*KLAPKA, GENERAL GEORGE, was born April 7, 1820, at Temeawar, in southern Hungary, where his father was burgomaster. In 1838 he entered as a cadet into a regimens of artillery, whence, two years afterwards, he passed into a corps of bombardiers. In 1842 lie was appointed a sub-lieuteuaut in the Hungarian r gluten t of guards, and during five years pursued his military studies at Vienna. In 1847 he was transferred to the twelfth frontier regiment with the rank of Ileutenant-euloneL At the commencement of the Hungarian revolution in 1848 he offered his services to the Hungarian diet, which were accepted. He was first sent to gain over the Szeklers iu Tran sylvania, and next sent on active service against the Servians as captain of the 6th resiment of Honveds. lie was afterward4 sent to Comorn and then to Freiburg, to assist in forming the defences at those places. Ho was raised to the rank of General, became chief of the gene ral staff, and was for a time secretary-at-war to the Hungarian provi 'leant government. He displayed great skill and intrepidity throughout the war, but especially distinguished himself by his defence of Comorn, of which fortress, some time before the termination of the contest, he had been made the commandant On the 3rd of August 1549 a sally was made at midnight from the fortress. The Austrian investing army was defeated with the loss of 30 pieces of artillery, 3000 muskets, large stores of ammunition, baggage, provisions, and 2000 head of cattle, all of which were conveyed by the victors into Comoro. The Austrian army was obliged to evacuate Raab, where also abundance of store, were left, and to retreat to Freeburg. By this victory the Austrian line of operations was broken, and the communication of their armies with Austria was in the power of General Klapka and his garrison. Couriers were immediately dispatched to inform Kossuth and G8rgei of these events, while Klepka was hastening his preparations for following up his successes; but before the courier reached Gargci he had capitulated, and the other courier found Kossuth on Turkish territory. On the 11th of August Klapka received information of the
disastrous state of the Hungarian army of the south, and a day or two afterwards a letter arrived from Gorgei, informing him of the sur render of the Hungarian army, and roquiriug him to deliver up the fortress of Comma unconditionally to the Austrians. General Klapka however held the fortress till he obtained honourable conditions from General Haynan. On the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of Oct. 1849, the Hungarian soldiers, without arms, marched out of the fortress, and every man received a warrant of safe-conduct to his home. The officers marched out with their swords. Each of them received a similar warrant of safe conduct, and was provided with a passport to go where he pleased. General Klapka came first to England, but afterwards went to °move. In 1850 he published Memoirs of the War of ludepeudence iu Hungary,' 2 vols. 12rno, London, translated front the origival manuscript by Otto Wduckstern. Soon after the commencement of the war with Russia, he proceeded to the East with the Intention of forming an opiuiou of the manner of carrying on the contest He returned before the taking of Sebastopol, and published Tho War in the East from the Year 1853 to July 1855, an Historico-Critical Sketch of the Campaigns on the Danube, in Asia, and in the Crimea, with a Glance at the probable Contingencies of the next Campaign, by General George Klapka, translated from the Original Manuscript by Lieut.-Col. Mednydnsky,' 12mo, London, 1855.