GUISE, a town of northern France, in the department of Aisne, on the Oise, 31 m. N. of Laon by rail. Pop. (1931) 7,0I 7. The scene of the German stand of Oct. 1918 is near Guise, which suffered much damage during the World War, 1914-18. The town was formerly the capital of the district of Thierache and afterwards of a countship. There is a château dating in part from the middle of the i6th century, which was converted into barracks during the World War. Camille Desmoulins was in 1762 born in the town. The chief industry is the manufacture of iron stoves and heating apparatus, carried on on the co-operative system advocated by Fourier, in works founded by J. B. A. Godin (q.v.). (For an account of the battle of Guise see FRONTIER, BATTLES OF THE.)