Görgey, Arthur (gör`gĕĭ), 1818–1916, Hungarian revolutionary general. He fought the Austrians in 1848–49 as a commander of the Hungarian republican army and distinguished himself as a strategist. He captured Buda (May, 1849), but when Russia sent aid to the Austrians, Görgey decided to surrender to the Russians rather than continue a lost cause. He forced Louis Kossuth Kossuth, Louis (kŏs
th`), Hung.
..... Click the link for more information. , with whom he had often differed, to resign. Görgey was interned in Austria until 1867.
th`), Hung...... Click the link for more information. , with whom he had often differed, to resign. Görgey was interned in Austria until 1867.
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