Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter ix. The Beginning of the End.--A Last Chance.--Battle of Temesvar.--Arad.--Kossuth and Gorgey.--Kossuth's Abdication.--Negotiations.--Vilagos.--Gorgey's last Treason.--Bern and Guyon.--Komorn.--Klapka's Capitulation--His Apology.--The 6th October, 1849. The Bloody Assize.--The End of the War. rphe struggle was in its last stage; still the--decision remained doubtful. The Governor's weakness and Gorgey's treachery had cost the country much time, much blood, and several opportunities; the capitals and twothirds of Hungary were in the hands of the allied armies; General Bem had been dislodged from Transylvania; the Austrians and Russians pressed on all sides upon Temesvar, the centre of the Hungarian forces. The most formidable corps of which the Governor could still boast was commanded by an officer who was hostile to the cause, and who, for weeks past, had negotiated with the enemy. But, on the other hand, the Hungarians remained established in the south; on the Upper Danube they were in possession of the impregnable fortress of Komorn, from whence they threatened the Austrian frontiers and intercepted all communications and transports on the Danube. The counties in the rear of the allied armies were subjugated, but not pacified. The cruelties practised by the Austrian commander and his officers and soldiers had intensified the hatred which the Magyars bore to their conquerors: they had not broken their spirit. A reverse, a defeat in battle, an attempt to retreat, would have been fatal to Haynau and Paskievitsh. Nor was such a reverse altogether out of the question. The Magyars were at bay, and for that very reason they were the more formidable. The allied armies had been decimated by that fiery and uncompromising bravery which...
