Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal

Battles of Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal

German-born French soldier and statesmen (1700-1755)

Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1745 and 1747: 2 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day Belgium. Taken in date order, the sites lie 269 km apart end to end, 90 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Austrian Succession (3).

Fall of GhentSiege of OstendBattle of RocouxBattle of LauffeldFall of GhentSiege of OstendBattle of RocouxBattle of LauffeldAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfBonn100 km50.955N, 4.276E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1745: 2 engagements2 in 17451746: 1 engagements1747: 1 engagements17451747
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Fall of Ghent, 1745Siege of Ostend, 1745Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Lauffeld, 174717451747
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
July 1745Fall of GhentGhent, BelgiumFrench victory
August 1745Siege of OstendOstend, Belgium58 km WFrench victory
11 October 1746Battle of RocouxRocourt, Belgium193 km EFrench victory
2 July 1747Battle of LauffeldRiemst, Belgium18 km NFrench 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, Johann Georg Wille / After Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.