{"id":11313,"date":"2021-10-24T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/uncategorized\/szechenyi-ferenc-9\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:29:44","slug":"szechenyi-ferenc-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/a-katonaevek-en\/szechenyi-ferenc-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Euer Gnaden, Liebster bester Vater!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umbewust ob ich Euer Gnaden und die beste Mutter, bald wieder<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> segen<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> werde k\u00f6nnen, danke ich noch einmahl f\u00fcr alle Gnaden, ich werde immer suchen sie zu verdienen. Mein Bruder Paul ist sehr wohl auf, es ist ihm, obwohl er in gro\u00dfer Gefahr war, gar kein ungl\u00fcck wiederfahren. Ich<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> bin fast gefangen worden,<a href=\"#_edn1\">[a]<\/a> doch bin ich schon wieder sicher. Wo der Bruder Louis ist wissen wir noch nicht, doch ist ihm kein ungl\u00fcck geschehen, inden<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> er nach der Schlacht,<a href=\"#_edn2\">[b]<\/a> noch mit den Grafen Erd\u00f6d\u04f1<a href=\"#_edn3\">[c]<\/a> gesprochen hat, es wird hoffentlich zamt seiner ganzen Escadron, und andere 7 tausend<a href=\"#_edn4\">[d]<\/a> Menschen beym General Mesko<a href=\"#_edn5\">[e]<\/a> sich befinden, unter diesen Truppen befindet sich auch der ObristL<a href=\"#_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> Voith:<a href=\"#_edn6\">[f]<\/a> sie werden sich hoffentlich mit den Banus Gyulai<a href=\"#_edn7\">[g]<\/a> vereinigen. Unser Schaden den wir von dieser Schlacht haben ist sehr gering. Die Franzosen haben fast zweymahl so viele Manschaft verlohren als wir,<a href=\"#_edn8\">[h]<\/a> und Canonen haben wir nicht eine einzige verlohren, und unsere Truppen sind in der gr\u00f6\u00dften Ordnung. Wir hoffen noch den besten Erfolg. die Ursache unseres Verlustes, sind blos, die noch nie in Feuer Gewesenen Insurgenten, deren manche sich doch zum bewundern auszeichneten. Es ist nicht zu verlangen, da\u00df ganz neue organisirte und noch nicht exercirte Truppen, das gr\u00f6ste Granaten und Cartatschen Feuer aushalten sollen, sie retirirten immer aber in guter Ordnung, und wir sind nun wieder in Comorn alle versammelt. Nun bitte ich um den Segen, und bleibe immer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meines besten Vaters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">dankbarster Sohn Stephan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comorn den 18 Jun\u04f1 1808<a href=\"#_edn9\">[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul&#8217;s afterthought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Der Ferdinand<a href=\"#_edn10\">[j]<\/a> und Franz Zich\u04f1<a href=\"#_edn11\">[k]<\/a> befinden sich gut. und k\u00fcssen die Sophie tausendmahl. und ich alle Pesther die mich noch ein wenig lieben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eben haben wir erfahren da\u00df der Louis in Bitske<a href=\"#_edn12\">[l]<\/a> gesund auf Forposten<a href=\"#_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> stehet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Inserted afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Instead of sehen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> One word deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> Instead of indem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> Lieutenant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a> Instead of Vorposten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[a]<\/a> The retreating army of Archduke John, numbering 18,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, joined the noble insurrection of about 19,000 men, and on 14 June, in poorly chosen terrain, between Gy\u0151r and Kismegyer, engaged the French army of about 55,000 men under the command of the Italian Viceroy Eugene Beauharnais. The French won an easy victory, because the poorly armed and trained insurgents, forced into inaction, could not withstand the cannon fire. The main Austrian forces retreated to Kom\u00e1rom, while the 5,000 to 7,000 troops stationed in the ramparts of the fortified Gy\u0151r camp remained in place for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[b]<\/a> The rearguard, standing between the ramparts, was ordered to surrender by the French. General J\u00f3zsef Mesk\u00f3 immediately called a council of war, and the plan of Lieutenant Colonel Voith to retreat was accepted. That night it was Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi who took the report with the planned route of retreat to the palatine in Kom\u00e1rom. As the enemy had occupied both banks of the Danube, the journey had to be made in a small boat in the middle of the river. He was in danger of being captured, and the French fired at him, but he arrived unharmed at Archduke Joseph\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\">[c]<\/a> Lieutenant Colonel K\u00e1roly Erd\u0151dy, who served in the 5th Battalion of the Vas County Insurgents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\">[d]<\/a> Lieutenant Colonel Voith reported that, by contrast, the entrenched camp numbered 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref5\">[e]<\/a> After the lost battle, J\u00f3zsef Mesk\u00f3 led his troops across the R\u00e1bca River, bypassing Lake Balaton and through Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r to Kom\u00e1rom. The long detour lasted from 15 June to 13 July, amid minor skirmishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref6\">[f]<\/a> Ferdinand Voith, Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref7\">[g]<\/a> Count Ign\u00e1c Gyulay (1763\u20131831) was an imperial-royal general in 1797, a lieutenant general in 1800, a real internal privy councillor, and the ban (viceroy) of Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. In 1809 he fought in Italy, took part in the battles of Dresden and Leipzig, in 1813 he was appointed field marshal, in 1823 general commander in Bohemia, in 1830 he became president of the Imperial Court War Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref8\">[h]<\/a> In his report on the Battle of Gy\u0151r, Major of the General Staff Gedeon Maretich estimated the Austrian losses at 7,000 dead, wounded and prisoners, and 2 destroyed cannons, while the French losses were estimated at 9,000. S\u00e1ndor Kisfaludy, who served as an aide-de-camp to Palatine Joseph, put his own losses at 6,000. (Istv\u00e1n R. Kiss: Az utols\u00f3 nemesi felkel\u00e9s. Budapest, 1909. Vol. 1, pp. 197\u2013198.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref9\">[i]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi\u2019s misspelling, the letter was written in 1809.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref10\">[j]<\/a> Sz\u00e9chenyi&#8217;s brother-in-law Count Ferdinand Zichy (1783\u20121869) general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref11\">[k]<\/a> Count Ferenc Zichy (1777\u20131839), after his marriage, Count Ferenc Zichy-Ferraris, later imperial-royal chamberlain, and from 1827, county governor. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref12\">[l]<\/a> Bicske, a village in Pest County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi to Ferenc Sz\u00e9ch\u00e9nyi, Kom\u00e1rom, 18 June 1809. Edited and annotated by Szilvia Czinege. Published in Correspondence of Istv\u00e1n Sz\u00e9chenyi. Digital edition. Edited by Szilvia Czinege and Zolt\u00e1n F\u00f3nagy. https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/ Abbreviation for further references: SzIL-Digit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was almost captured in the battle of Gy\u0151r. P\u00e1l is well, although he was in great danger. He does not know the whereabouts of Lajos, but he is sure that he is all right, because Count Erd\u0151dy spoke to him after the battle. He hopes that he has joined General Mesko&#8217;s army. Lieutenant Colonel Voith is also there; hopefully they will join forces with viceroy Gyulai&#8217;s troops. Their casualties are light; twice as many French as Hungarians were killed in the battle, and their troops are in the best of order. The only reason for the defeat is that the insurrectionists had never been in the firing line before. The retreat was orderly, and they are already reassembled at Kom\u00e1rom, Ferdinand Zichy and Francis are well; he sends Sophia a thousand kisses. P\u00e1l adds that they have just learned that Lajos is in good health and is in the outpost at Bicske.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3403,3402],"tags":[3426],"language":[3416],"addressee":[3411],"place_of_writing":[3469],"qualification":[3383],"place_of_keeping":[3414],"place_of_publication":[3470],"class_list":["post-11313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-szechenyi_ferenc-en","category-a-katonaevek-en","tag-military","language-german","addressee-ferenc-szechenyi","place_of_writing-komarom-en","qualification-original","place_of_keeping-mnl-ol-p-623-a-i-9-no-39-en","place_of_publication-zichy-12-13-kovacs-kormendy-mazi-oplatka-23-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11323,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313\/revisions\/11323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"addressee","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/addressee?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_writing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_writing?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/qualification?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_keeping","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_keeping?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"place_of_publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/szechenyilevelezes.abtk.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place_of_publication?post=11313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}