Word: vauban
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When resplendent Louis XIV deigned to found the city of Saarlouis, endowing it richly with his august name and commanding that it be fortified by his great Engineer Vauban, nothing would have seemed more preposterous to the Sun King than any question of whether the Saar is German or French. Having said "L'etat c'est moi," His Majesty would certainly have troubled no more about Saar nationality than to say "The Saar is mine!" Last week a lumpy lot of Teuton farmers and workmen from various parts of the U. S. enjoyed free passage on German ships...