Battle of Alsónyárasd: Difference between revisions
|date=20–21 June 1849
|date=20–21 June 1849
|place=around and in Alsónyárasd [[Kingdom of Hungary]]
(now [[Nyárasd]], [[Slovakia]])
|place=around and in Alsónyárasd [[Kingdom of Hungary]]
(now [[Nyárasd]], [[Slovakia]])
|result=Rebellion win
|result=
|combatant1={{Hungarian Revolution of 1848 participant|Hungary}}
|combatant1={{Hungarian Revolution of 1848 participant|Hungary}}
|combatant2={{Hungarian Revolution of 1848 participant|Austria}}
|combatant2={{Hungarian Revolution of 1848 participant|Austria}}
The Battle of Alsónyárasd, took place between 20 and 21 June 1849, in Alsónyárasd, as part of the Battle of Pered of the Summer Campaign of Hungarian War of Independence.
During the first day of the Battle of Pered the Csallóköz region played a secondary role, representing the marching ground and supply route of the Hungarian troops. After discussing, in the morning of 20 June with General Artúr Görgei about the plan for the incoming battle of Pered,[5] agreed that Klapka had to advance towards Vásárút, and to tie down the Austrian troops from Csallóköz.[6] The detached troops from the VIII. corps, led by General Klapka advanced towards Vásárút, his intention being to tie down the attention of the Austrians from Csallóköz.[7] But at the same time the Austrian II. corps too, led by Lieutenant General Anton Csorich, was sent to tie down the Hungarian troops from Csallóköz, and prevent them to send reinforcements to the Vág river.[6] They advanced on both banks of the Danube’s Érsekújvár branch.[6] On 20 June in the morning Lieutenant General Csorich, after leaving garrisons at the crossing points of Eperjes and Nádszeg, sent a column of 2 battalions 4 cavalry companies, and 18 cannons from Vásárút to Aszód, another column from Albár to Nagymegyer, and the Reischach brigade[c] through Csilizatas to Nagymegyer.[6] Klapka arrived with the Kosztolányi division to Aszód, deploying along both sides of the road heading to Gúta, and around the noon he was informed about the approach of the enemy.[6] In order to avoid being attacked in the vicinity of the bridge, which he had to defend, he decided to advance toward the approaching enemy.[6] For this purpose he sent Colonel Móric Kosztolányi with 2 battalions, 1 hussar company, and 4 cannons on the road to Gúta, Colonel Rohonczy with 3 companies of the newly founded Károlyi hussars and a cavalry battery through Királyfölde to Albár, Colonel count Zichy with a smaller column from Apácaszakállas to Alsónyárasd, and Colonel Janik had to follow Kosztolányi’s and Rohonczy’s columns as a reserve, with the 64. and 18. battalions, a cavalry company, and 4 cannons.[6]
When Csorich’s left column arrived at Alsónyárasd, he was informed about the approach of the Hungarians, so he deployed his troops he deployed his infantry in the village and the small woods near the Little Danube, the cavalry on the right flank, outside the village, while the artillery remained, for now, behind Alsónyárasd.[6] The commander of the cavalry, colonel Rohonczy, attacked, and took control over the above mentioned small woods, and right when he was preparing to attack Alsónyárasd, he was attacked by 2 companies of Civalart Uhlans and 2 companies of the Liechtenstein Chevau-léger regiment, which forced the Károlyi hussars to retreat.[6] Klapka sent a company of the Hunyady hussars against the Austrian cavalrymen pursuing the retreating Károlyi hussars,[d] and with the help of a battery, they managed to stop them. Meanwhile, Rohonczy reorganized his hussars and sent them again to attack, but they were repulsed again.[6] At this moment the Austrian infantry broke out of Nyárasd, forcing the Károlyi hussars, also threatened from the left by the Austrian cavalry, to retreat.[6] The Austrian cavalry pursued Kosztolányi’s retreating 2 battalions, pushing back again also the hussars’ which tried to stop them.[6] As a result of this the situation of Klapka’s troops became critical. Janik’s and Zichy’s columns finally arrived, thanks to which Klapka reorganized his troops. Seeing this, Csorich ordered his troops to retreat from the battlefield in the direction of Vásárút, while Klapka retreated towards Aszód.[6] to defend the bridges at Aszódpuszta and Guta. So ended the first day of the Battle.[7]
On the 20th, Lieutenant General Csorics received orders from Haynau to facilitate Wohlgemuth’s attack the following day, with the bulk of the Liebler Brigade and Simbschen’s cavalry brigade to make an offensive movement on the left bank of the Danube at Ersekújvár through Nádszeg towards Seregakol, i.e. to the flanks and rear of the Hungarians, while from Vásárút towards Aszód he was to confine himself to a strong Battle of Alsónyárasd: Difference between revisions