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Jovan Damjanović(Damjanich, János; Staza near Kostajnica, Banija, 8. July 1804 - Arad, Hungary, 6 October 1849) was a Serbian border officer, and a Hungarian general.
Biography
[edit]Jovan Damjanović comes from a border officer family. His mother was the daughter of General Peja Taborović, and he was a distant relative of Čarnojević from Šimand. He was educated in the cadet corps, and then he transferred to the border regiment and soon attained the rank of lieutenant. At the age of 40, he reached the rank of captain. He was considered an educated officer with liberal views, which led him to the side of the Hungarian opposition with Lajos Kossuth at the head, but also to the confrontation with the imperial forces in the Revolution. In the spring of 1848, he was sent to the Italian battlefield as a major, but was soon returned to Hungary and appointed as a battalion commander in Szeged, where he joined the rebel Hungarian army and created two elite battalions of the "Red Riding Hoods". In mid-July, he participated in the battles in Bačka near Srbobran and in a brief skirmish with the Serbs near Turia, although his detachment was in strategic reserve. In the fall of 1848, he was promoted to colonel of the Honved army and in November was appointed commander of the military camp in Vršac, where he established strict order. and discipline. He commanded the entire Honved division of 12,000 soldiers, deployed in Vršac and Bela Crkva (five battalions of Honved, three squadrons of cavalry, as well as two battalions of the National Guard). In December 1848, he inflicted on the Serbs the worst defeat and opened the way for the Hungarians to Pančevo, which is why he was promoted to general.After the defeat of General Kis in the battle of Pančevo, he was appointed commander of the Hungarian army in Banat (1849) and directed its retreat to the north. After successfully evacuating Vršac on January 19, he retreated towards Žombolj and Stari Arad, and then became famous in successful battles against the Austrian imperial army in central Hungary, first with a "bravura" crossing over the Tisza, then with victories at Solnok (March 5). , Hatvan, Gedele, Izasega, and the victory over General Volgemut at Nagšarlo (April 19). He was respected among the Hungarians for his great courage, military knowledge and military experience on the Danube (April 24--27), when he broke his right leg during the overturning of his car, and it was amputated. extradition to Austria was hanged.
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