Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Augustus II the Strong

Battles of Augustus II the Strong

King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony (1670–1733)

Augustus II the Strong is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1696 and 1711: 4 battles, 2 sieges and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Poland (3), Serbia (1), Latvia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,890 km apart end to end, 648 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (5), Great Turkish War (1).

Campaign of GrodnoSiege of Bila TserkvaBattle of UlaşSiege of RigaBattle of KlissowBattle of GrodnoBattle of KaliszBattle of UlaşSiege of RigaBattle of KlissowBattle of GrodnoBattle of KaliszBerlinKyivViennaMilanBucharestHamburgWarsawBudapestMunichPrague500 km51.302N, 24.098E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1696: 1 engagements1700: 1 engagements1702: 1 engagements1705: 1 engagements1706: 2 engagements2 in 17061711: 1 engagements16961711
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ulaş, 1696Siege of Riga, 1700Battle of Klissow, 1702Campaign of Grodno, 1705Battle of Grodno, 1706Battle of Kalisz, 1706Siege of Bila Tserkva, 171116961711
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 August 1696Battle of UlaşHetin, SerbiaOttoman victory; (see Aftermath section)
22 February 1700Siege of RigaRiga, Latvia1,276 km NSwedish victory
19 July 1702Battle of KlissowKielce, Poland742 km SSwedish victory
1705Campaign of GrodnoPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Poland76 km SWSwedish victory
1706Battle of GrodnoHrodna, Belarus482 km NESwedish victory
29 October 1706Battle of KaliszKalisz, Poland441 km SWAnti-Swedish coalition victory
1711Siege of Bila TserkvaBila Tserkva, Ukraine873 km ERussian 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, Nicolas de Largillière, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.