Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Stringer Lawrence

Battles of Stringer Lawrence

Early British military leader in India (1697-1775)

Stringer Lawrence is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1748 and 1753: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 247 km apart end to end, 82 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Austrian Succession (1), Second Carnatic War (1).

Siege of CuddaloreSiege of TrichinopolyBattle of SeringhamBattle of Golden RockSiege of CuddaloreSiege of TrichinopolyBattle of SeringhamBattle of Golden RockCoimbatoreMaduraiKochiMysuruSalemPuducherryJaffnaDindigulMandyaKumbakonam200 km11.131N, 79.081E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1748: 1 engagements1751: 1 engagements1753: 2 engagements2 in 175317481753
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Cuddalore, 1748Siege of Trichinopoly, 1751Battle of Seringham, 1753Battle of Golden Rock, 175317481753
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1748Siege of CuddaloreCuddalore, IndiaBritish victory
July 1751Siege of TrichinopolyTiruchirappalli, India154 km SWBritish-Maratha Allied Victory
12 April 1753Battle of SeringhamIndia46 km SWBritish–Maratha victory
1753Battle of Golden RockTiruchirappalli, India46 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, Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.