Gorgei

Gorgei, or Goergey, Arthur, a Hungarian general, who was born at Toporcz in 1818, and entered the cavalry at the age of 18, but retired in 1845 to devote himself to study and the management of his estates. The revolutionary movement of 1848 caused him to resume the sword, and he was entrusted by the Hungarian Government with an important command. Count Eugene Zichy was tried and executed by his orders for treason. He forced Roth to a capitulation, and, though defeated at Schwechat, was appointed by Kossuth to the chief command. In 1849 he declared himself against separation from Austria, and was for a time superseded by Dembinski. Being restored to power he achieved considerable successes at Nagysarlo, Komorn and Buda, but was forced to retreat by Haynau. In August, 1849, he was appointed dictator, and, finding his position desperate in face of the Russian army and the intrigues of Kossuth's party, he surrendered at Vilagos, received a pardon, and retired to Klagenfurt, where he wrote an elaborate defence of his conduct (1852), and was subsequently employed as a railway engineer.