Battle of Zsigárd

The Battle of Zsigárd, fought on 16 June 1849, was one of the battles which took place in the Summer Campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence from 1848 to 1849, fought between the Hungarian Revolutionary Army and the Habsburg Empire. On 16. June 1849 the Hungarian II. corps under the leadership of Colonel Lajos Asbóth occupied Zsigárd, Királyrév and Negyed, but in the end, the counterattack of the Austrian Theissing and Pott brigades under the leadership of Major General Anton Freiherr von Herzinger forced it to retreat on its starting position. The only success of the Hungarians in this battle was that the II. corps built a bridge at Negyed, which they managed to hold, against the Austrian attacks.

Battle of Zsigárd
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Date16 June 1849
Location
Zsigárd, Kingdom of Hungary
Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
 Hungarian Revolutionary Army  Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Lajos Asbóth Anton von Herzinger
Strength
Total: 8,547
51 cannons
 Total: 7,719
27 cannons
Casualties and losses
At Zsigárd:
200-250 soldiers,
11-14 officers
many horses
3 cannons
3 ammunition vaggons
On the other theatres:
185 dead, wounded and missing,
4 cannons		 At Zsigárd:
206 soldiers,
5 officers
50 horses
3 cannons
1 ammunition vaggon
On the other theatres:
62 dead, wounded and missing
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