Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-21
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AxsHLAH TED FOR THE suSb ~ I7bEMoeKAr BY KARL.
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l., You will have learned ere this that Feld-
| zengmeister Knight Won .Benedek has been
appointcdnI cOmInander-in-ehisf o of the
| Austrian iATmysl lof the North. II BY, this,
Ilselectlon, the Emperor has. hit the right
man so well that II IL had been left to the
I army to choose theiF own leader1Iio other
han than him would have been9intrusted
with the command, Z As, his name, win of
\ ten be mentioned by the press, it will
| doubtless be of great Interest to your read
ers TO become somewhat more acquainted.
| with this remarkablee leerhan. ~ snI no yjlg Il
l. Ludwig Won Benedek was born in the
year 1904, at Oedenburgh, in Hungary,
| and was the son of a physician.h He re-
ceived his military education at,the e.aead-r
emy at Winer5Negstadt, and served twelve
years as an officer on The staff of the IGeti-
| eraI. In 1916 he was First lieutenant ana
Adjutante to the General commanding at
Galieia.g The first opportunity to shOWhis
| skill as q military leader was at the OUT
4 break Of the troubles in February, 1913.
] Having been ordered to the western dis
trieCs, with fun power to act, and for the
purpose of taking the necessary, measures
| against the insurgents, he at once had
made up his mind what course to pursue.
He Immediately opened Communication
with General Collin, who commanded at
| Podgoreze,, and in conjunction, with him
| attacked the Insurgents near Godow. dis
persed and pursued them along the WEIGH
| sci, thereby enabling General Collin to
take Podgoreze by storm. Tine foresight
and bravery and GOODNESS displayed by
Benedek on this occasion obtained for him
the knight-cross OF the Order of Leopold,
and shortly afterwards the promotion to
| Colonel commanding the infantry regiment
| Gyulay, then in Italy. At the outbreak of
/ the revolution at Mailand, he was at Padua
with two battaliOns of his regiment, Af-
ter having retreated in good order he reach
ed the main army, and at Mantua was at
the head OF a brigade. He distinguished
himself at the battles of Montanara, and
! 0Zouo, and took most prominent part at
lthe storming of Curtatone. The excellent
| dispositions he made of his troops, and the
| undaunted courage shown by him on this,
memorable day, induced his Emperor to
honor him with the knight-cross of, the or
der of Maria Theresa. When the first ar
my corps was advancing towards Gotta,
| Benedek, with his brigade, formed the
avant garde, where hehad TO contend with
superior numbers near Casa Eranchini.
| Not less than during the first, Benedek
| distinguished himself during the second
campaign against the Piedmontese. His
| deeds Of valOf at the Battle of Nontara are
| likewise worthy ofnotice. odWhen the
linesofy the enemy's brigade Regina were
broken by the troops led py the brave,
Archduke Aiprecht, BenedeR hotly pur-
sued them Win Two OF MS regiments and
sntered tne el!y, Where, on account Oh me
oatKpess OF plghs leltner tTiehu nor Zoe
| fouu9lqq De recsognized, and q terrible con.
fusion ehsued. Pat, notWltnstandlIg all
Inis, Behedek look possession OF tne city
anu pursuen une enemy 10 tne oppoSlesia
ot Inc p9Wni nvbhe diIectlon Of Yercelll,
Where ne haq Ghe gates parTlcadea Win the
Dodies OF dead horses. But 10! all OF a
sudden the Dugles ana drums OF the enemy
are heard IN MS rear, ahd. ne nhdsl hlmselt
separated1rom MS Drlgade, Win lonIy sone
pattalOn ana adeW companies Oh oIJaegers.,
Without losing Tor even one moment his
presence OF mlnd, or showing hlmselt IN
the least embarrassed, ne orders his gallant
llttlecorps 10 lace the enemy atcaeksithem
and perempterlly7 demands that they lay
poWn their arms and SURRENDER, rms rase
Ie glterTe is .successful; the night being
very dark, the enemy thinks TO have to-
contend WIthla large armygcorps, and, sun,
renders On 1hls occasion SIX xty7slx othcers
and two thousand Piedmontese soldiers
We're made prisoners. Moreover, six pieces
of artillery and many baggage Wagonsfell
into the hands of the yietors. .su gids bn
After having taken a, prominent part in
the battle OF Noyara, Benedek, was pro-
moted to Major General, and ordered to
command the army thenin the fieldagainst
the Hungarian insurgents. dWhen9 Eeld-
zepgmelster Haynau, atter the hrst nnsqc-
cessful campaign against the Hungarian
insurgents, had reorganized the Austrian
army, he took to the offensive, and orderet
Benedek to. lead the avanS garse,3 a. the
head ofwhich he won new laurels at Raab
and k0mon.,5 During the, battle at 49, II
was mainly through. the herolsm OF his
gallant liant brigade, which was Tor several
hours exposed to the charge OF brave
enemy oi superior numbers; ana TO a muir
derousi fire Of heavy artillery, that the.
Hungarlans commanded M by Goergy were
~ tsY aYSepC VI l D5eah I'M. le
i nnes VI one AueCrlat arihy' anu 'tne aus
tIians finally won the day. AT Szegedin
the insurgents destroyed the bridge lead
Ing over the river Ihels, ana took posi-
tlon on the other i % slde OF tne river behind
tnelr iortlncattons. .beheaek crossed tne.
river on ponroons while q heayyshre OF
musskketry was Kept up by TIE enemy, and
hnally stormea thsir IortlilcatiPons In con-
sequence oI Wnlcn ,l 10 tne nenglre. austrian
army, lneiuaing gne husslan L uiylslon l fansT
intine, was enabled to reach the opposite
shore oiithe river 4helS. to preYent IRON IRON,
pellng sEurprlsedi DemDinsKl, IN }lst With 400oO