy of Baden, on the right
See also:bank of the Rhine, opposite Strassburg, with which it is connected by a railway
See also:bridge and a bridge of boats . Pop . 4000 . It has a considerable
See also:trade in
See also:tobacco and
See also:coal, which has been
See also:developed by the formation of a
See also:harbour with two basins . The chief importance of Kehl is its connexion with the military defence of Strassburg, to the strategic
See also:area of which it belongs . It is encircled- by the strong forts Bose, Blumenthal and Kirchbach of that
See also:system . In 1678 Kehl was taken from the imperialists by the French, and in 1683 a new fortress, built by
See also:Vauban, was begun . In 1697 it was restored to the
See also:Empire and was given to Baden, but in 1703 and again in 1733 it was taken by the 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
See also:August 1870, during the Franco-German War, the French shelled the defenceless town .
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