Battle of Isaszeg

Overview

The Battle of Isaszeg took place in the Spring Campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence from 1848 to 1849, between the Austrian Empire and the Hungarian Revolutionary Army supplemented by Polish volunteers. The Austrian forces were led by Field Marshal Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz and the Hungarians by General Artúr Görgei. The battle was one of the turning points of the Hungarian War of Independence, being the decisive engagement of the so-called Gödöllő operation, and closing the first phase of the Spring Campaign.

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Significance

The Battle of Isaszeg on April 6, 1849 was fought during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848–1849, pitting Hungarian revolutionary forces under Görgei, Klapka, Damjanich, Aulich, and Gáspár against Austrian imperial forces commanded by Windisch-Grätz, Schlik, and Jelačić. The Hungarian side fielded approximately 31,315 troops against an Austrian force of around 26,000. Hungarian casualties reached roughly 1,000. Beyond these basic facts, the available record does not detail what the engagement decided within the broader campaign or how it affected the ultimate suppression of the revolution by Austrian and Russian forces later in 1849.

Forces & casualties

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