Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Herman Willem Daendels

Battles of Herman Willem Daendels

Dutch politician (1762–1818)

Herman Willem Daendels is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1792 and 1810: 6 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (6), Belgium (1), Indonesia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,889 km apart end to end, 1,841 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Second Coalition (5), French Revolutionary Wars (1), War of the First Coalition (1).

Siege of NijmegenBattle of KrabbendamInvasion of the Spice IslandsFlanders CampaignAnglo-Russian invasion of HollandBattle of CallantsoogBattle of AlkmaarBattle of CastricumFlanders CampaignBattle of CallantsoogŌsakaManilaSeoulTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMadridBaghdad5000 km24.850N, 67.019E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1792: 1 engagements1794: 1 engagements1799: 5 engagements5 in 17991810: 1 engagements17921810
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Flanders Campaign, 1792Siege of Nijmegen, 1794Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, 1799Battle of Callantsoog, 1799Battle of Krabbendam, 1799Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Castricum, 1799Invasion of the Spice Islands, 181017921810
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1792Flanders CampaignBelgiumFrench victory
October 1794Siege of NijmegenNijmegen, Netherlands156 km NEFrench victory
1799Anglo-Russian invasion of HollandNorth Holland, Netherlands116 km NWFranco-Batavian victory; Convention of Alkmaar
27 August 1799Battle of CallantsoogCallantsoog, Netherlands22 km NWBritish victory
10 September 1799Battle of KrabbendamZijpe, Netherlands6 km SEBritish victory
2 October 1799Battle of AlkmaarAlkmaar, Netherlands20 km SAnglo-Russian victory
6 October 1799Battle of CastricumQ137926253, Netherlands12 km SWFranco-Batavian victory
1810Invasion of the Spice IslandsMaluku Islands, Indonesia12,557 km NEBritish 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, Raden Saleh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.