Battle of Szőreg

When

5 Aug 1849

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

46.18° N, 20.21° E

Description

1848 battle during the Hungarian Revolution

The Battle of Szőreg was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 5 August 1849 at Szőreg, Hungary, fought between the Hungarian Revolutionary Army led by Lieutenant General Henryk Dembiński and the main army of the Habsburg Empire led by Field Marshal Julius Jacob von Haynau. The Austrian army was pressing on Szeged, a well fortified city from Southern Hungary.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hungarian Revolution of 1848 – Battle of Szőreg: Austrian forces, under Julius Jacob von Haynau, defeat the Hungarian main forces under Henryk Dembiński”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die kaiserlich österreichischen und russischen Truppen unter Oberbefehl von Julius von Haynau greifen die ungarische Abwehrstellung im Brückenkopf bei Szőreg…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite hongroise à la bataille de Szőreg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Hungarian Revolution of 184815 Mar 1848 · War of independence