Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland

Battles of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland

British Army general (1742-1817)

Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1775 and 1776: 5 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 305 km apart end to end, 76 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (4).

Battles of Lexington and ConcordBattle of MenotomyBattle of LexingtonBattle of ConcordBattle of Fort WashingtonBattles of Lexington and ConcordBattle of MenotomyBattle of LexingtonBattle of ConcordBattle of Fort WashingtonBridgeportProvidenceHartfordAlbanyTrentonNew HavenNewarkManchesterScrantonSchenectady200 km41.661N, 72.546W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1775: 4 engagements4 in 17751776: 1 engagements17751776
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775Battle of Menotomy, 1775Battle of Lexington, 1775Battle of Concord, 1775Battle of Fort Washington, 177617751776
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 April 1775Battles of Lexington and ConcordMiddlesex County, Massachusetts, United StatesAmerican victory
19 April 1775Battle of MenotomyMassachusetts, United States7 km SEAmerican victory
19 April 1775Battle of LexingtonLexington, Massachusetts, United States7 km NWAmerican victory
19 April 1775Battle of ConcordConcord, Massachusetts, United States10 km WAmerican victory
16 November 1776Battle of Fort WashingtonNew York City, New York, United States280 km SWBritish 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, Valentine Green / After Pompeo Batoni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.