Daniel Rastich
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Daniel Rastich | |||
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| Born | 1794 | ||
| Died | 4 May 1853 | ||
| Occupation | Major General and commander | ||
Daniel Rastich full name in German is Freiherr Daniel von Rastich (1794-4 May 1853) made a name for himself as an Austrian Major General and commander of the Ogulin Grenz Infantry Regiment No. 4.[1]He fought in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
Military career
From 1809 he was a lieutenant in the 2nd Border Guard Regiment in Otočac. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars, being wounded twice and promoted to lieutenant in 1814. From 1815 he served in the 4th Border Guard Regiment in Slunj and in the 1st Border Guard Regiment in Lika. In 1828 he was promoted to lieutenant-major and in 1832 captain. Between 1815 and 1828 he taught mathematics at the Thurn Military School. In 1836 he was promoted to the rank of major and in 1840 to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, serving as an aide-de-camp in the military headquarters in Zagreb|Agram. From 1845 he was a colonel in the 9th Border Guard Regiment in Petrovaradin.[1]
In 1848 he did not join the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, being arrested by Serbs who were loyal to the Hungarians, thought of short duration. He did not return back to his regiment, but decided to became commander of an army brigade led by Josip Jelačić | Jelačić. In November 1848 he returned to Habsburg Monarchy|Croatia as military commander of the city Varaždin. In January 1849[2]he was promoted to the rank of major general and appointed commander of a brigade in the 1st Corps led by Jelačić. On April 4, 1849, at Tápióbicske in the rear of Jelačić's army, he was surprised by the inattentive approach of the 1st Corps of the Hungarian Revolutionary Army. György Klapka | Klapka 's soldiers panicked, and Rastić won a resounding victory, but Damjanich' s 3rd Army Corps soon arrived, so the battle was reversed. In July 1849 it was decorated with the Military Order of Maria Theresa. During the summer he fought in Délvidék (the southern region of the Kingdom of Hungary), took part in the siege of Petrovaradin and covered Jelačić's retreat from Kishegyes (July 14). In 1852 he was ennobled with the title of baron and in 1853 he was retired with the rank of lieutenant general.
Sources
- László Pusztaszeri: Artúr Görgey in the War of Independence
- József Thim: The history of the Serbian uprising in Hungary in 1848-49
- Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Die k. k. bzw. k. u. k. Generalität 1816-1918
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Hof_und_Staats_Schematismus_des_%C3%B6sterre/NaOlHnHXYowC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daniel+Rastich&pg=PA622&printsec=frontcover
- ↑ https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Gedenkbl%C3%A4tter_aus_der_Kriegsgeschichte/qcADAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daniel+Rastich&pg=PA466&printsec=frontcover
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