Battle of Piski

Battle of Piski
Part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Battle of Piski - Theodor Breitwieser
Date 9 February 1849 Location Piski, Hunyad County, Transylvania Kingdom of Hungary (now Simeria, Romania) Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Hungarian Revolutionary Army	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Józef Bem	Anton Puchner
Strength
Total: 7,500 26 cannons Did not participate: 356 2 cannons	4,035 24 cannons Did not participate: 4,710 10 cannons[1]
Casualties and losses
Total: 600–700 men	Total: 705 men 29 horses, 1 cannon[1]

The Battle of Piski was a battle in the Hungarian war of Independence of 1848-1849 fought on 9 February 1849 between the Hungarian army led by the Polish General Józef Bem and the Austrian army of the Habsburg Commander-in-Chief of Transylvania, Lieutenant General Anton Puchner. As a result of the defeats suffered by Bem against the much superior Austrian army, supported also by Romanian and Saxon militias, and a Russian army of several thousand soldiers, the Hungarian army was about to be pushed out of Transylvania. This is why this battle was a crucial one for Bem. And thanks to the reinforcements sent from Hungary, he could stop the Austrian attack at Piski, defeat Puchner, and restart the fight for the province.