 The Royal Hungarian Army was scheduled to take over the region between 5 and 13 September.On 4 September 1940, in violation of the Vienna Award, some Hungarian troops entered the border village of Diosig a day before the movement of Hungarian troops into Transylvania had been scheduled to begin.Approximately ten men from the Hungarian Army participated in the funeral of Lajos Szűcs, who was killed a few days earlier, in a crowd of local Hungarian people celebrating the result of the Vienna Award, despite the right of assembly being prohibited.