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 | | He was not a fortress officer by training, but he had selected a number of skilled experts as his closest aids to design and build the fortress. |
 | | FABIAN STEINHEIL, who later became the General Governor of Finland, was selected as the main topographer and fortress expert. |
 | | Other important leaders in the project were JEAN AUGUST PREVOT de LUMIAN, a French Engineer Lieutenant-Colonel, and his compatriot JEAN FRANCOIS PREVOST de SAUSSE, Marquis of TRAVERSAI, who was the naval expert. |
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