See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR See also:

• ARTHUR GORGEI (1818- )

GORGEI (1818- )  , Hungarian soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Toporcz, in Upper See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, on the 3oth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1818 . He came of a Saxon See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family who were converts to Protestantism . In 1837 he entered the Bodyguard of Hungarian Nobles at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, where he combined military service with a course of study at the university . In 1845, on-the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father, he retired from the See also:

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

army and devoted himself to the study of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, after which he retired to the family estates in Hungary . On the outbreak of the revolutionary See also:

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

war of 1848, See also:

• GORGEI, ARTHUR (1818- )

Gorgei offered his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword to the Hungarian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . Entering the Honved army with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, he was employed in the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of arms, and soon became See also:

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

major and commandant of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

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

Theiss . Whilst he was engaged in preventing the Croatian army from See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, at the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Csepel, below Pest, the wealthy Hungarian See also:

• MAGNATE (Late Lat. magnas, a great man)

magnate See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene Zichy See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into his hands, and Gorgei caused him to be arraigned before a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason and immediately hanged . After various successes over the Croatian forces, of which the most remarkable was that at Ozora, where 1o,000 prisoners fell into his hands, Gorgei was appointed See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the army of the Upper Danube, but, on the advance of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• WINDISCHGRATZ, PRINCE ALFRED (1787-1862)

Windischgratz across the Leitha, he resolved to fall back, and in spite of the remonstrances of See also:

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

Kossuth he held to his See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution and retreated upon Waitzen . Here, irritated by what he considered undue interference with his plans, he issued (January 5th, 1849) a See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation throwing the blame for the See also:

• RECENT

recent want of success upon the government, thus virtually revolting against their authority . Gorgei retired to the Hungarian See also:

• ERZGEBIRGE

Erzgebirge and conducted operations on his own initiative . Meanwhile the supreme command had been conferred upon the See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

Pole Dembinski, but the latter fought without success the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Kapolna, at which See also:

• ACTION

action Gorgei's 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 arrived too See also:

• LATE

late to take an effective See also:

• PART

part, and some 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 after this the command was again conferred upon Gorgei . The See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1849 was brilliantly conducted by him, and in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of engagements, he defeated Windischgratz .

In See also:

• APRIL

April he won the victories of See also:

• GODOLLO

Godollo Izaszeg and Nagy Sarlo, relieved Komorn, and again won a battle at Acs or Waitzen . Had he followed up his successes by taking the offensive against the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian frontier, he might perhaps have dictated terms in the Austrian See also:

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

capital itself . As it was, he contented himself with reducing Ofen, the Hungarian capital, in which he desired to re-establish the See also:

• DIET

diet, and after effecting this See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture he remained inactive for some See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks . Meanwhile, at a diet held at Debreczin, Kossuth had formally proposed the dethronement of the See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty and Hungary had been proclaimed a See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . Gorgei had refused the 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-See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal's See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

baton offered him by Kossuth and was by no means in sympathy with the new regime . However, he accepted the See also:

• PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio of See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war, while retaining the command of 'the troops in the field . The Russians had now intervened in the struggle and made See also:

• COMMON

common cause with the Austrians; the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies were advancing into Hungary on all sides, and Gorgei was defeated by See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

Hay= at Pered (20th–21st of See also:

• JUNE

June) . Kcrasuth, perceiving See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

GORGES the impossibility of continuing the struggle and being unwilling himself to make terms, resigned his position as See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

dictator, and was succeeded by Gorgei, who meanwhile had been fighting hard against the various columns of the enemy . Gorgei, convinced that he could not break through the enemy's lines, surrendered, with his army of 20,000 See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry and 2000 See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry, to the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

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

general Rudiger at Vilagos . Gorgei was not court-martialled, as were his generals, but kept in confinement at See also:

• KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec)

Klagenfurt, where he lived, chiefly employed in chemical See also:

• WORK

work, until 1867, when he was pardoned and returned to Hungary . The surrender, and particularly the fact that his See also:

• LIFE

life was spared while his generals and many of his See also:

• OFFICERS

officers and men were hanged or shot, led, perhaps naturally, to his being accused of treason by public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of his countrymen . After his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he played no further part in public life .

Even in 1885 an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt which was made by a large number of his old comrades to re-habilitate him was not favourably received in Hungary . After some years' work as a railway engineer he retired to Visegrad, where he lived thenceforward in See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat . (See also HUNGARY: See also:

• HISTORY

History.) General Gorgei wrote a See also:

• JUSTIFICATION

justification of his operations (Mein Leben and Wirken in Ungarn 1848-1859, See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1852), an See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Was verdanken wir der Revolution ? (1875), and a reply to Kossuth's charges (signed " Joh . Demar ") in Budapesti Szemle, 1881, 25-26 . Amongst those who wrote in his favour were Captain See also:

• STEPHAN, HEINRICH VON (1831-1897)

Stephan Gorgei (1848 es 1849 bol, See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest, 1885), and See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Aschermann (Ein offenes Wort in der Sache desHonved-Generals See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur Gorgei, Klausenburg, i8 See also A . G . See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn, Gorgei, Oberkommandant d. ung . Armee (Leipzig, 185o) ; Kinety, Gorgei's Life and Work in Hungary (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1853) ; Szinyei, in Magyar Irok (iii . 1378), Hentaller, Gorgei as a Statesman (Hungarian) ; Elemar, Gorgei in 1848–1849 (Hungarian, Budapest, 1886) .