Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Battles of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

German general (1721–1792)

Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1758 and 1762: 11 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day Germany. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,236 km apart end to end, 103 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Seven Years' War (13).

Battle of RheinbergBattle of CorbachSiege of CasselBattle of GrünbergBattle of WilhelmsthalBattle of LutterbergBattle of NauheimSiege of CasselBattle of KrefeldBattle of BergenBattle of MindenBattle of WarburgBattle of VillinghausenBattle of KrefeldBattle of BergenBattle of MindenBattle of WarburgBattle of VillinghausenAmsterdamCologneBonnUtrechtWiesbadenKoblenzMünsterOsnabrückWürzburgNamur100 km51.241N, 8.055E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1758: 2 engagements1759: 2 engagements1760: 2 engagements1761: 3 engagements1762: 4 engagements4 in 176217581762
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Rheinberg, 1758Battle of Krefeld, 1758Battle of Bergen, 1759Battle of Minden, 1759Battle of Corbach, 1760Battle of Warburg, 1760Siege of Cassel, 1761Battle of Grünberg, 1761Battle of Villinghausen, 1761Battle of Wilhelmsthal, 1762Battle of Lutterberg, 1762Battle of Nauheim, 1762Siege of Cassel, 176217581762
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 June 1758Battle of RheinbergRheinberg, GermanyIndecisive
23 June 1758Battle of KrefeldKrefeld, Germany28 km SAllied victory
13 April 1759Battle of BergenFrankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim, Germany203 km SEFrench victory
1 August 1759Battle of MindenMinden, Germany242 km NAllied victory
10 July 1760Battle of CorbachKorbach, Germany116 km SFrench victory
31 July 1760Battle of WarburgWarburg, Germany30 km NEAllied victory
March 1761Siege of CasselKassel, Germany32 km SEFrench victory
21 March 1761Battle of GrünbergGrünberg, Germany89 km SWFrench victory
15 July 1761Battle of VillinghausenWelver, Germany136 km NWAllied victory
24 June 1762Battle of WilhelmsthalCalden, Germany101 km EAllied victory
23 July 1762Battle of LutterbergStaufenberg, Germany16 km SEAllied victory
30 August 1762Battle of NauheimNauheim, Germany126 km SWFrench victory
October 1762Siege of CasselKassel, Germany119 km NEAllied 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, Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.