Battle of Zsigárd
Battle of the Hungarian War of Independence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Zsigárd, fought on 16 June 1849, was one of the battles which took place in the Summer Campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence from 1848 to 1849, fought between the Hungarian Revolutionary Army and the Habsburg Empire. On 16. June 1849 the Hungarian II. corps under the leadership of Colonel Lajos Asbóth occupied Zsigárd, Királyrév and Negyed, but in the end, the counterattack of the Austrian Theissing and Pott brigades under the leadership of Major General Anton Freiherr von Herzinger forced it to retreat on its starting position. The only success of the Hungarians in this battle was that the II. corps built a bridge at Negyed, which they managed to hold, against the Austrian attacks.
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Battle of Zsigárd | |||||||
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Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Hungarian Revolutionary Army | Austrian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lajos Asbóth | Anton von Herzinger | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Total: 8,547 51 cannons [1] |
Total: 7,719 27 cannons[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
At Zsigárd: 200-250 soldiers, 11-14 officers many horses 3 cannons 3 ammunition vaggons On the other theatres: 185 dead, wounded and missing, 4 cannons |
At Zsigárd: 206 soldiers, 5 officers 50 horses 3 cannons 1 ammunition vaggon[3] On the other theatres: 62 dead, wounded and missing |
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