Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Battles of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

French military engineer (1633–1707)

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1667 and 1702: 11 sieges and 1 naval action across 5 present-day countries, most in France (5), Belgium (4), Luxembourg (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,251 km apart end to end, 296 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Nine Years' War (5), Franco-Dutch War (4), War of Devolution (1).

Siege of BesançonSiege of CambraiSiege of LuxembourgSiege of PhilippsburgSiege of MonsSiege of AthSiege of HulstSiege of LilleSiege of ValenciennesSiege of YpresSiege of NamurBattle of CamaretSiege of ValenciennesSiege of YpresSiege of NamurBattle of CamaretGenevaAmsterdamFrankfurtBrusselsZürichBirminghamThe HagueBernLe Havre500 km49.279N, 1.930E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1667: 1 engagements1674: 1 engagements1677: 2 engagements2 in 16771678: 1 engagements1684: 1 engagements1688: 1 engagements1691: 1 engagements1692: 1 engagements1694: 1 engagements1697: 1 engagements1702: 1 engagements16671702
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Lille, 1667Siege of Besançon, 1674Siege of Valenciennes, 1677Siege of Cambrai, 1677Siege of Ypres, 1678Siege of Luxembourg, 1684Siege of Philippsburg, 1688Siege of Mons, 1691Siege of Namur, 1692Battle of Camaret, 1694Siege of Ath, 1697Siege of Hulst, 170216671702
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1667Siege of LilleLille, FranceFrench victory
19 April 1674Siege of BesançonBesançon, France434 km SEFrench victory
28 February 1677Siege of ValenciennesValenciennes, France392 km NWFrench victory
20 March 1677Siege of CambraiCambrai, France29 km SWFrench victory
18 March 1678Siege of YpresYpres, Belgium79 km NFrench victory
27 April 1684Siege of LuxembourgLuxembourg260 km SEFrench victory
24 September 1688Siege of PhilippsburgPhilippsburg, Germany178 km EFrench victory
15 March 1691Siege of MonsMons, Belgium350 km NWFrench victory
1692Siege of NamurNamur, Belgium65 km EFrench victory
18 June 1694Battle of CamaretCamaret-sur-Mer, France726 km WFrench victory
22 May 1697Siege of AthAth, Belgium658 km NEFrench victory
1702Siege of HulstHulst, Netherlands80 km NDutch 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, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.