Battle of Hetény
The Battle of Hetény, fought on 5 September 1849, between Hungarian Hussars led by General György Klapka and a Russian detachment of Cossacks was one of the last battles of the Hungarian War of Independence. After the surrender of the Hungarian army led by General Artúr Görgei at Szőlős, one of the last strongholds of the Hungarian independence was the fortress of Komárom, which now was being surrounded by Austrian and Russian troops. The small reconnaissance unit of Hungarian hussars which tried to acquire knowledge about the enemy's strength, was attacked by a platoon of Russian cossacks, but the Hungarians defeated them, using the tactic of feigned retreat. These kind of small scaled battles and skirmishes between Hungarian troops with the Austrian and Russian besieging units continued until the surrender of the fortress of Komárom on 2 October 1849. Background After the Hungarian garrison broke the Austrian blockade in the Fourth Battle of Komárom from 3 August 1849 around the fortress, the troops led by General György Klapka advanced to West, liberating an important territory from the Austrian occupation, entering, on 6 August even in the city of Győr, and recruiting 5000-6000 fresh soldiers, which they organized in 5 new battalions. But on the evening of 11 August right when he was planning to continue his campaign towards Vienna, and celebrated his victories with his officers through a banquet, Pál Almásy, the Speaker of the House of Representatives arrived, and told him that the Hungarian armies were defeated at Segesvár, Debrecen, and Szőreg, and that there was no hope left for the winning the war of independence. These news devastated Klapka, who, when on 13 August received the news of the decisive Hungarian defeat in the Battle of Temesvár from 9 August, he understood that it is no more hope left, so he decided to retreat with his troops to Komárom. The defenders retreated behind the walls of Komárom, and on 19 August the siege closed in again. This time for good. In addition to the Imperial troops, Russian troops also participated in the encirclement of Komárom, demanding its surrender, trying to convince them to do this by saying that the Hungarian main army (the Army of the Northern Danube) led by General Artúr Görgei, unconditionally surrendered to them at Szőlős, while the fortress of Pétervárad was about to surrender, so there is no more sense of further resistance. Despite this, the Hungarian military council of the defenders of Komárom refused to surrender, and even after the intervention of the Russian Lieutenant-Colonel Nikolai Vasilyevich Isakov, the decision was not changed, but on 21 August the two parties agreed to a two-week truce. During this time, the defenders sent officers to learn if the Austrians and the Russians are saying the truth, and were able to ascertain that the Army of the Northern Danube army had indeed surrendered, during this time the enemy refrained from tightening the siege ring. On 1 September, the officers' delegation returned to Komárom, with the news