Ludwig Michael von Jeney

Ludwig Michael von Jeney (also: Jennay ; French: Louis Michel de Jeney , Hungarian: Mihály Lajos Jeney ; * 1723/1724 in Transylvania , † 1797 in Pécs ) was an engineer, cartographer, writer and general.

Life

Jeney was the son of a noble, Protestant family from Transylvania. He made his first military experience in the Turkish Wars from 1737 to 1739 as a hussar . He served from 1739 to 1754 in the Bercsényi regiment , which went into French service after the war. From 1754 to 1759 he was a map maker for the French army on the Rhine. 1759 he joined the Prussian army in 1760 and placed in the since 1744 Prussian East Frisia a free battalion , which Voluntaires d'Ostfriese . In 1761 and 1762 they were involved in some fighting; In 1763 the battalion was disbanded and Jeney retired from the Prussian army. He now went to the Austrian army for which he mapped the Balkans for the next few years. In 1787 he was appointed major general and was in command of the fortress in Old Gradiško (today: Stara Gradiška ) in Croatia .

Skirmishes of the Jeney Free Battalion

The Free Battalion Voluntaires d'Ostfriese was only involved in a few skirmishes in 1762.

May 12, 1762 Roßwein
May 15, 1762 Frauenstein - Tharandter Wald , Klingenberg, Beerwalder, Röthenbacher - and Lehnmühle
May 16, 1762 Klingenberg
August 4, 1762 Holzhau
October 14, 1762 Weißenborn
October 15, 1762 Hilbersdorf Castle

October 15, 1762 Berthelsdorf

Fire on October 15, 1762

October 16, 1762 Kleinwaltersdorf

Rothenfurth October 21, 1762

October 21, 1762 large umbrella company

October 29, 1762 Freiberg / Saxony ( Battle of Freiberg )

Works

Title page from Jeney's book from 1759

During his time in France he wrote a book on the Little War that was published in 1759 and translated into many languages. For a long time it was a standard work on partisan warfare.

Louis Michel de Jeney Le Partisan ou l'art de faire la petite-guerre avec succès selon le génie de nos jours (French)

literature

Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great , p. 419 digitized
Annamária Jankó "An outstanding person of the 1st military survey: Mihály Lajos Jeney" (PDF; 2.8 MB)

Individual evidence

^ Günther Gieraths , The Combat Operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army , p. 339, [1]

↑ See: History of the Seven Years' War Volume 6, Page: 49 Digitalisat

personal data
SURNAME	Jeney, Ludwig Michael von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jennay, Ludwig Michael von; Jeney, Louis Michel de; Jeney, Mihály Lajos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Engineer, cartographer, writer and general
DATE OF BIRTH	1723 or 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH	Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH	1797
Place of death	Pécs

[1] Günther Gieraths , The Combat Operations of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army , p. 339, [1]

[2] See: History of the Seven Years' War Volume 6, Page: 49 Digitalisat