Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of William Waller

Battles of William Waller

English general and politician, 1599 to 1668

William Waller is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1644: 6 battles and 5 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 680 km apart end to end, 68 km between engagements on average. Most belong to English Civil War (6), First English Civil War (4).

Siege of ChichesterSiege of WorcesterBattle of AltonSiege of ArundelBattle of CheritonBattle of Cropredy BridgeSiege of PortsmouthBattle of LansdowneBattle of Roundway DownSiege of OxfordSecond Battle of NewburySiege of PortsmouthBattle of LansdowneBattle of Roundway DownSiege of OxfordSecond Battle of NewburyBirminghamNottinghamPlymouthLutonNorwichIpswichPeterboroughCambridgeExeterDover100 km51.498N, 1.478W
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 2 engagements1643: 5 engagements5 in 16431644: 4 engagements16421644
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Portsmouth, 1642Siege of Chichester, 1642Siege of Worcester, 1643Battle of Lansdowne, 1643Battle of Roundway Down, 1643Battle of Alton, 1643Siege of Arundel, 1643Battle of Cheriton, 1644Siege of Oxford, 1644Battle of Cropredy Bridge, 1644Second Battle of Newbury, 164416421644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 August 1642Siege of PortsmouthPortsmouth, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
22 December 1642Siege of ChichesterChichester, United Kingdom22 km EParliamentarian victory
1643Siege of WorcesterWorcester, United Kingdom181 km NWRoyalist victory
5 July 1643Battle of LansdowneLansdown, United Kingdom85 km SRoyalist victory (see #Aftermath)
13 July 1643Battle of Roundway DownDevizes, United Kingdom30 km ERoyalist victory
13 December 1643Battle of AltonAlton, United Kingdom75 km EParliamentary victory
1643Siege of ArundelArundel, United Kingdom44 km SEParliamentarian victory
29 March 1644Battle of CheritonCheriton, United Kingdom47 km NWParliamentarian victory
May 1644Siege of OxfordOxford, United Kingdom77 km NParliamentarian victory
29 June 1644Battle of Cropredy BridgeCropredy, United Kingdom41 km NRoyalist victory
27 October 1644Second Battle of NewburyNewbury, United Kingdom78 km SIndecisive

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, Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.