1. haynau, julius jakob, baron von a notorious Austrian general, born at Cassel, Germany; entered the army in 1801, and whileholding a command during the Italian campaigns of 1848-49, crushed the revolt at Brescia with such brutal ferocity as to gain him the name of the "Hyæna of Brescia"; he was for a timedictator of Hungary, but his murderous cruelty towards the subjugate people became a Europeanscandal and led to his removal; in London he was mobbed and narrowly escaped with his life (1786-1853).
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