Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld

Battles of Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld

Swedish field marshal (1651-1722)

Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1700 and 1709: 4 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Estonia (1), Poland (1), Belarus (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,400 km apart end to end, 800 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (4).

Battle of NarvaBattle of KlissowBattle of HolowczynBattle of PoltavaBattle of NarvaBattle of KlissowBattle of HolowczynBattle of PoltavaKyivStockholmSt. PetersburgWarsawHelsinkiMinskRigaVilniusTallinnKharkiv500 km54.503N, 27.539E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1700: 1 engagements1 in 17001702: 1 engagements1 in 17021708: 1 engagements1 in 17081709: 1 engagements1 in 170917001709
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Narva, 1700Battle of Klissow, 1702Battle of Holowczyn, 1708Battle of Poltava, 170917001709
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 November 1700Battle of NarvaNarva, EstoniaSwedish victory
19 July 1702Battle of KlissowKielce, Poland1,088 km SWSwedish victory
14 July 1708Battle of HolowczynHaloŭčyn, Belarus686 km NESwedish victory
27 June 1709Battle of PoltavaPoltava, Ukraine626 km SERussian coalition 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, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.