Surrender at Világos
The Surrender at Világos (
Russian intervention in the revolution
After the
László Batthyány and another officer delivered Görgey's response to Chruloff, in which Görgey demanded that all Hungarians get freedom, not only those who had served in the conflict. He would also gladly accept if one of the Russian princes would wear the Holy Crown of Hungary (Holy Crown of Saint Stephen).
Surrender at Világos
The Hungarian Army surrendered to Russian General Rüdiger on 13 August 1849. At Bohus Castle, they signed the document of surrender. Görgey tried to show by the terms of the surrender that Hungary had been defeated by Russia, and not by Austria. This proved to be pointless as the Russians simply just handed them over to the Austrian authorities.
Surrender of the other Hungarian troops and fortresses
In the final days of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849, after the Surrender at Világos on 13 August 1849 of the last important army of the Hungarians led by General Artúr Görgei, and the political leader of the Hungarian Revolution, Lajos Kossuth left the country on 17 August, there were still many troops and fortresses which continued to resist.[2] But in the next two weeks, these troops surrendered one after another:
- 17 August: General János Damjanich surrenders the fortress of Arad to the Russians;[3]
- 18 August: Lieutenant
- 19 August: General
- 20 August: General
- 21 August: Major
- 22 August: Major László Inczédy surrenders with his brigade at
- 24-25 August: Colonel Lajos Kazinczy surrenders with the troops of Northern Transylvania at
- 26 August: Major Pál Mezősy surrenders the fortress of
- 7 September: General Pál Kiss surrenders the fortress of
- 2 October: General György Klapka surrenders the fortress of Komárom to the Field Marshal Julius Jacob von Haynau;[10]
Aftermath
After the surrender and despite the Russian Emperor's pleas for clemency, the Austrians engaged in harsh reprisals against Hungary. They sentenced hundreds of soldiers and civilians to death, and imprisoned even more. Prisoners were conscripted into the Austrian Army.
On 6 October 1849, at Arad (today in
References
- ^ Hermann, Róbert, ed. (1996). 1848-1849. A szabadságharc és forradalom története [History of the Hungarian Revolution 1848-1849] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Videopont.
- ^ Bánlaky József: A világosi fegyverletétel. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ Bánlaky József: Arad meghódolása. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ Bánlaky József: A Bem és Guyon vezette hadoszlop fegyverletétele. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ a b Bánlaky József: A Dessewffy és Lázár tábornokok vezette hadoszlop fegyverletétele. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ Bánlaky József: Vécsey hadoszlopának fegyverletétele. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ a b Bánlaky József: Gaál és Kazinczy hadoszlopainak fegyverletétele; Inczédy hadának elszéledése. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ Bánlaky József: Munkács meghódolása. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ Bánlaky József: Pétervárad meghódolása. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
- ^ Bánlaky József: A komáromi események. 1849. július közepétől október elejéig. A magyar nemzet hadtörténete XXI Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. 2001
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