The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-22
0NE-MAN WARS,
Stories of FooIhardy Men Who Have
Defied Empires.
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est. Louis Globe-D emocrat)
Most people can remember how Jules
Guerin, president of the anti-Semitic
league, shut himself up in Fort Cha
brOl," in Paris, in the summer of 1899.
and defied the entire armed forces OF
the French republic for the space Of six
solid weeks.
His fort" was merely a private
dwelling house. but strongly barri-
/ caded, the windows and doors protected
with sandbags and the walls loOpholed.
Inside were a round dozen of desperate
men, armed TO the teeth. And. al
though among the battalions Of regu-
lars that day and night surrounded the
place were doubtless many brave men,
none cared for such short odds as
would have been entailed by being the
first to enter,
So day and night succeeded day and
night, and still the garrison" held out.
The government troops blocked up the
drains, cut off the water and stopped
all 1e0d supplies.
Jules and his friends caught the rain
that fell on the roof in improvised cis-
ferns. and some small quantities of pro-
visions were struggled in somehow by
sympathiSers from outside. But I'm the
end. one of their number having mean
while died OF starvation, they were
forced to capitulate Sept. 20, 1890, aft
er one of the most remarkable single
house sieges on record.
NJ GueFin was tried on a charge of
/ "conspiring TO overthrow the republic
and waging war against the French na-
tion," found guilty and sentenced TO ten
years detention in q fortress.
George DOsza was a Seeker. or peas
ant of SZekeifyfold, district Of Hun.
gary. He was a quiet. laW-abiding
man, notable only for his great strength
and tall stature.
One day. however, an Austrian noble
thought fit to decoy away from her IA
maiden OF H. The distracted parent
sought the abductor far and near. but.
falling TO find him. journeyed to Vienna
and laid his case before the emperor.
The latter only laughed. Whereupon
the peasant returned to his own village
and pasted I'D on the door of his little
cabin a formal declaration of war
against his sovereign. A month later
he was marching on Vienna at the head
OF a huge, but undisciplined and i'll
equipped army.
At first the luck was all on his side.
He defeated the regular troops in a
number of pitched battles. carried by
assault several large and strongly for
tilted towns, and was actually within
sight of the capital. whence the en-
peror had already fed. when he was
betrayed into an ambush through the
treachery of guide.
The misfortune constituted the begin
ming of the end. The bulk of his fol-
lowers fell away from him and were
hunted through the mountains and
woods like wild beasts. Altogether Il
is said that over 10000 Of them we're
put to the sword
The Jack Cade Of Hungary having
been taken prisoner. was seated OH an
iron throne, beneath which a huge fire
had previously been kindled. crowned
with red-hot iron ere gn. ard his flesh
torn from his bones with red-hot pinch
ers.
Not always. however. are heroes %
Dosza stamp equally unfortunate
John Ziska. for instance. who made wa
on behalf of the prosecuted Husstee
against the Emperor Sisismund. was
only once defeated and forced his SOW,
ereign in the end to treat with him OF
terms of equality.
Ziska lost one eve very early in his
career. and the other at the stormine
of Prague. Nevertheless. though total
81 blind he continued 10 lead his adirer-