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COUNT NIKLAS, a Hungarian military officer; became famous for his defense of Sziget with 3,000 men against a Turkish army in August-Sep- ZUG tember, 1566. While the enemy was forcing a narrow bridge leading to the castle on September 7, he ordered the gates to be opened and after firing a midst sallied forth at the head of 600 men. He was soon mortally shot, and several thousand Turks swarmed into the castle, where a mine of 3,000 pounds gunpowder exploded immediately after their entrance, causing great carnage. mortar filled with broken iron into their ZSCHOKKE (tshok'kā), JOHANN HEINRICH DANIEL, a German author; born in Magdeburg, Germany, March 22, 1771. He was educated at the University of Frankfort-on-the-Oder, and settled in Switzerland, in which country he held an honored position in connection with education and public affairs, and with the press. His autobiography, several of his tales, and the "Hours of Devotion," have been translated into English. He died in 1848.