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commander, 20 engagements

Battles of Svetozar Boroević

Battles of Svetozar Boroević

Austro-Hungarian field marshal, 1856 to 1920

Svetozar Boroević is recorded as a commander at 20 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1918: 19 battles and 1 siege across 5 present-day countries, most in Italy (13), Poland (4), Russia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,032 km apart end to end, 160 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Italian Front (11), World War I (4), WWI Eastern Front (4).

Battle of Kraków (1914)Battle of LimanowaCarpathian FrontBattle of ŁowczówekBattle of Hill 383Battle of PodgoraSecond Battle of the IsonzoThird Battle of the IsonzoFifth Battle of the IsonzoSixth Battle of the IsonzoBattle of DoberdòSeventh Battle of the IsonzoEighth Battle of the IsonzoTenth Battle of the IsonzoBattle of PozzuoloSiege of PrzemyślGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveFirst Battle of the IsonzoBattle of the Piave RiverBattle of Vittorio VenetoSiege of PrzemyślGorlice–Tarnów OffensiveFirst Battle of the IsonzoViennaBudapestMunichPragueBelgradeKrakówBratislavaVeniceCluj-NapocaKatowice500 km47.876N, 18.181E
20 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 5 engagements1915: 6 engagements6 in 19151916: 5 engagements1917: 2 engagements1918: 2 engagements19141918
20 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Przemyśl, 1914Battle of Kraków (1914), 1914Battle of Limanowa, 1914Carpathian Front, 1914Battle of Łowczówek, 1914Battle of Hill 383, 1915Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, 1915First Battle of the Isonzo, 1915Battle of Podgora, 1915Second Battle of the Isonzo, 1915Third Battle of the Isonzo, 1915Fifth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Battle of Doberdò, 1916Seventh Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Eighth Battle of the Isonzo, 1916Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, 1917Battle of Pozzuolo, 1917Battle of the Piave River, 1918Battle of Vittorio Veneto, 191819141918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 September 1914Siege of PrzemyślPrzemyśl, PolandRussian victoryFirst Siege: Austro-Hungarian victory...
31 October 1914Battle of Kraków (1914)Kraków, Poland205 km WIndecisive
1914Battle of LimanowaRussia293 km ECentral Powers victory
1914Carpathian FrontUkraine0 km NRussian victoryRussia was able to protect the troops...
22 December 1914Battle of ŁowczówekŁowczówek, Poland217 km WInconclusive
9 June 1915Battle of Hill 383Slovenia698 km SWFinal Italian victory
22 June 1915Gorlice–Tarnów OffensiveTarnów, Poland692 km NECentral Powers victory
23 June 1915First Battle of the IsonzoSoča, Italy699 km SWInconclusive
1915Battle of PodgoraItaly1 km NWAustro-Hungarian victory
18 July 1915Second Battle of the IsonzoSoča, Italy10 km SWItalian tactical victory
4 November 1915Third Battle of the IsonzoSoča, Italy10 km WAustro-Hungarian victory
9 March 1916Fifth Battle of the IsonzoSoča, Italy31 km NEInconclusive
6 August 1916Sixth Battle of the IsonzoGorizia, Italy16 km SItalian victory
6 August 1916Battle of DoberdòGorizia, Italy12 km SWItalian victory
14 September 1916Seventh Battle of the IsonzoSoča, Italy12 km NEItalian tactical victory
10 October 1916Eighth Battle of the IsonzoSoča, Italy0 km NInconclusive
10 May 1917Tenth Battle of the IsonzoSoča, Italy8 km NIndecisive.
1917Battle of PozzuoloPozzuolo del Friuli, Italy34 km WItalian victory
23 June 1918Battle of the Piave RiverPiave, Italy78 km WItalian victory
4 November 1918Battle of Vittorio VenetoVittorio Veneto, Italy18 km NEItalian victory; Collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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 Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.