Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Maurice de Saxe

Battles of Maurice de Saxe

Marshal General of France (1696-1750)

Maurice de Saxe is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1744 and 1747: 3 battles and 3 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Belgium (5), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 511 km apart end to end, 102 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Austrian Succession (6).

Planned French Invasion of BritainSiege of TournaiSiege of BrusselsSiege of NamurBattle of RocouxBattle of LauffeldSiege of TournaiSiege of BrusselsSiege of NamurBattle of RocouxLe HavreLilleAntwerpenRouenBrightonCharleroiReimsCaenBruggeAmiens100 km50.017N, 2.634E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1744: 1 engagements1745: 1 engagements1746: 3 engagements3 in 17461747: 1 engagements17441747
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Planned French Invasion of Britain, 1744Siege of Tournai, 1745Siege of Brussels, 1746Siege of Namur, 1746Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Lauffeld, 174717441747
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1744Planned French Invasion of BritainNormandy, FranceFrench failure
25 April 1745Siege of TournaiTournai, Belgium310 km NEFrench victory
1746Siege of BrusselsBrussels, Belgium74 km NEFrench victory
6 September 1746Siege of NamurNamur, Belgium56 km SEFrench victory
11 October 1746Battle of RocouxRocourt, Belgium53 km NEFrench victory
2 July 1747Battle of LauffeldRiemst, Belgium18 km NFrench 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, https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-de-la-vie-romantique/oeuvres/portrait-du-marechal-de-saxe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.