First Battle of Vác (1849)

First Battle of Vác
	Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
	; The Battle of Vac
Date	10 April 1849
Location	Around and in Vác, Kingdom of Hungary
Result	Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Revolutionary Army; Polish Legion	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
János Damjanich	Christian Götz (DOW)
Strength
11,592; 36 cannons; Did not participate:; Detached troops from I. corps: 2,973 men; 20 cannons	8,250; 26 cannons
Casualties and losses
150	Total: 422 ; 60 dead; 147 wounded; 215 missing or captured; 1 battery

The Battle of Vác, fought on 10 April 1849, was one of two important battles which took place in Vác during the Spring Campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence between the Austrian Empire and the Hungarian revolutionary army. The battle was the starting point of the second phase of the Spring Campaign, during which the Hungarians planned to relieve the fortress of Komárom from an Austrian siege, and to encircle the Austrian forces headquartered in the Hungarian capitals of Buda and Pest.

The Hungarians won the battle. The Austrian commander, Major General Christian Götz, was fatally wounded, dying shortly after the battle. His body was buried by the Hungarian commander Artúr Görgei with full military honors as a mark of respect.

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