Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Jan Christiaan Smuts

Battles of Jan Christiaan Smuts

South African statesman and military leader (1870–1950)

Jan Christiaan Smuts is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1901 and 1916: 4 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in United Republic of Tanzania (4), South Africa (1), Namibia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,114 km apart end to end, 1,823 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (5), Second Boer War (1).

Battle of DutumiBattle of Elands RiverEast African CampaignSouth-West Africa campaignBattle of KisakiBattle of KibataBattle of Elands RiverEast African CampaignSouth-West Africa campaignBattle of KisakiBattle of KibataKinshasaJohannesburg2000 km19.079S, 29.632E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1901: 1 engagements1914: 2 engagements1916: 3 engagements3 in 191619011916
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Elands River, 1901East African Campaign, 1914South-West Africa campaign, 1914Battle of Kisaki, 1916Battle of Dutumi, 1916Battle of Kibata, 191619011916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
17 September 1901Battle of Elands RiverSouth AfricaBoer victory
1914East African CampaignGerman East Africa, Tanzania2,980 km NAllied victory
1914South-West Africa campaignNamibia2,893 km SWAllied victory
7 September 1916Battle of KisakiKisaki, Tanzania2,957 km NEGerman victory
11 September 1916Battle of DutumiUnited Republic of Tanzania25 km NEAllied victory
6 December 1916Battle of KibataUnited Republic of Tanzania258 km SEBritish 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, Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.