Battle of Csorna

Battle of Csorna
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Battle of Csorna by Johann Kratschmer
Date 13 June 1849 Location around and in Csorna, Kingdom of Hungary 47°37′00″N 17°15′00″E / 47.6167°N 17.2500°E / 47.6167; 17.2500 Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Revolutionary Army	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
György Kmety	Franz Wyss  †
Strength
5,002 17 cannons	2,690 8 cannons Did not participate: 2,026 men 3 cannons[1]
Casualties and losses
215–271 killed or wounded	258 killed or wounded

The Battle of Csorna, fought on 13 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 Habsburg Empire and the Hungarian Revolutionary Army. The Hungarian army was led by Colonel^[2] György Kmety, and the imperial army by Major General Franz Wyss. After liberation of the Hungarian capitals from the siege of Buda, the Hungarian commanders elaborated a plan to continue the Hungarian advance towards the Habsburg capital Vienna, before the arrival of the 200,000-strong army, sent by the Russian Empire to help the 170,000-strong Habsburg troops to crush the Hungarian revolution and freedom. But before the real fighting started between the two main armies, the commander of the 15th division of the VII Hungarian army corps, Colonel György Kmety, attacked the imperial half brigade led by Franz Wyss by surprise, and in heavy fighting forced them to flee. During the retreat the imperial commander also received a fatal wound, dying on the battlefield. At the same time two other Hungarian detachments from the VII corps also won victories against Austrian troops, chasing them away from Öttevény and Kóny.