Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Patrick Sarsfield

Battles of Patrick Sarsfield

Irish Jacobite peer (1655-1693)

Patrick Sarsfield is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1688 and 1691: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (2), Ireland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 649 km apart end to end, 216 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Williamite War in Ireland (2).

Wincanton SkirmishBattle of ReadingSiege of LimerickSiege of LimerickWincanton SkirmishBattle of ReadingSiege of LimerickDublinBirminghamManchesterLeedsCardiffLiverpoolCorkNottinghamPortsmouthStoke200 km51.862N, 4.799W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1688: 2 engagements2 in 16881690: 1 engagements1691: 1 engagements16881691
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Wincanton Skirmish, 1688Battle of Reading, 1688Siege of Limerick, 1690Siege of Limerick, 169116881691
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 November 1688Wincanton SkirmishWincanton, United KingdomInconclusive
9 December 1688Battle of ReadingReading, United Kingdom109 km NEAnglo-Dutch victory
August 1690Siege of LimerickLimerick, Ireland540 km WJacobite/French victory
1691Siege of LimerickLimerick, Ireland0 km NWilliamite victory; Treaty of Limerick; Evacuation of...

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.