Battle of Perlasz

Battle of Perlasz
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Battle of Perlasz
Date 2 September 1848 Location Perlasz, Torontál County, Bánság, Kingdom of Hungary (today Serbia) 45°12′51″N 20°22′50″E / 45.21417°N 20.38056°E / 45.21417; 20.38056 Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Revolutionary Army	Austrian Empire Serbian Vojvodina
Commanders and leaders
Ernő Kiss  Antal Vetter	Jovan Drakulić
Strength
~ 2,500 men 20 cannons[1]	~ 5,000 12 cannons[1]
Casualties and losses
14 men dead 69 men wounded 15 horses dead 6 horses wounded[1]	260-450 men dead 400 men wounded 10 cannons[1]

The Battle of Perlasz (now Perlez, in the Zrenjanin municipality in the Central Banat District Serbia) was a battle in the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849, fought on 2 September 1848 between the Hungarian Army under the command of Colonel Ernő Kiss and Lieutenant Colonel Antal Vetter against the Serbian insurgents led by Colonel Jovan Drakulić. The Hungarians captured, through heavy fight, the Serbian fortified military camp from Perlasz, being the first important offensive success of the Hungarian army in the Revolutionary war. Although this success could not be exploited because of Kiss's indecision, it had an important moral boost for the Hungarians, and also prevented the Serbians to start an offensive right when the Croatian troops led by Ban Josip Jelačić attacked Hungary, to put an end to the Hungarian independence.