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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 714 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KEHL , a See also:

TOWN

town in the See also:

GRAND

grand-duchy of See also:

Baden, on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, opposite See also:

STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, with which it is connected by a railway See also:

BRIDGE

bridge and a bridge of boats. Pop. 4000. It has a considerable See also:

RIVER

river See also:

trade in See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco and See also:

COAL

coal, which has been See also:

DEVELOPED

developed by the formation of a See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour with two basins. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief importance of Kehl is its connexion with the military See also:

defence of Strassburg, to the strategic See also:

AREA

area of which it belongs. It is encircled- by the strong forts Bose, See also:

BLUMENTHAL, LEONHARD, COUNT VON (1810–1900)

Blumenthal and Kirchbach of that See also:

SYSTEM

system. In 1678 Kehl was taken from the imperialists by the See also:

French, and in 1683 a new fortress, built by See also:

VAUBAN

Vauban, was begun. In 1697 it was restored to the See also:

EMPIRE

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 See also:

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 See also:

possession, restored the fortifications, but these were dismantled in 1815, when Kehl was again restored to Baden. In See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1870, during the Franco-See also:

German See also:

War, the French shelled the defenceless town.

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