Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Magnus Gustav von Essen

Battles of Magnus Gustav von Essen

Baltic German military personnel (1759-1813)

Magnus Gustav von Essen is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1812: 3 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Latvia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,607 km apart end to end, 536 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Second Coalition (1), War of the Fourth Coalition (1), French invasion of Russia (1).

Battle of AlkmaarBattle of CastricumBattle of OstrołękaSiege of RigaBattle of AlkmaarBattle of OstrołękaSiege of RigaBerlinStockholmFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsWarsawPragueKøbenhavnVilniusTallinn500 km54.745N, 14.381E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 2 engagements2 in 17991807: 1 engagements1812: 1 engagements17991812
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Castricum, 1799Battle of Ostrołęka, 1807Siege of Riga, 181217991812
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
2 October 1799Battle of AlkmaarAlkmaar, NetherlandsAnglo-Russian victory
6 October 1799Battle of CastricumQ137926253, Netherlands12 km SWFranco-Batavian victory
15 February 1807Battle of OstrołękaOstrołęka, Poland1,137 km EFrench victory
July 1812Siege of RigaRiga, Latvia459 km NAnglo-Russian 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, George Dawe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.