JANOS See also:

• JANOS DAMJANICH (1804–1849)

DAMJANICH (1804–1849)  , Hungarian soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Stasa in the See also:

• BANAT (Hungarian Bansdg)

Banat . He entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army as an officer in the 61st See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of See also:

• FOOT

foot, and on the outbreak of the Hungarian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence was promoted to be a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major in the third Honved regiment at See also:

• SZEGED (Ger., Szegedin)

Szeged . Although an orthodox Serb, he was from the first a devoted adherent of the Magyar liberals . He won his colonelcy by his ability and valour at the battles of Alibunar and Lagerdorf in 1848 . At the beginning of 1849 he was appointed See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the 3rd army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus)

Theiss, and quickly gained the reputation of being the bravest See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in the Magyar army, winning engagement after engagement by sheer dash and daring . At the beginning of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1849 he annihilated a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade at Szoln6k, perhaps his greatest exploit . He was elected See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy for Szolnok to the Hungarian See also:

• DIET

diet, but declined the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . See also:

• DAMJANICH, JANOS (1804–1849)

Damjanich played a leading See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general advance upon the Hungarian See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital under See also:

• GORGEI, ARTHUR (1818- )

Gorgei . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the engagements of See also:

• HORT, FENTON JOHN ANTHONY (1828–1892)

Hort and Hatvan, converted the doubtful fight of Tapib-Bicsk into a victory, and fought with irresistible elan at the bloody See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Isaszeg . At the ensuing See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review at See also:

• GODOLLO

Godollo, See also:

• KOSSUTH, FERENCZ LAJOS AKOS (1841– )
• KOSSUTH, LAJOS [Louis] (1802-1894)

Kossuth expressed the sentiments of the whole nation when he doffed his See also:

• HAT

hat as Damjanich's battalions passed by . Always a fiery democrat, Damjanich uncompromisingly supported the extremist views of Kossuth, and was appointed commander of one of the three divisions which, under Gorgei, entered See also:

• VACZ (Ger. Waitzen)

Vacz in See also:

• APRIL

April 1849 . His fame reached its See also:

• CULMINATION (from Lat. culmen, summit)

culmination when, on the 19th of April, he won the battle of Nagysarlo, which led to the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of the hardly-pressed fortress of See also:

• KOMAROM (Ger., Komorn)

Komarom .

At this juncture Damjanich See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke his See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg, an See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident which prevented him from taking part in See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field operations at the most See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the war, when the See also:

• MAGYARS

Magyars had to abandon the capital for the second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . He recovered sufficiently, however, to accept the See also:

• POST

post of commandant of the fortress of See also:

• ARAD

Arad . After the Vilagos See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe, Damjanich, on being summoned to surrender, declared he would give up the fortress to a single See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

Cossacks, but would defend it to the last drop of his See also:

• BLOOD

blood against the whole See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian army . He accordingly surrendered to the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian general Demitrius Buturlin (1790-1849), by whom he was handed over to the Austrians, who shot him in the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Arad a few days later . See Odon Hamvay, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Janos Damjanich (Hung.), (See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest, 1904) . (R . N .