First Battle of Szolnok

Second Battle of Szolnok
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
First Battle of Szolnok (Austrian artillery)
Date 22 January 1849 Location Szolnok, Szolnok County, Kingdom of Hungary Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Revolutionary Army	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mór Perczel	Ferenc Ottinger
Strength
17,839 men 66 cannons[1]	1,586 men 12 cannons[2]
Casualties and losses
4 dead 3 wounded 6 missing or captured[2]	?

The First Battle of Szolnok was a battle in the Hungarian war of Independence of 1848-1849, fought on 22 January 1849 between the revolutionary Hungarian army led by General Mór Perczel against the cavalry brigade of the Austrian Empire led by General Ferenc Ottinger. The isolated troops of Ottinger were attacked by Perczel's superior army and were forced to retreat from Szolnok to Abony, then to Cegléd. This Hungarian victory was a sign that the Austrian troops, which after the occupation of the Hungarian capitals of Pest and Buda, believed that they already won the war, were far away from reaching that goal, and that the Hungarian army could cause them unpleasant surprises. After the Battle Perczel's troops continued the pursuit of Ottinger's troops to Cegléd.