The result is thanks to archaeologists.

Archeological methods were used to determine the exact location of the Battle of Segesvár, which took place on July 30-31, 1849, Ötvös Koppány Bulcsú, director of the Maros County Museum, said on Sunday.

"As part of the project, we carried out non-destructive archaeological research with a metal detector, and we managed to determine the exact location of the battle, where the Hungarians and the Russians stood in the battle of July 30 and 31, 1849. We have a lot of new information about the battle, and we have also found objects that will be visible in the new exhibition of the future wing of the Sándor Petőfi Memorial Museum in Fehéregyháza," Agerpres quoted Ötvös Koppány Bulcsú.

According to the expert, they found about 400 cannonballs, as well as other Hungarian and Russian military equipment. As a result of ballistic calculations, it was possible to identify the main location of the battle.

"Bem's daring operation, with which he attacked from the side and confused the well-equipped, three-times superior Russian army, became clearer. With the help of real reference points, we succeeded in reconstructing the course of the battle and clarifying events that were previously known only from conflicting recollections," said the director of the Marosvásárhely museum.

The excavation of the Fehéregyház battlefield took place in 2018 and 2019, within the framework of a joint project of the Petőfi Literary Museum, the Maros County Museum and the Romanian Military History Museum. The direct aim of the excavation was to relieve the archaeological burden of the area on which the new wing of the Sándor Petőfi Memorial Museum in Fehéregyháza will be built.

Sándor Petőfi disappeared in the battle of Segesvár between the troops of the Russian generals József Bem, Alexander von Lüders, and Austrian generals Eduard Clam-Gallas.

MTI

Cover photo: The Maros County Museum, in cooperation with the Public Collection Center of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest - Petőfi Literary Museum and the Petőfi Society in Fehéregyháza, laid the foundation stone of the renewed Petőfi Museum in Fehéregyháza
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