Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Prince Josias of Coburg

Battles of Prince Josias of Coburg

Austrian general, 1737 to 1815

Prince Josias of Coburg is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1788 and 1794: 9 battles and 4 sieges across 6 present-day countries, most in France (5), Belgium (3), Romania (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,789 km apart end to end, 232 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (6), French Revolutionary Wars (3), Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 (2).

Siege of KhotinSiege of GiurgiuSiege of MaastrichtBattle of Aldenhoven (1793)Battle of Caesar's CampSiege of MaubeugeBattle of TourcoingBattle of TournayBattle of FocșaniBattle of NeerwindenBattle of FamarsBattle of WattigniesBattle of FleurusBattle of FocșaniBattle of NeerwindenBattle of FamarsBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtBucharestHamburgWarsaw500 km47.398N, 15.133E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1788: 1 engagements1789: 1 engagements1790: 1 engagements1793: 7 engagements7 in 17931794: 3 engagements17881794
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Khotin, 1788Battle of Focșani, 1789Siege of Giurgiu, 1790Siege of Maastricht, 1793Battle of Aldenhoven (1793), 1793Battle of Neerwinden, 1793Battle of Famars, 1793Battle of Caesar's Camp, 1793Siege of Maubeuge, 1793Battle of Wattignies, 1793Battle of Tourcoing, 1794Battle of Tournay, 1794Battle of Fleurus, 179417881794
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1788Siege of KhotinKhotyn Fortress, UkraineAustro-Russian victory
1 August 1789Battle of FocșaniFocșani, Romania318 km SAustro-Russian victory
1790Siege of GiurgiuGiurgiu, Romania222 km SWOttoman victory
6 February 1793Siege of MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands1,704 km NWCoalition victory
1 March 1793Battle of Aldenhoven (1793)Aldenhoven, Germany42 km EAustrian victory
18 March 1793Battle of NeerwindenNeerwinden, Belgium88 km WCoalition victory
23 May 1793Battle of FamarsFamars, France119 km SWCoalition victory
7 August 1793Battle of Caesar's CampMarquion, France33 km WCoalition victory
30 September 1793Siege of MaubeugeMaubeuge, France63 km EFrench victory
16 October 1793Battle of WattigniesMaubeuge, France9 km SFrench victory
18 May 1794Battle of TourcoingTourcoing, France85 km NWFrench victory
22 May 1794Battle of TournayTournai, Belgium22 km SECoalition victory
26 June 1794Battle of FleurusFleurus, Belgium84 km EFrench 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, William Essex / After Ferdinand Jagemann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.