Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Ernst Gideon von Laudon

Battles of Ernst Gideon von Laudon

Austrian general (1717–1790)

Ernst Gideon von Laudon is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1758 and 1789: 5 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Poland (3), Czech Republic (2), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,552 km apart end to end, 259 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Seven Years' War (6), Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 (1).

Battle of PeterswaldeSiege of GlatzBattle of DomstadtlBattle of HochkirchBattle of KunersdorfBattle of LandeshutSiege of BelgradeBattle of DomstadtlBattle of HochkirchBattle of KunersdorfBattle of LandeshutSiege of BelgradeBerlinViennaMilanFrankfurtBucharestWarsawBudapestMunichPragueZürich500 km48.585N, 17.223E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1758: 2 engagements2 in 17581759: 2 engagements2 in 17591760: 2 engagements2 in 17601789: 1 engagements17581789
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Domstadtl, 1758Battle of Hochkirch, 1758Battle of Peterswalde, 1759Battle of Kunersdorf, 1759Siege of Glatz, 1760Battle of Landeshut, 1760Siege of Belgrade, 178917581789
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 June 1758Battle of DomstadtlDomašov nad Bystřicí, CzechiaAustrian victory
14 October 1758Battle of HochkirchHochkirch, Germany257 km NWAustrian victory
14 April 1759Battle of PeterswaldePetrovice, Czechia58 km SWPrussian victory; Austrian munition magazines and 200+...
12 August 1759Battle of KunersdorfKunowice, Poland180 km NRusso-Austrian victory
7 June 1760Siege of GlatzKłodzko, Poland257 km SEAustrian victory
23 June 1760Battle of LandeshutKamienna Góra, Poland59 km NWAustrian victory
15 September 1789Siege of BelgradeBelgrade, Serbia741 km SEAustrian 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.