Battle of Friedau

Battle of Friedau
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Date8 November 1848
Location
Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
 Hungarian Revolutionary Army Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
 Mór Perczel Johann Wilhelm Burits de Pournay
Strength
4,935 men
525 horses
12 cannons[1]
1,681 + ? men
324 + ? horses
6 cannons[1]
Casualties and losses
1 dead
12 wounded
2 missing or captured
2 horses
1 dead
8 wounded
27 (47) missing or captured
6 horses[1]

The Battle of Friedau was a battle in the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849, fought on 8 November 1848 between the Hungarian Revolutionary Army under the command of General Mór Perczel and the Austrian K.u.K. troops under General Johann Wilhelm Burits de Pournay. Perczel, after liberating on 17 October the Muraköz, at the beginning of November, got information that the Austrian troops from Styria and the Croatian troops plan to perform a concentrated attack against him, with much superior forces, so he decided to do a preemptive attack against the Austrian troops from Styria. He defeated the troops of General Burits at Friedau, then retreated back to Hungary, thus securing Muraköz for another month.

  1. ^ a b c Hermann 2004, pp. 114.