Battle of Győr (1849)
The Battle of Raab took place during the Summer Campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence. It was fought on 28 June 1849 in the city of Raab, Hungary (now known as Győr). The Hungarian Revolutionary Army was led by General Ernő Poeltenberg and General Artúr Görgei. The Austrian Empire was led by Julius Jacob von Haynau, with assistance from a Russian division led by Feodor Sergeyevich Panyutyin.
| Battle of Győr | |||||||
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| Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 | |||||||
Battle of Gyor by Johann Nepomuk Passini | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hungarian Revolutionary Army |
Austrian Empire Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ernő Poeltenberg Artúr Görgei György Kmety |
Julius Jacob von Haynau Ludwig von Wohlgemuth Feodor Sergeyevich Panyutyin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Total: 12,380 men -VII. corps: 10,566 46 cannons -Detached units of the VIII. corps: 1,832 4 cannons Did not participate: -the Kmety-division: 5,492 17 cannons -II. corps: 5,925 37 cannons |
Total: 64,448 men -I. corps: 18,523 -III. corps: 17,165 -IV. (reserve) corps: 15,549 -a cavalry division: 4,254 -Panyutyin-division: 11,672 -Other units: 2,187 -270 cannons Did not participate: - the Gerstner brigade: 4,902 6 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Total: 479 men 33 dead 73 wounded 373 missing 112 horses 3 cannons |
Total: 131 men 16 dead 50 wounded 65 missing | ||||||
After the Battle of Pered, Haynau's army, joined by the Habsburg emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, crossed the Danube to the southern bank of the river, unnoticed by the Hungarian troops. They attacked the Hungarian units placed around Győr, Árpás, Marcaltő and Ihász, dividing György Kmety's division from the main troops and forcing them to retreat towards Southern Hungary.
The imperials mustered greater than five times the number of Hungarian troops (69,350 imperials - 12,888 Hungarians) at the outset. Görgei was not in the city at the start of the battle, because he was in Pest, and arrived to Győr only towards the end of the battle. He led the Hungarian cavalry and Hungarian troops as they retreated from the city. After the battle, Görgei's troops retreated to the fortress of Komárom, followed by the imperials.