Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie

Battles of Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie

Marshal of France (1718-1804)

Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1759 and 1761: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Germany. Taken in date order, the sites lie 513 km apart end to end, 128 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Seven Years' War (5).

Battle of BergenBattle of MindenBattle of CorbachSiege of CasselBattle of VillinghausenBattle of BergenBattle of MindenBattle of CorbachSiege of CasselBattle of VillinghausenCologneDüsseldorfBonnWiesbadenKoblenzMünsterOsnabrückMagdeburgWürzburgGöttingen100 km51.241N, 8.747E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1759: 2 engagements2 in 17591760: 1 engagements1761: 2 engagements2 in 176117591761
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Bergen, 1759Battle of Minden, 1759Battle of Corbach, 1760Siege of Cassel, 1761Battle of Villinghausen, 176117591761
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 April 1759Battle of BergenFrankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim, GermanyFrench victory
1 August 1759Battle of MindenMinden, Germany242 km NAllied victory
10 July 1760Battle of CorbachKorbach, Germany116 km SFrench victory
March 1761Siege of CasselKassel, Germany44 km EFrench victory
15 July 1761Battle of VillinghausenWelver, Germany111 km WAllied 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, Garitan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.