Albert Gyulay


Count Albert Gyulay de Marosnmethi et Ndaska or Albert Gyulai von MrosNmeth und Ndaska, bornSeptember 1766 diedApril 1835, a Hungarian, joined the army of Habsburg Austria and fought against Ottoman Turkey. He served against the First French Republic in the Flanders Campaign and on the Rhine. Severely wounded in 1799, he survived a trepanning operation and briefly retired from military service. He returned to active service and commanded an army corps during the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. He led his troops in several important battles during the Austrian invasion of Italy in 1809, including one where he was in independent command. Though appointed to command troops in 1813 and 1815, he missed combat in both campaigns. He was Proprietor of an Austrian infantry regiment from 1810 until his death. The more famous Ignc Gyulay, Ban of Croatia was his older brother.

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