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Battle of Cegléd

Battle of Cegléd was a battle fought on 25 January 1849 in what is now Hungary. The recorded result: Hungarian victory.

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Fought25 January 1849
WhereHungary47.173N, 19.802E
OutcomeHungarian victory
BelligerentsHungaryagainstAustria

Record

Date25 January 1849
PlaceHungary
47.173N, 19.802E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength17,839 men (in reality only the cavalry and artillery of the Hungarians participated in the battle: ~2,500 men); 66 cannons2,762 men; 18 cannons
Casualties and losses1 dead; 2 wounded6 dead; 15 wounded; 22 missing or captured; 78 horses (these are the aggregated numbers of the Austrian losses of the First Battle of Szolnok and the Battle of Cegléd)
Commanders
  • Ferenc Ottinger
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Elsewhere in 1849

Battle of Cegléd is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Hungary.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q122423513, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Cegléd, revision 1370108753, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.