page_title: Battle of Schwechat
section_title: The delayed Hungarian attack
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Schwechat / Pretext / The delayed Hungarian attack
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Jellasics katonái között a schwechati csata előtt English: Jellačić Joseph de Buzim and his soldiers before the battle of schwechat
context_page_description: The Battle of Schwechat was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 30 October 1848 between the revolutionary Hungarian Army against the army of the Austrian Empire, in Schwechat, near Vienna. This was the last battle of 1848 in the Transdanubian campaign. The Hungarian Army was under the command of János Móga and the Austrian Army was under the command of Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz.
context_section_description: The delayed attack by the Hungarian army is controversial among those studying Hungarian military history. When the rebellion started in Vienna, everyone took for granted that the Hungarians would come to the rebels' aid. Had they done so, it could have changed the course of the revolution. More so, had they done so and won, the Habsburg Empire might have collapsed.
  The Hungarian army had good reason not cross the Austrian border. After the Battle of Pákozd, Jelačić’s army was stronger than ever.  Jelačić sent the inexperienced Croatians in the direction of Croatia under the command of Kuzman Todorović because he knew that troops were en route from Vienna. As a result, the Hungarian army had to fight the more experienced, stronger Austrian army. This decision led to some infighting among the leaders of the Hungarian army. János Móga decided to follow the orders of the Hungarian National Defence Commission not to attack. But the members of the Commission varied in their views about crossing the Austrian border. The Left wanted to help the rebels in Vienna, but the Right objected to this idea. From the start Lajos Kossuth said that the Hungarians were not rebels, but were only protecting their own country. Later, he changed his mind, and on 18 October he visited the Hungarian army  to tell them his views.
caption: Jelačić  with his soldiers before the Battle of Schwechat (Hand-coloured lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber and Johann Höfelich)
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