Battle of Piski

Battle of Piski
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Battle of Piski - Theodor Breitwieser
Date9 February 1849
Location
Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
 Hungarian Revolutionary Army  Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
 Józef Bem Anton Puchner
Strength
Total: 7,500
26 cannons
Did not participate:
356
2 cannons
4,035
24 cannons
Did not participate:
4710
10 cannons[1]
Casualties and losses
Total: 600-700 men Total: 705 men
29 horses,
1 cannon[1]

The Battle of Piski was a battle in the Hungarian war of Independence of 1848-1849 fought on 9 February 1849 between the Hungarian army led by the Polish General Józef Bem and the Austrian army of the Habsburg Commander-in-Chief of Transylvania, Lieutenant General Anton Puchner. As a result of the defeats suffered by Bem against the much superior Austrian army, supported also by Romanian and Saxon militias, and a Russian army of several thousand soldiers, the Hungarian army was about to be pushed out of Transylvania. This is why this battle was a crucial one for Bem. And thanks to the reinforcements sent from Hungary, he could stop the Austrian attack at Piski, defeat Puchner, and restart the fight for the province.

  1. ^ a b Hermann 2004, pp. 172.