Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Christiaan de Wet

Battles of Christiaan de Wet

Boer general, rebel and politician (1854-1922)

Christiaan de Wet is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1899 and 1914: 5 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in South Africa (6), Namibia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,799 km apart end to end, 300 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Boer War (6), World War I (1).

Battle of BothavilleBattle of GroenkopBattle of LadysmithSiege of LadysmithBattle of PaardebergBattle of Poplar GroveSouth-West Africa campaignBattle of LadysmithBattle of PaardebergBattle of Poplar GroveSouth-West Africa campaignJohannesburgPretoriaBloemfonteinMaseruWelkomUpingtonVereenigingPietermaritzburgKlerksdorpRustenburg500 km28.183S, 24.765E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1899: 2 engagements1900: 3 engagements3 in 19001901: 1 engagements1914: 1 engagements18991914
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ladysmith, 1899Siege of Ladysmith, 1899Battle of Paardeberg, 1900Battle of Poplar Grove, 1900Battle of Bothaville, 1900Battle of Groenkop, 1901South-West Africa campaign, 191418991914
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 October 1899Battle of LadysmithLadysmith, South AfricaBoer victory
2 November 1899Siege of LadysmithLadysmith, South Africa6 km SBritish victory
18 February 1900Battle of PaardebergSouth Africa459 km WAnglo-Canadian victory
7 March 1900Battle of Poplar GroveSouth Africa28 km EBritish victory
6 November 1900Battle of BothavilleBothaville, South Africa209 km NEBritish victory
25 December 1901Battle of GroenkopSouth Africa222 km SEBoer victory
1914South-West Africa campaignNamibia874 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, Reinhold Thiele, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.