Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak

Karl Joseph Graf Hadik von Futak (28 October 1756 in Lőcse – 24 July 1800 in Alessandria) was a Hungarian cavalry soldier and commander serving in the Austrian Imperial Army during the War of the Bavarian Succession, Austro-Turkish War (1787–1791), and French Revolutionary Wars. He commanded a detachment at Steinbach engagement, fought Napoleon's vanguard at the Chiusella River and was mortally wounded at Marengo, where he commanded the center column.

References

• Article in Constantin von Wurzbach: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Bd. 7, S. 170f., Wien 1861.
• David Hollins, Marengo 1800: Napoleon’s Day of Fate. Oxford 2000
• Digby Smith, Charge: Great Cavalry Charges of Napoleonic Wars. London 2003