Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

Battles of Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

Field marshal and military writer (1843-1916)

Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1870 and 1916: 4 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Iraq (4), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,858 km apart end to end, 964 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Middle Eastern theater of World War I (4), Franco-Prussian War (1).

Battle of LongeauSiege of KutBattle of Sheikh Sa'adBattle of WadiBattle of DujailaBattle of LongeauSiege of KutBattle of WadiBattle of DujailaAthensKyivViennaGenevaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiersTel AvivMilanFrankfurt1000 km40.133N, 25.749E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1870: 1 engagements1915: 1 engagements1916: 3 engagements3 in 191618701916
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Longeau, 1870Siege of Kut, 1915Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad, 1916Battle of Wadi, 1916Battle of Dujaila, 191618701916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1870Battle of LongeauFranceGerman victory
7 December 1915Siege of KutKut, Iraq3,783 km EOttoman victory
6 January 1916Battle of Sheikh Sa'adMesopotamia, Iraq1 km SWBritish-Indian victory
13 January 1916Battle of WadiHanna defile, Iraq37 km NEOttoman victory
8 March 1916Battle of DujailaKut, Iraq37 km WOttoman 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.