Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope

Battles of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope

British Army general (1673-1721)

James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1705 and 1710: 4 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 940 km apart end to end, 188 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia (3), War of the Spanish Succession (2).

Capture of MinorcaSiege of BarcelonaSiege of BarcelonaBattle of AlmenarBattle of SaragossaBattle of BrihuegaSiege of BarcelonaSiege of BarcelonaBattle of AlmenarBattle of SaragossaBattle of BrihuegaValenciaPalmaAndorraCastelloAlbaceteLogroñoTarragonaMataróPerpignan200 km40.830N, 0.719E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1705: 1 engagements1706: 1 engagements1708: 1 engagements1710: 3 engagements3 in 171017051710
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Barcelona, 1705Siege of Barcelona, 1706Capture of Minorca, 1708Battle of Almenar, 1710Battle of Saragossa, 1710Battle of Brihuega, 171017051710
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 September 1705Siege of BarcelonaBarcelona, SpainGrand Alliance victory
3 April 1706Siege of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain0 km NGrand Alliance victory
1708Capture of MinorcaMenorca, Spain246 km SEAnglo-Dutch victory
27 July 1710Battle of AlmenarAlmenar, Spain381 km NWGrand Alliance victory
20 August 1710Battle of SaragossaRavine of Death, Spain123 km WGrand Alliance victory
8 December 1710Battle of BrihuegaBrihuega, Spain190 km SWFranco-Spanish 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, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.