Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven

Battles of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven

Scottish soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish service (1580-1661)

Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1628 and 1644: 5 battles and 5 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (6), Germany (2), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,773 km apart end to end, 308 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (3), English Civil War (3), First English Civil War (1).

Assault on GreifenhagenRelief of KonstanzSiege of NewcastleBattle of Boldon HillSiege of CarlisleSiege of StralsundBattle of WittstockBattle of NewburnSiege of YorkBattle of Marston MoorSiege of StralsundBattle of WittstockBattle of NewburnSiege of YorkBattle of Marston MoorBerlinAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsMunichPragueZürichKøbenhavnBirmingham500 km51.323N, 5.777E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1628: 1 engagements1630: 1 engagements1633: 1 engagements1636: 1 engagements1640: 1 engagements1644: 5 engagements5 in 164416281644
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Stralsund, 1628Assault on Greifenhagen, 1630Relief of Konstanz, 1633Battle of Wittstock, 1636Battle of Newburn, 1640Siege of Newcastle, 1644Battle of Boldon Hill, 1644Siege of York, 1644Battle of Marston Moor, 1644Siege of Carlisle, 164416281644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1628Siege of StralsundStralsund, GermanySwedish victory
25 December 1630Assault on GreifenhagenPoland149 km SESwedish victory
1633Relief of KonstanzSwitzerland726 km SWPeace of Prague
4 October 1636Battle of WittstockWittstock/Dosse, Germany655 km NSwedish victory
28 August 1640Battle of NewburnNewburn, United Kingdom949 km WCovenanter victory
3 February 1644Siege of NewcastleNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom9 km EScottish victory
March 1644Battle of Boldon HillNorthumberland, United Kingdom12 km EIndecisive
22 April 1644Siege of YorkYork, United Kingdom113 km SParliamentarian-Covenanter victory
2 July 1644Battle of Marston MoorLong Marston, United Kingdom11 km WParliamentarian-Scottish victory
October 1644Siege of CarlisleCarlisle, United Kingdom150 km NWCovenanter/Parliamentarian Victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, From English Wikipedia. Original upload 16:19, 28 June 2004 by Robi01 (Talk) http://www.futura-dtp.dk/SLAG/images/Leslie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.