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Komjáti Zoltán Igor: A katonai ellátás problémái és azok következményei az 1664-es felső-magyarországi hadjárat idején
Zoltán Igor Komjáti Military Supply Problems and their Consequences during the 1664 Campaign in Upper Hungary When discussing the events ofthe 1663-1664 Habsburg-Ottoman war, Hungarian military historians tend to focus on the main events and facts, and pay less attention to developments, processes and facts that may be less important, but can help us to interpret the major events and even provide answers that enable us to understand the everyday issues of the wartime period. The first part ofthe publication gives an insight into the daily routine ofthe logistics supply during the campaign in Upper Hungary in the spring and summer of 1664, based on our study of the Koháry and Wesselényi families’ archives. They reveal that the leaders ofthe imperial army launched the military operations without hardly any preparations, which meant that both the Hungarian and the German units struggled with constant food shortages and lack of funds. Palatine Ferenc Wesselényi and his deputies were engaged in continuous verbal confrontations with the counties and the Chambers in their struggle to find the produce or funds required for the troops. Thanks to their perseverance (which often went unnoticed) the frontline in Upper Hungary was maintained and the anti-Ottoman forces managed to complete the campaign with success, albeit having to suffer considerable hardships. The second part of the article presents the atrocities committed by armed troops, which were a commonplace for those in the camps. Although during the 1664 campaign the lack of pay and food forced disgruntled soldiers to steal animals from the locals, most violent atrocities were committed by the unpaid ‘Hajdúk’ foot soldiers and other wandering bandits who did not stay in the camps. Landowners tried to cut down on the number of attacks against civilians by asking protection for their estates from one of the troop commanders, for example from István Koháry. Proposals were also made to the Palatine to stop recruiting the Hajdúk and forbid the magistrates of royal free cities to purchase stolen farm animals in order to find solutions to these acute and apparent problems. 136
