ПОБУНА ПЕТРОВАРАДИНСКИХ ГРАНИЧАРА КОД БОДЕНСКОГ ЈЕЗЕРА 1800. ГОДИНЕ
REBELLION OF PETROVARADIN BORDER GUARDS NEAR LAKE CONSTANCE IN 1800

Summary/Abstract: The paper follows the genesis of the discontent of the border guards of the Petrovaradin regiment, which burst forth after the Treaty of Campo Formio, when the border guards were not returned to their villages, but remained near the border with France in anticipation of a war. Before a new military conflict broke out, during 1798, they prepared several complaints for the emperor and the metropolitan of Karlovac, describing their bad status and the decline of their families in Srem. The complaints were submitted to the ruler in April 1799, but those who brought them to Vienna were arrested. This led to even greater dissatisfaction. At the time of the heavy pressure of the French army on the Habsburg troops during 1800, there were several refusals of the frontiersmen to carry out the orders of their officers, which was considered mutiny. That is why the soldiers of the First, Second and Third Infantry Battalions and the Hussar Division of the Petrovaradin border regiment were tried, several of them were shot and hanged, and some of them were transferred to other units. The entire process showed how much the border guards suffered in wartime circumstances, how much they were burdened with financial dues in the Frontier, but also to what extent they were in conflict with their compatriot officers. It also turned out that they nurtured the idea about the need to acquire a separate Serbian territory in the Habsburg Monarchy and to have a Serbian despot who would protect their status.

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