Mihály Lajos Jeney (also known as French author: Louis Michel de Jeney or English name as: Lewis Michael de Jeney or as German combat commander Ludwig Michael von Jeney – b. 1723 or 1724 in
Transylvania, d. 1797 in
Pécs) –
Hungarian military officer and general of
Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire),
cartographer. Born in
noble Protestant family, starts military service as
hussar probably during 1737–1739 war against
Turkey, on 1739–1754 served in
Bercsényi hussar regiment. Between 1754 and 1758 served in French army near
Rhine as a cartographer. During
Seven Years' War 1758–1763 served in
Prussian Army as
captain of
military engineers. On 1787 nominated as
major-general of Imperial Army as Alt-Gradisko (now:
Stara Gradiška in
Croatia) fortress commander. Author of popular manual of
tactics: The Partisan, or the Art of Making War in Detachment... published in 1759 (French edition:
The Hague) and English edition: London 1760, translated into many languages. After Seven Years' War he provide military survey of Hungarian-Austrian Kingdom and result were 3324 sheets of
topographic maps 1:28 000 and 1:96 000.
Bibliography
Jankó, Annamária: An outstanding person of the 1st military survey: Mihály Lajos Jeney. Budapest: War History Institute and Museum.
de Jeney's "The Partisan" in translations
de Jeney, L. M. [Louis Michel]: Le Partisan ou l'art de faire la petite-guerre avec succès selon le génie de nos jours. Détaillé Sur des Plans propres à faciliter l'intelligence des Dispositions & de tous les Mouvemens nécessaires aux Troupes Legères, pour réussir dans leurs Marches, leurs Embuscades, leurs Attaques & leurs Rétraites. Avec une Méthode aisée pour Guérir promptement les facheux accidens qui surviennent ordinairement aux Hommes & aux Chevaux durant la Campagne, Par Mr. de Jeney, Capitaine, ci-devant Ingenieur-Géographe dans l'Etat-major de l'Armée Françoise sur le Bas-Rhin. Constapel:
La Haye, 1759. (French edition)
de Jeney, L. M. [Lewis Michael]: The Partisan, or the Art of Making War in Detachment..."translated from the French of Mr. de Jeney, by an Officer of the Army" [Thomas Ellis]. London: 1760.
de Jeney: Partyzant, czyli sztuka prowadzenia pomyślnie woyny podjazdowey, według zwyczaju wieku teraźnieyszego..Supraśl:
X.X. Bazylianie, 1770. (Polish edition)
de Jeney: A portyázó, avagy a kisháború sikerrel való megvívásának mestersége korunk géniusza szerint. Hága, 1759 (edi. József Zachar). Budapest: Magvető Kiadó, 1986. (Hungarian edition)
Further reading
Grenier, John: The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier. Cambridge University Press, 2005. [Discusses impact of Petite Guerre and Jeney on formulation of American and British warfare in North America.]
Stoker, Donald and Michael W. Jones: "Colonial Military Strategy," in Donald Stoker, Kenneth J. Hagan, and Michael T. McMaster, eds., Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach (Cass Military Studies). Routledge, 2009, pp. 5–34. [Discusses George Washington's reading of Jeney.]
Paldus, Jozef: Die militärischen Aufnahmen im Bereiche der Habsburgischen Länder aus der Zeit Kaiser Joseph II. Wien: Alfred Hölder, 1918.
Zachar, József: Ein ungarischer Klassiker über den Kleinkrieg: Das Werk "Le partisan" von L.M. v. Jeney, erschienen 1759 im Haag, Acta de la Commission internationale d’histoire militaire, n° 13. Helsinki: 1991.