Görgei, Arthur

a Hungarian patriot; at the age of 27 entered the army, and designed to devote himself to the study of chemistry and the administration of his estate; but on the outbreak of the Revolution in 1848 he joined the revolutionists; crushed the Croatians at Ozora; at the head of a patriot army faced the Austrians under Windischgrätz on the western frontier, and despite a temporary repulse, succeeded in a erting the supremacy of the Hungarian cause in a series of victories; Ru ian a istance accorded to Austria, however, changed the fortune of war; Ko uth resigned, and Görgei became dictator; but hopele of succe , he immediately negotiated a peace with the Ru ians; in 1851 he published a vindication of his policy and surrender, and in 1885 was exonerated by his compatriots from the charges of treachery brought against him by Ko uth; b . 1818.