Battle of Letenye
Appearance
Battle of Letenye | |||||||
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Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
3409+? men 297 horses 8 cannons[1][2] |
~2400 men 2 cannons[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 dead 4 wounded[4] | 743 captured[4] |
The Battle of Letenye was a battle in the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849, fought on 17 October 1848 between the Hungarian Revolutionary Army under the command of General [[Mór Perczel] and the Croatian troops under Colonel Lazar Mamula defending the Muraköz/Međimurje region. Perczel, the leader of the Hungarian brigade which attacked Muraköz, split his troops in two, and his detachment defeated the Croatian troops defending the line of the Mura River. As a result of his victory, together with the victory of the leader of the other column, Major András Gáspár in the Battle of Kotor, Perczel liberated Muraköz from the Croatian troops.
References
- ^ Hermann 2004, pp. 114.
- ^ Hermann 2001, pp. 157.
- ^ Hermann 2001, pp. 157–158.
- ^ a b Hermann 2001, pp. 158.
Sources
- Bóna, Gábor (1987). Tábornokok és törzstisztek a szabadságharcban 1848–49 ("Generals and Staff Officers in the War of Freedom 1848–1849") (in Hungarian). Budapest: Zrínyi Katonai Kiadó. p. 430. ISBN 963-326-343-3.
- Hermann, Róbert (2001), 1848-1849 a szabadságharc hadtörténete ("Military History of 1848-1849") (in Hungarian), Budapest: Korona, ISBN 963-9376-21-3
- Hermann, Róbert (2004). Az 1848–1849-es szabadságharc nagy csatái ("Great battles of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848–1849") (in Hungarian). Budapest: Zrínyi. p. 408. ISBN 963-327-367-6.
- Hermann, Róbert (1997), "Kanizsa felszabadítása 1848. október 3-án ("The Liberation of Kanizsa on 3 October 1848")" (PDF), Zalai Múzeum 07 (in Hungarian)
- Schmidt-Brentano, Antonio (2007). Die k. k. bzw. k. u. k. Generalität 1816-1918 ("Officers of the K.K and K.u.K. Army") (in German). Budapest: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv. p. 211.