Battle of Segesvár

Battle of Segesvár
	Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
	; The Battle of Segesvár (by László Bellony): Cossack charge against the Hungarian infantry.
Date	31 July 1849
Location	Segesvár, Transylvania (now Sighișoara, Romania)
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Revolutionary Army	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Józef Bem (WIA)	Alexander von Lüders; Grigory Skariatin †
Strength
Total: 3,307 men; (13 infantry companies, 4 cavalry companies); 16 cannons ; Did not participate:; ~3,918 (20 infantry companies, 1 1/2 cavalry companies) ; 8 cannons	Total: 10,183 men; (40 infantry companies, 14 cavalry companies); 32 cannons
Casualties and losses
441+? dead; 186+? wounded; 300-500 missing or captured; 8 cannons	41 dead; 205 wounded

The Battle of Segesvár (Transylvania, now Sighișoara, Romania), also called the Battle of Fehéregyháza, was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 31 July 1849 between the Hungarian revolutionary army under the command of Lieutenant General Józef Bem and the Russian V Corps under General Alexander von Lüders. The battle ended with the victory of the Russian army, which was presumably the death location of the Hungarian poet and national hero Sándor Petőfi, but his body was never found. Furthermore, The Chief of Staff Russian V corps, General Grigory Skariatin was killed at the battle. Although heavy, the defeat was not decisive for the Hungarian army of Transylvania, Lieutenant General Józef Bem continuing his resistance in the province until the Battle of Nagycsűr on 6 August 1849.

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