Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Menno van Coehoorn

Battles of Menno van Coehoorn

Dutch military engineer (1641–1704)

Menno van Coehoorn is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1674 and 1703: 5 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Belgium (3), Netherlands (1), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 370 km apart end to end, 92 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Nine Years' War (3), War of the Spanish Succession (1).

Siege of GraveSiege of NamurSiege of HuySiege of NamurSiege of BonnSiege of GraveSiege of NamurSiege of HuySiege of NamurSiege of BonnAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfUtrecht100 km51.113N, 5.983E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1674: 1 engagements1 in 16741692: 1 engagements1 in 16921694: 1 engagements1 in 16941695: 1 engagements1 in 16951703: 1 engagements1 in 170316741703
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Grave, 1674Siege of Namur, 1692Siege of Huy, 1694Siege of Namur, 1695Siege of Bonn, 170316741703
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 July 1674Siege of GraveGrave, NetherlandsDutch victory
1692Siege of NamurNamur, Belgium156 km SWFrench victory
22 September 1694Siege of HuyHuy, Belgium27 km EGrand Alliance victory
1695Siege of NamurNamur, Belgium27 km WGrand Alliance victory
24 April 1703Siege of BonnBonn, Germany160 km EAllied 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 Theodorus Netscher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.