Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches

Battles of Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches

Austrian marshall (1608-1682)

Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1645 and 1674: 3 battles and 3 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Slovakia (3), Czech Republic (1), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,289 km apart end to end, 458 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (1), Second Northern War (1), Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664 (1).

Siege of NitraSiege of Brno (1645)Siege of StettinBattle of ZsarnócaSiege of LévaBattle of SeneffeSiege of Brno (1645)Siege of StettinBattle of ZsarnócaSiege of LévaBattle of SeneffeBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsBudapestMunichPragueZürich500 km50.827N, 11.560E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1645: 1 engagements1659: 1 engagements1664: 3 engagements3 in 16641674: 1 engagements16451674
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Brno (1645), 1645Siege of Stettin, 1659Siege of Nitra, 1664Battle of Zsarnóca, 1664Siege of Léva, 1664Battle of Seneffe, 167416451674
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
3 May 1645Siege of Brno (1645)Brno, Czech RepublicImperial victory
19 September 1659Siege of StettinSzczecin, Poland492 km NSwedish victory
17 April 1664Siege of NitraNitra, Slovakia621 km SEHabsburg–Hungarian–Polish victory
16 May 1664Battle of ZsarnócaSlovakia64 km NEHabsburg victory
19 July 1664Siege of LévaLevice, Slovakia44 km SWHabsburg victory
11 August 1674Battle of SeneffeSeneffe, Belgium1,068 km WSee Aftermath

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.