Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-25
HOW BAKERS SAVED EUROPE.
Why Vienna Rolls Are Always Made
In the Form Of a Crescent.

tory. Solyinan the Magnificent, SAL
tan Of Turkey. planned To oNcrrun
Europe even as he and his Moslem
predecessors had seized the countries
of the Orirnt. With 4 mighty army
| he captured the fortified Island OF
| Rhodes invaded Hungary. annihila :
ting the Magyar forces at Mohaes lin
1920 and staying the Hungarian
klng
go successful WAS The first oyp"di-
ton that h. planned q second and
moro far-r"achins raid in 1879. Nov
| ing onward almost unchecked. and
carrying MI befora. him, H. captured
Ruda and advanced against the city
| OF Vienna.
All Europe stood aghast. Nothing
had been able to stem the wave of
Mosl"m conquest. Men remembered
how one Eastern land after another
had be"n seized by the Mohammedan
hordes ana forced To adopt Moham-
mechanism rs their religion. People
tremhlol for the rate OF Christcndom.
1t seemed Ton a moment almost possi-
bic that tn whole Eastern section of
The EHrel. an Continent might fall
victim IL tn Turk aat become part OF
~ -h'''24'ltt f'pSNtNfNI#iii~s
To hop" for clemrucy from Solyman
was to rely upon the mercy OF the
lncrcilts>. Conquering one Christian
army and stronghold after another. the
s;ultans ali powerful army threatened
to carry destruction and Mohammc-
danism throughout TIE continent. 1t
was one 81 l'ate's big moments
ON moved the Turks. Vienna Chen
capital ~ the German E.mpirtl stood
III their ptlA, q seemingly trail obsta-
j" hctWtrn such Il host and the rest
II lEurupt. Shou!i Vienna fall before
th2 M"Slem onset I'll" progress OF the
Sultan's army would BE- made far
easier. and other lesser cities would
lose heart.
The inhabitants oi Vienna were at
that Tim more renowned tor culture
ami thrift than for warfare. Yet I'M
der Nicholas Won Salm they gallantly
lr"p"aed IN defend their city against
The Zoe, and To fight to the last gasp
for their Imperfect homes. The Turks
drew near. destroying Nicnna's sub
urbs, and oncampcl dose to the town
itself
lt was on September -. 1j29 that
the enormous Turkish host laid seiye
to Vienna. Solyman conducting the
affair in person. Before risiting use
Tess loss al life in Il general assault
the Sultan tried Ia make an entrance
INFO the city by means Of tunnels His
soldiers we're Set to york with pick
and spade To dig a secret underground
way into Vienna by which a body of
men might later pour into the place
and thus catch the defenders "be-
tween two fires
The clevclness 0f the Turkish rngi-
neeTs and the countless workers at
their command lnaGt the task Il swift
one. Here IL was that an If inter-
vened 70 save the threatened CAPITAL
and perhaps Europe as well.
Some Vienna bakers We're at work
one night $50 runs the story in a cell
lar making bread for the garrison.
During pause in their conversation
one Of the bakers happened to hear
the muiiled So0nd oil digging. 1t
seemed to come from n spot not far
beyond one of the cellar vans.
Guessing al once that the enemy
Were tunneling & way into the city,
the bakers rushed out and gave the
alarm. tn. garrison. aroused, was
able To battle sDlymans plan.
The sultan failing at strategy. next
tried foren. He hurled his army
against the city in one !iarc" assault
AFTER another. The Niennese fought
like heroes. Each attack was re-
pulsed, with terri!ice loss to the Turks.
For four entire days the Moslems
assailed the city, fresh detachmeuts
ever taking the places of those who
reeled back defeated. During the
four days, almost without a moment
Tor food or sleep, the defenders fought
off the charging horde. 1t seemed
well nigh impossible that SO furious
an onset bly, so vast an army could be
rtEtlled by comparatively small
garrison. But the defenders We're
Fighting for home and religion.
on the fifth day of the assault (Oc-
TONER ~ Solyman gave up the at
tempt to crush Vienna He With
drew sullenly from the scene of his
defeat, leaving so,ooo dead Turks on
the field. The price of conquest
was for once ton high for him.
| Vienna was saved. And not only
Vienna, but Europe. Vienna had
been Europcs barrier against the
| VI No ldttilSI advance. And the
barrier held finn, The northern limit
Of Europe's Turkish raids was reach
ed. once more, in later years Wen
| ma was hesiegCd by the Moslems and
| sill" again beat them off. The high
tide of such invasion had come and
receded. Europe at large was now
forever secure from this long dreaded
foe.
In the moment of victory, according
to the account, the bakers who had
gwen the alarm were not forgotten
To commemorate the event they and
their descendants henceforth nodded
their rolls to the shape of crescent
the sacred emblem of Turkey.) The
custom prevails to this day.
| Few Americans who are used To see-
ing crescent shaped Vienna rolls. have
any IDEA how such rolls first came &c
De mus twisted, nor what great deed
the crescent form commentaries
New YORK Evening World.
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