Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

Battles of Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

South African politician (1798–1853)

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1838 and 1852: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in South Africa (3), Botswana (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,288 km apart end to end, 429 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Trek (2).

Battle of Blood RiverBattle of CongellaBattle of BoomplaatsBattle of DimaweBattle of Blood RiverBattle of CongellaBattle of BoomplaatsBattle of DimaweJohannesburgMaputoPretoriaBloemfonteinMaseruWelkomXai-XaiMbabaneVereenigingPietermaritzburg500 km27.307S, 28.315E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1838: 1 engagements1 in 18381842: 1 engagements1 in 18421848: 1 engagements1 in 18481852: 1 engagements1 in 185218381852
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Blood River, 1838Battle of Congella, 1842Battle of Boomplaats, 1848Battle of Dimawe, 185218381852
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 December 1838Battle of Blood RiverSouth AfricaVoortrekker victory
24 May 1842Battle of CongellaDurban, South Africa200 km SBritish victory
29 August 1848Battle of BoomplaatsSouth Africa523 km WBritish victory
August 1852Battle of DimaweBotswana565 km NBatswana 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.