Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg

Battles of Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg

Russian army officer in the Napoleonic wars (1769–1843)

Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1828: 9 battles and 2 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Germany (4), Belarus (3), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,778 km apart end to end, 478 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Sixth Coalition (5), French invasion of Russia (3), Kościuszko Uprising (1).

Battle of KlyastitsyFirst Battle of PolotskBattle of MöckernBattle of Bar-sur-AubeBattle of LaubresselSiege of Silistra (1828)Battle of PragaBattle of BerezinaBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBattle of PragaBattle of BerezinaBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBerlinKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtBucharestHamburgBrussels500 km50.003N, 16.506E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 1 engagements1812: 3 engagements1813: 4 engagements4 in 18131814: 2 engagements1828: 1 engagements17941828
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Praga, 1794Battle of Klyastitsy, 1812First Battle of Polotsk, 1812Battle of Berezina, 1812Battle of Möckern, 1813Battle of Lützen, 1813Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Dresden, 1813Battle of Bar-sur-Aube, 1814Battle of Laubressel, 1814Siege of Silistra (1828), 182817941828
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1794Battle of PragaWarsaw, PolandRussian victory
28 July 1812Battle of KlyastitsyRasony District, Belarus641 km NERussian victory
17 August 1812First Battle of PolotskPolatsak, Belarus47 km SSee #Aftermath
26 November 1812Battle of BerezinaBerezina, Belarus132 km SInconclusive; (See Aftermath)
5 April 1813Battle of MöckernMöckern, Germany1,135 km WPrusso-Russian victory
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany34 km NWFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany156 km EFrench victory
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany51 km WFrench victory
27 February 1814Battle of Bar-sur-AubeBar-sur-Aube, France720 km WCoalition victory
3 March 1814Battle of LaubresselLaubressel, France37 km WCoalition victory
9 July 1828Siege of Silistra (1828)Silistra, Bulgaria1,826 km EOttoman 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.