Atlas of Battles

commander, 20 engagements

Battles of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

Battles of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

British general, colonial official, diplomat (1738–1805)

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis is recorded as a commander at 20 placed engagements in the atlas between 1759 and 1798: 16 battles and 4 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in United States (16), India (2), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 31,429 km apart end to end, 1,654 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (16), Seven Years' War (1), Third Anglo-Mysore War (1).

Battle of MindenBattle of White MarshBattle of the Assunpink CreekBattle of Bound BrookBattle of Short HillsBattle of the CloudsBattle of GloucesterBattle of Matson's FordSiege of CharlestonBattle of Cowan's FordBattle of Guilford Court HouseBattle of Green SpringSiege of NundydroogSiege of SeringapatamBattle of BallinamuckBattle of Long IslandBattle of PrincetonBattle of BrandywineBattle of GermantownSiege of YorktownBattle of Long IslandBattle of PrincetonSiege of YorktownTehranKinshasaBengaluruMiamiMadridBaghdadÜrümqiBerlinKabulAthens5000 km32.857N, 1.614W
20 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1759: 1 engagements1776: 1 engagements1777: 10 engagements10 in 17771780: 1 engagements1781: 4 engagements1791: 1 engagements1792: 1 engagements1798: 1 engagements17591798
20 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Minden, 1759Battle of Long Island, 1776Battle of White Marsh, 1777Battle of the Assunpink Creek, 1777Battle of Princeton, 1777Battle of Bound Brook, 1777Battle of Short Hills, 1777Battle of Brandywine, 1777Battle of the Clouds, 1777Battle of Germantown, 1777Battle of Gloucester, 1777Battle of Matson's Ford, 1777Siege of Charleston, 1780Siege of Yorktown, 1781Battle of Cowan's Ford, 1781Battle of Guilford Court House, 1781Battle of Green Spring, 1781Siege of Nundydroog, 1791Siege of Seringapatam, 1792Battle of Ballinamuck, 179817591798
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 August 1759Battle of MindenMinden, GermanyAllied victory
27 August 1776Battle of Long IslandBrooklyn, New York, United States6,118 km NWBritish victory
1777Battle of White MarshWhitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, United States122 km SWInconclusive
2 January 1777Battle of the Assunpink CreekTrenton, New Jersey, United States41 km EAmerican victory
3 January 1777Battle of PrincetonPrinceton Battlefield, New Jersey, United States15 km NEAmerican victory
13 April 1777Battle of Bound BrookNew Jersey, United States28 km NEBritish victory
26 June 1777Battle of Short HillsScotch Plains, New Jersey, United States27 km NEBritish victory
11 September 1777Battle of BrandywineChadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, United States145 km SWBritish victory
16 September 1777Battle of the CloudsEast Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, United States19 km NBritish victory
4 October 1777Battle of GermantownGermantown, Pennsylvania, United States35 km EBritish victory
25 November 1777Battle of GloucesterGloucester, New Jersey, United States17 km SAmerican victory
11 December 1777Battle of Matson's FordPennsylvania, United States24 km NWBritish victory
29 March 1780Siege of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina, United States910 km SWBritish victory
1781Siege of YorktownYorktown, Virginia, United States586 km NEFranco-American victory
1 February 1781Battle of Cowan's FordMecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States446 km SWBritish victory
15 March 1781Battle of Guilford Court HouseMartinsville, North Carolina, United States127 km NEBritish victory (see Aftermath)
6 July 1781Battle of Green SpringYorktown, Virginia, United States299 km NEBritish victory
1 October 1791Siege of NundydroogNandi Hills, India13,786 km NEBritish victory
5 February 1792Siege of SeringapatamSrirangapatna, India153 km SWAllied victory
8 September 1798Battle of BallinamuckBallinamuck, Ireland8,532 km NWBritish 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, Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.