Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Battles of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1735 to 1806

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1760 and 1806: 8 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Germany (7), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,345 km apart end to end, 168 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (7), Seven Years' War (1), Napoleonic Wars (1).

Battle of LimburgBattle of PirmasensBattle of FriedbergSecond Battle of WissembourgBattle of Kloster KampenBattle of ValmySiege of MainzBattle of KaiserslauternBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of Kloster KampenBattle of ValmySiege of MainzBattle of KaiserslauternBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBrusselsStuttgartRotterdamCologneAntwerpenNürnbergStrasbourgLuxembourgDüsseldorfSaarbrücken200 km50.270N, 8.171E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1760: 1 engagements1792: 2 engagements1793: 5 engagements5 in 17931806: 1 engagements17601806
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kloster Kampen, 1760Battle of Valmy, 1792Battle of Limburg, 1792Siege of Mainz, 1793Battle of Pirmasens, 1793Battle of Friedberg, 1793Battle of Kaiserslautern, 1793Second Battle of Wissembourg, 1793Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 180617601806
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 October 1760Battle of Kloster KampenKamp-Lintfort, GermanyFrench victory
20 September 1792Battle of ValmySainte-Menehould, France297 km SWFrench victory; Republic proclaimed one day later
9 November 1792Battle of LimburgLimburg an der Lahn, Germany278 km NEFrench victory
1793Siege of MainzMainz, Germany45 km SCoalition victory
14 September 1793Battle of PirmasensPirmasens, Germany101 km SWPrussian victory
10 November 1793Battle of FriedbergLimburg an der Lahn, Germany136 km NFrench victory
30 November 1793Battle of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern, Germany104 km SPrussian–Saxon victory
26 December 1793Second Battle of WissembourgWissembourg, France50 km SFrench victory
14 October 1806Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, Germany335 km NEFrench 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, Pompeo Batoni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.