Gyulay was born on 1 September 1799 in
Pest, In 1820 he was transferred to the
Hesse-Homburg hussar brigade as an
oberleutnant and just a year after he was promoted to
hauptmann of the Imperial
uhlans. He was moved to
Milan to take charge of the 5th army division. The French army then crossed the Ticino into Austrian territory and captured the village of
Boffalora sopra Ticino after a small battle. Finally, on 4 June, the main Austrian and French armies met at the
Battle of Magenta. The Austrians under Gyulay were defeated, leading to his recall to
Vienna. Emperor Franz Josef took personal command of the Austrian army in Lombardy-Venetia, and would go on to lose the subsequent
Battle of Solferino. In one of his last military engagements he was reduced to a
Regimentskommandeur and is sent to defend
Mantua from the Piedmontese invasion. Unsuccessful in doing so he surrendered the city in 1866 eventually leading to its annexation to the newly formed Italy. == References ==