Battle of Pancsova

Battle of Pancsova
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Battle of Pancsova
Date 2 January 1849 Location Pancsova, Torontál County, Bánság, Kingdom of Hungary (today Serbia) Result Serbian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Revolutionary Army	Austrian Empire Serbian Vojvodina
Commanders and leaders
Ernő Kiss  Károly Leiningen-Westerburg	Ferdinand Mayerhofer von Grünhübel Stevan Knićanin
Strength
4,600 men 900 horses 24 cannons[1]	15,000-17,000 men 34 cannons[1]
Casualties and losses
Total:~300 59 dead 43 wounded 20-80 captured many frozen during the retreat[1]	6 dead 8 wounded[2]

The Battle of Pancsova (now Pančevo, in the Pančevo municipality in the South Banat District Serbia) was a battle in the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849, fought on 2 January 1849 between the Hungarian Army under the command of Lieutenant General Ernő Kiss against the Serbian insurgents led by Colonel Ferdinand Mayerhofer von Grünhübel. Pancsova was the last important Serbian stronghold in the Bánság/Banat region of Southern Hungary, after the Hungarian victories at Alibunar and Jarkovác. Because of the bad timing of the attack, the insufficient numbers of soldiers, and their clothing inappropriate for the very cold weather, Kiss's army was defeated, and forced to retreat. After this battle, due to the order of the Hungarian National Defense Committee to the troops fighting in southern Hungary, to retreat on the Maros's line, the Serbians occupied the whole Délvidék, and were able to extend their power to most of the territories they claimed to belong to their unilaterally proclaimed Serbian Vojvodina. This situation changed only in March when the Hungarian troops led by Mór Perczel counter-attacked.