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Street battles in Leopoldstadt

Latour ordered the Richter Grenadier Battalion to move from Vienna and bolster Jellaçiç. The “grenadiers” were reluctant to do so, and were joined by Viennese students and workers who clashed with the cavalry sent to enforce the orders of the “Richters”. This led to a widespread revolt, driving out the imperial troops and culminated in the hanging of the minister of war, Latour.

The emperor, the court and the Austrian cabinet fled to Moravia. Kossuth wanted to aid the rebels, but insisted the Hungarian army be invited into Austria by their leaders: a request slow in coming.

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