Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Herman Willem Daendels

Battles of Herman Willem Daendels

Dutch politician (1762–1818)

Herman Willem Daendels is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1799: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Netherlands. Taken in date order, the sites lie 176 km apart end to end, 44 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Second Coalition (2), War of the First Coalition (1).

Siege of NijmegenBattle of CallantsoogBattle of KrabbendamBattle of AlkmaarBattle of CastricumSiege of NijmegenBattle of CallantsoogBattle of KrabbendamBattle of AlkmaarBattle of CastricumAmsterdamThe HagueRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfUtrechtHaarlemMünsterOsnabrück100 km52.342N, 5.252E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 1 engagements1799: 4 engagements4 in 179917941799
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Nijmegen, 1794Battle of Callantsoog, 1799Battle of Krabbendam, 1799Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Castricum, 179917941799
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
October 1794Siege of NijmegenNijmegen, NetherlandsFrench victory
27 August 1799Battle of CallantsoogCallantsoog, Netherlands138 km NWBritish victory
10 September 1799Battle of KrabbendamZijpe, Netherlands6 km SEBritish victory
2 October 1799Battle of AlkmaarAlkmaar, Netherlands20 km SAnglo-Russian victory
6 October 1799Battle of CastricumQ137926253, Netherlands12 km SWFranco-Batavian 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, Raden Saleh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.