So in two sorties made on 30 July and 3 August he managed to crush their siege on the northern, then also on the southern section of the fortress, chasing them towards West, and causing them heavy losses.
[4] In total the Austrian siege corps was composed by 16 infantry battalions, 6 cavalry companies and 75 cannons (from these 18 were long range 18-pounder guns).
Pott's brigade was positioned on the left bank of the Vág river, its detachments holding Martos, Ógyalla and Bagota, sending outposts to Puszta-Káva, Puszta-Konkoly, Csuzi and Halom-szeg, stretching them later to Hetény, Kurtakeszi and Marcelháza.
[7] The detachment of the defenders which attacked Tata consisted of two battalions of infantry, a cavalry company and a half battery of cannons, led by Colonel Kosztolányi.
The surprise attack with the help of the people from the nearby villages was a full success: they took all the garrison from Tata prisoners, together with a major, three captains and a lieutenant.
There stationed the weaker enemy units, and with the attack against them he hoped to create the false feeling in the Austrians that the Hungarian army wants to continue its operations on the Northern shore of the Danube.
[3] Colonel Rakovszky crossed the Zsitva river with 3 battalions of infantry, 6 cannons and two companies of Hussars[12] at 2 a.m., chasing away the Austrian garrison from there, advancing towards Komáromszentpéter.
Colonel Móric Kosztolányi attacked with 3 battalions of infantry, 6 cannons and two companies of Hussars[12] the enemy positioned at Hetény, pushing them back, then Lieutenant General Pott led his retreating troops on the heights between Komáromszentpéter and Bagota, where he tried to resist until his two battalions of infantry, one platoon of uhlans and one gun, detached to Marcelháza and Kurtakeszi, will join him.
[9] Despite the fact that they managed to escape, Pott's soldiers suffered important losses: Báthori-Sulcz occupied Ógyalla, and his Bocskay Hussars and artillery killed and wounded many Austrians fleeing from Kosztolányi's troops on the road to Érsekújvár.
[7] On 31 July the Hungarian troops which participated in the attack remained in the positions which they occupied: Kosztolányi in around Bajcs and Bagota, Bátori-Sulcz in Ógyalla, and Rakovszky at Komáromszentpéter.
[3] 3 battalions, one battery and one hussar squadron, had to attack in two columns led by Colonel Kosztolányi and Major József Krivácsy, and occupy Mocsa.
[16] In the Center Colonel Bódog Bátori-Sulcz with two infantry battalions and two batteries had to demonstrate before the Herkály grange, until the troops of Kosztolányi's and Krivácsy's bypassing column occupied Csém and arrived there.
[9] On the right wing the two infantry battalions and one battery led by Colonel János Janik had to execute diverting actions in front of the Ács forest, in order to tie down the Austrian troops, which had built strong defensive positions and trenches here, to send help to their comrades defending Csém and the Herkály grange,[17] and only after these were occupied by Kosztolányi's and Bátori-Sulcz's columns, together with them to attack, from several directions, the Ács forest.
[15] Before Klapka's decisive attack on the right (southern) shore of the Danube, Major General Barco had the following troops at his disposal: - On the left wing the Meggyfa (Cherry) Woods from the shore of the Danube was held by the 3. battalion of the Mazzuchelli regiment; - On the center the section of the Ács forest eastwards from the country road, and the hill right to the Herkály grange was controlled by the Landwehr battalion of the Baugartner regiment.
In the 7 trenches dug in this section were positioned two 18 and eight 12-pounder guns, two Civalart Uhlan platoons were used as outposts, while 5 other uhlan platoons were with a half cavalry battery guarded Herkály; - Behind the Ács forest as reserves stood the 1. and 2. battalions of the Mazzuchelli regiment with four 12-pounder cannons, three companies from them being in the Ács village, to guard the ammunition dump.
The troops of Colonel Ascherman (4 infantry battalions, 4 hussar companies and 12 cannons)[15] started their sortie, from the Star Trench (Csillagsánc) of Komárom on the night of 2 to 3 August, right after midnight.
[15]At 7 a.m., under the personal lead of Klapka, the columns of Kosztolányi and Krivácsy (2 battalions, 6 cannons,[12] and 2 hussar companies[14] each) started their march towards Mocsa, and thanks to the bumpy terrain which hid them from the eyes of the Austrians, they approached unseen, then attacked them from three directions, encircling the 3 companies and a squad of Uhlans strong Austrian garrison, from the Baugartner regiment[9] of the trenches from Mocsa,[18] The Austrian cavalry units fled away, while the infantry, after a short resistance surrendered at 11 a.m.[18][9] The Hungarians around 9 a.m. took positions on the sand dunes lying towards Igmánd, where Ascherman rested his units, especially the 25. and 48. battalions, which earlier came from Komáromszentpéter.
[19] Heading towards Csém, Colloredo was announced that Hungarian units are advancing towards the Ács forest, so when he arrived, he ordered to Barco to retreat to the Herkály grange, where he took with him the reserves, and started to organize the Austrian defence line west from Komárom.
Uhlan division with 2-12-pounder batteries, in total 3000 men and 17 cannons,[20] Colloredo deploying on the right wing, on a hill south to the Herkály grange the 12-pounder battery of Lieutenant Jantner, faced towards Csém, 200 paces to left from them two 18-pounder guns were directed towards Újszőny; between these two artillery groups a platoon from the Mazzuchelli and a company from the Baugartner infantry regiments were aligned in skirmish line.
[17] Around 5 p.m. Ascherman's troops still did not show up, resting on the heights from Nagyigmánd,[9] but Klapka could not wait any more,[18] also because of the damaging artillery fire from the Austrian positions, which caused mounting casualties for his soldiers, so he finally ordered the decisive attack.
[9] But then, from the direction of Újszőny the column led by Bátori-Sulcz showed up, and despite the counterattack, at Colloredo's order, of the 2 1/2 companies strong Austrian reserve, after an hour heroic resistance, and losing 5 officers and 76 soldiers, the imperials were forced to retreat.
[9] Klapka in his memoirs states that among the attacking troops the most heroic were the soldiers of Bátori-Sulcz, who attacked the enemies fortified positions from the front with a thin skirmisher line, the infantry in battle positions, with the cavalry on their flanks, shouting Long live the Hungarian, advancing through terrible grape-shot and fusillade to the enemy parapets.
[2] Seeing that their flanks are collapsing, and fearing an encirclement, Lieutenant field marshal Anton Csorich gave the order of retreat to the other side of the Concó at the Ács village.
[22] On the Hungarian right wing Janik's troops attacked the Austrians defending the Ács and the Meggyfa woods, led by General Teuchert, who, knowing the disastrous situation from the other parts of the battlefield, did not resisted, but they started to retreat.
Seeing this the Austrians started to rout, and tumultuously tried to cross the creek at the mouth of the Concó into the Danube, leaving in the Hungarians possession two 12-pounder guns, and the Mazzuchelli company from their rear.
[2] The attack of the Hungarian troops led by General György Klapka crushed the Austrian blockade around Komárom, liberating the fortress completely, dispersing the besieging II.
[9] In the battle the Hungarians captured two 18-pounder, two 12-pounder, and two 6-pounder guns, a 7-pounder long howitzer a huge number of rifles, 4 ammunition wagons, 7 simple wagons, 32 luggage carts, 2624 oxen, 804 pigs for fattening, 74 horses and 35 ships filled with food and equipment,[22][9] then after the battle, when on 4 August they took over the outposts formerly held by the Austrian siege corps, in Gönyő they found 700 quintals of gunpowder, in Nagylél fourteen 18-pounder spiked cannons.
[22] The victory had an important effect on the Hungarians living in the Transdanubia region, waking up their hopes in the possibility of defeating the Austrian and Russian invaders of their country.
[10] He sent messengers to the Hungarian governor Lajos Kossuth and general Artúr Görgei, promising that in a few weeks he will recruit 30 000 new soldiers, and encouraged them to continue the fight, and with enough perseverance the war is still winnable.
On 19 August the Austrian army appeared again before Komárom, and demanded the unconditional surrender, but Klapka refused, prolonging for another 1+1⁄2 months the resistance of the fortress.