![]() ![]() Ĭapturing Buda Castle seemed more achievable at that moment, Klapka arguing that it was not suited to withstand a siege, and could be taken quickly by a surprise attack, which could be achieved with the available Hungarian forces. Furthermore, the Hungarian army was short of ammunition. While the Hungarian army gathered before Komárom had fewer than 27,000 men, the imperial army awaiting them around Pozsony and Vienna had 75,633, of which its effective combat strength was 54,443 with 237 guns, so it was twice the size of Görgei's force. Although the first option seemed very attractive to him, its success was nearly impossible. So he changed his mind and supported the second choice. However, Görgei was quickly convinced by those who wanted to liberate the castle of Buda first. The Hungarian commander thought that his army had more chance of success if it could destroy the Austrian imperial army before the Tzar's troops arrived. The main reason for the first plan as supported initially by Görgei was the threat of Russian intervention. The first choice was supported mainly by the chief of the general staff, Lieutenant-Colonel József Bayer, and initially by Görgei the second option's main proponent was General György Klapka, commanding I Corps. One was to march on Pozsony and Vienna, in order to force the enemy to fight on their own ground the other was to return eastwards to retake Buda Castle, which was held by a strong imperial garrison of 5,000 men under the command of Heinrich Hentzi. 5.2 Before the arrival of the siege artilleryįollowing the relief of Komárom from the imperial siege and the retreat of the Habsburg forces to the Hungarian border, the Hungarian army had two choices as to where to continue its advance.4 The Hungarian march to Buda and preparations for the siege.On, the same day as the capture of Buda, the two emperors Franz Joseph I of Austria and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia signed the final treaty in Warsaw, which agreed on the intervention in Hungary of 200,000 Russian soldiers (and an 80,000-strong reserve force, if necessary), in order to help the Austrian Empire crush the Hungarian revolution. ![]() Thanks to this, the second Hungarian revolutionary Government, led by Bertalan Szemere together with Governor-President Lajos Kossuth, returned from Debrecen, the interim capital of the Hungarian revolution, to the capital of Hungary. The capture of Buda Castle completed the liberation of the Hungarian capital cities ( Buda and Pest). Other regions of the capitals also suffered heavy damage due to the artillery duels between the two sides. The senseless bombardment of Pest by Austrian commander Major General Heinrich Hentzi caused destruction of classic buildings on the shores of the Danube. The siege of Buda was also the shortest siege of the war (18 days). All other fortresses capitulated following agreements between besiegers and besieged. Part of the Spring Campaign, the siege began on, ending with the Hungarian capture of the castle by assault on 21 May.īuda Castle was the only fortress throughout the entire war to be taken by storm by the besiegers on either side. The Hungarian revolutionary army was led by General Artúr Görgei during the Hungarian War of Independence. The siege of Buda took place at Buda castle (called Festung Ofen in German), part of the twin capital cities of the Kingdom of Hungary. ![]()
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