Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Battles of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1806 and 1815: 12 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Germany (5), France (5), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,353 km apart end to end, 214 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Sixth Coalition (9), Napoleonic Wars (2), War of the Fourth Coalition (1).

Battle of LübeckBattle of HaynauBattle of WartenburgBattle of BrienneBattle of La RothièreBattle of VauchampsBattle of CraonneBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of ParisBattle of LignyBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of ParisBattle of LignyBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsMunichPragueThe HagueDresden500 km51.106N, 9.143E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1806: 2 engagements1813: 4 engagements1814: 5 engagements5 in 18141815: 1 engagements18061815
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 1806Battle of Lübeck, 1806Battle of Lützen, 1813Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Haynau, 1813Battle of Wartenburg, 1813Battle of Brienne, 1814Battle of La Rothière, 1814Battle of Vauchamps, 1814Battle of Craonne, 1814Battle of Paris, 1814Battle of Ligny, 181518061815
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 October 1806Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, GermanyFrench victory
7 November 1806Battle of LübeckLübeck, Germany330 km NFrench victory
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany312 km SFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany156 km EFrench victory
1813Battle of HaynauPoland106 km EPrussian victory
1813Battle of WartenburgWartenburg, Germany226 km WPrussian victory
29 January 1814Battle of BrienneBrienne-le-Château, France701 km SWSee Result
1 February 1814Battle of La RothièreLa Rothière, France6 km SECoalition victory
14 February 1814Battle of VauchampsMontmirail, France91 km NWFrench victory
7 March 1814Battle of CraonneCraonne, France63 km NFrench victory; (see the Result section)
30 March 1814Battle of ParisParis, France119 km SWCoalition victory
16 June 1815Battle of LignyLigny, Belgium244 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, Peter Edward Stroehling, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.