Hungarian Army 1848-49
Posted:
Sunday, July 22, 2012 –
6:37 PM
There are several nationalities who fought on the Hungarian side in this conflict. The most important of them is the Polish Legion.
Polish cavalry, infantry and officers
From left to the right: Soldier of the German Legion, the Polish Legion and a jaeger of Tyrol
Here are some generals:
Arthur Görgey the most talented brilliant Hungarian general
János Damjanich who was never defeated in battle
Józef Bem the Polish commander of the Hungarian army in Transylvania
Karl August Graf zu Leiningen-Westerburg general of the Hungarian 3rd. corps
Ernst Ritter Poelt von Poeltenberg general of the Hungarian 7th. corps a valiant hussar
And finally some hussars
The Habsburg Empire's army had 14 hussar regiments out of these 10 fought in the war on the Hungarian side. In the rest 2 regiments fought in Italy and the other two was not rallied of Hungarians but Croatians and they fought against Hungary during the conflict. Hungary recruited four more regiment during the war and called them honvéd hussars. I'm going to present these 14 regiments that formed the cavalry of the Hungarian army.
1st. Kaiser (Császár) Hussar Regiment
2nd. Hannover Hussar Regiment
3rd. Ferdinand Hussar Regiment
4th. Alexander (Sándor) Hussar Regiment
6th. Württemberg Hussar Regiment
8th. Coburg Hussar Regiment
9th Nicholas (Miklós) Hussar Regiment
10th Wilhelm (Vilmos) Hussar Regiment
11th Székely Huszár Regiment
12th Palatinus (Nádor) Hussar Regiment
13th. Hunyadi Honvéd Hussar Regiment
14th Lehel Honvéd Hussar Regiment
15th Mátyás Honvéd Hussar Regiment
16th Károlyi Honvéd Hussar Regiment
17th Bocskai Honvéd Hussar Regiment
18th Attila Honvéd Hussar Regiment
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