Seres István: A Károlyi-huszárezred hadkiegészítése a Tiszántúlon Szegedinác Péró felkelése idején - Chronica Bekesiensis 3. (Békéscsaba, 2010)

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County’s nobility in Füzesgyarmat and at the request of the county’s magistrate Ferenc Andrássy they interrupted their journey and joined them. The veteran Károlyi hussars’ appearance for sure raised the fighting spirit of the troop from Bihar. Andrássy informed Ferenc Károlyi about it on 10th of May, letting him know that, having united in the meanwhile with the soldiery from Szolnok, they were marching against the rebels staying in Erdőhegy and Székudvar. The news of the battle in Erdőhegy had already reached Békés, but Andrássy’s troops did not know anything about its outcome. On 14th of May Ferenc Károlyi informed his father that magistrate Ferenc Andrássy and Ádám Rácz with his troop were going to come to Nagykároly next morning. He believed that Andrássy and his companions “did not see anything” but Rácz and his soldiers might have captured a few of the escaping insurgents and acquired some pillage. As late as 17th of May Spissits were still waiting in vain for Ádám Rácz, who was dispatched by Károlyi in the meanwhile back to Békés County together with Captain Imre Irinyi. Before 20th of May Irinyi’s troop captured three escaping kurucs in the plain area of Szarvas and on 20th he took as prisoner into Nagykároly one of the Károlyi hussars deserting earlier to the kurucs. The local operation of Ádám Rácz’s unit and Captain Irinyi are proved by three, later made summary on the damages caused by the troops marching against the kurucs in Békés and Bihar Counties. Except for Szeghalom and Füzesgyarmat, other settlements of the county did not suffer relevant damages from Károlyi’s soldiers. Captain Irinyi and his soldiers however did do harm not only in Füzesgyarmat, Szeghalom and Kétegyháza located in Békés County, but in the neighbouring Fúrta also when they were raiding in the region of Sárrét.

As early as 11th of May Captain László Kövesdy returning from the French theatre of the war gave an account of that 12 men suspected of rebellion was captured and taken to Buda, citing to Sándor Károlyi more details from their confession. What makes this account special for us is the fact that some of them were arrested by the Károlyi hussars. According to Kövesdy’s letter the seized kurucs were frightened of the news that weaponed troops were under way against them and felt driven to leave the insurgents’ camp. Having returned home they were caught by their own neighbours and taken to Buda by the soldiers of the Buda garrison. We know more out of the 12 suspects by their names. The wounded standard271