A key engagement of the 1849 Summer Campaign in which Habsburg and Russian forces repelled Hungarian advances along the Vág river.
Key Facts
- Dates
- 20–21 June 1849
- Hungarian commander
- General Artúr Görgei
- Imperial commander
- Lt. Field Marshal Julius Jacob von Haynau
- Allied corps engaged (imperial)
- Two Austrian (II, IV) and one Russian corps
- Outcome
- Hungarian retreat from Pered and Zsigárd
- Context
- Part of the Hungarian War of Independence (1848–1849)
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Following inconclusive preliminary skirmishes along the Vág river in which Hungarian attacks failed to achieve success, General Görgei took personal command and, after receiving reinforcements, ordered a renewed westward offensive on 20 June 1849 during the Summer Campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence.
On 20 June the Hungarian II corps captured the village of Pered in heavy fighting, but the III and VIII corps failed to advance. On 21 June, three imperial and Russian corps launched a coordinated counterattack on the northern bank of the Danube, driving the Hungarians from both Pered and Zsigárd over two days of combat.
Forced to abandon the villages they had taken, Görgei ordered a full retreat from the battlefield. The battle also led to command reshuffles, including the dismissal of General Knezić and Colonel Asbóth, and their replacement by officers of uneven quality, further weakening Hungarian operational cohesion during the critical summer of 1849.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Artúr Görgei.
Side B
2 belligerents
Julius Jacob von Haynau, Fedor Panyutin.