Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of George of Hesse-Darmstadt

Battles of George of Hesse-Darmstadt

Governor of Gibraltar (1669-1705)

George of Hesse-Darmstadt is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1697 and 1705: 1 battle and 4 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (3), United Kingdom (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,753 km apart end to end, 438 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia (2), War of the Spanish Succession (2), Nine Years' War (1).

Siege of BarcelonaLanding at BarcelonaCapture of GibraltarTwelfth Siege of GibraltarSiege of BarcelonaSiege of BarcelonaLanding at BarcelonaCapture of GibraltarTwelfth Siege of GibraltarSiege of BarcelonaMadridAlgiersSevilleValenciaOranCórdobaTangierZaragozaMurciaGranada‎500 km38.771N, 1.588W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1697: 1 engagements1704: 3 engagements3 in 17041705: 1 engagements16971705
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Barcelona, 1697Landing at Barcelona, 1704Capture of Gibraltar, 1704Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar, 1704Siege of Barcelona, 170516971705
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 June 1697Siege of BarcelonaBarcelona, SpainFrench victory
27 May 1704Landing at BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain2 km NPro-Bourbon victory
4 August 1704Capture of GibraltarGibraltar, United Kingdom876 km SWAnglo-Dutch victory
September 1704Twelfth Siege of GibraltarGibraltar, United Kingdom1 km NGrand Alliance victory
14 September 1705Siege of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain874 km NEGrand Alliance 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, After Thomas Murray, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.