The agitation had no immediate effect, but the indignation which he aroused against Russian policy had much to do with the strong anti-Russian feeling which made the Crimean War possible.
An attempt to organize a Hungarian legion during the Crimean War was stopped; but in 1859 he entered into negotiations with Napoleon, left England for Italy, and began the organization of a Hungarian legion, which was to make a descent on the coast of Dalmatia.
During the Crimean War its fortifications were destroyed (1855) by the Russians themselves.
But the question was soon forgotten in the turmoil caused by the Crimean War.
At the age of fifteen he acted as an interpreter in the Crimean War.
