Battle of Temesvár

Battle of Temesvár
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Date 9 August 1849 Location around Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary (today Timişoara, Romania) Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Hungary Polish volunteers Italian volunteers	Austrian Empire  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Józef Bem  Henryk Dembiński  Mór Perczel  György Kmety  Arisztid Dessewffy Alessandro Monti	Julius Jacob von Haynau  Franz Schlik  Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein  Feodor Sergeyevich Panyutyin
Strength
55,000 men 120 cannon	90,000 men 350 cannon
Casualties and losses
10,490 dead and injured 112 cannon	4,450 dead and injured 4 cannon

The Battle of Temesvár (now Timişoara, in Romania) was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 9 August 1849 between the Austrian Empire and Hungarian Revolutionary Army supplemented by Polish volunteers. The Austrians were led by Julius Jacob von Haynau, while the Hungarians were led by Józef Bem who arrived at the eleventh hour from Transylvania. The Austrians were victorious.

The Hungarians had only their southern division here, and although they had slightly more men than the Austrians, they lacked experience and good equipment. Henryk Dembiński, the leader of this Hungarian division, retreated from Szeged just before the arrival of the army of Julius Jacob von Haynau, where the Hungarians had prepared defence lines. Dembiński was relieved of his command, and Lajos Kossuth asked József Bem to step in.

The Hungarians were stationed at the stronghold of Temesvár (now Timişoara, Romania) when they were attacked from Temesvár Castle too. The Hungarians did well for a while, but when Bem fell from his horse they could not hold the Austrian cavalry.

Henryk Dembiński, the originator of the idea to join forces at Szeged, became the supreme commander of the southern Hungarian army, even though Antal Vetter had a chance of getting this post. Dembiński commanded little respect because he retreated in 1831 and it seemed that he couldn't change. He essentially retreated from Szeged and left a legion with only four cannon at Újszeged. He was supreme commander of the Hungarian army at the Battle of Kápolna and the Battle of Szőreg, and lost both.

...
Wikipedia