Klapka

Klapka, GEORGE, one of the most heroic and skilful generals of the Hungarian war, was born at Temesvar on 7th April 1820. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the Austrian army, but on the outbreak of the revolution placed himself at the service of the Hungarian government, and took a prominent part in nearly all the battles against the Austrians between February and August; in more than one the fortune of the day was decided by the troops under his command. But the crowning glory of his career was his defence of Komorn, which he continued to hold for some weeks after all the rest of Hungary had submitted. He lived in exile until the amnesty of 1867 let him return; and he died 17th May 1892. He wrote The National War in Hungary and Transylvania (1851), one of the best works on the subject; The War in the East (1855); and two series of Memoirs (1850 and 1886).