| In 52 BC Vercingetorix led a revolt against the Roman occupation but was defeated at the siege of Alesia and surrendered. |
| It was during the war of independence aroused by the patriotism of Vercingetorix. |
| Vercingetorix was one of those who persevere and act in the days of distress just as in the spring-tide of their hopes. |
| After struggling vainly to continue the war, Vercingetorix surrendered, and the Gallic chieftains laid down their arms. |
| Joan of Arc, Roland and Vercingetorix, all hardly known in France before 1870, were rescued from the memory hole by a nation that needed martyrs after the Prussian victory. |
| Du Guesclin and Vercingetorix in particular were, however, a sore trial to them. |
