Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Wilhelm von Knyphausen

Battles of Wilhelm von Knyphausen

Prussian soldier, 1716 to 1800

Wilhelm von Knyphausen is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1776 and 1780: 6 battles and 2 campaigns, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 626 km apart end to end, 89 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (8).

Battle of White MarshBattle of the CloudsBattle of Connecticut FarmsNew York and New Jersey CampaignBattle of Fort WashingtonPhiladelphia campaignBattle of BrandywineBattle of GermantownNew York and New Jersey CampaignBattle of Fort WashingtonPhiladelphia campaignBattle of BrandywineBattle of GermantownBostonBuffaloBridgeportRochesterSyracuseProvidenceHartfordAlbanyHarrisburgTrenton200 km41.436N, 74.764W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1776: 2 engagements1777: 5 engagements5 in 17771780: 1 engagements17761780
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

New York and New Jersey Campaign, 1776Battle of Fort Washington, 1776Philadelphia campaign, 1777Battle of White Marsh, 1777Battle of Brandywine, 1777Battle of the Clouds, 1777Battle of Germantown, 1777Battle of Connecticut Farms, 178017761780
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1776New York and New Jersey CampaignNew York, United StatesNew York: British victory; British control of New York City...
16 November 1776Battle of Fort WashingtonNew York City, New York, United States254 km SBritish victory
1777Philadelphia campaignNew Jersey, United States106 km SWInconclusive
1777Battle of White MarshWhitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, United States64 km WInconclusive
11 September 1777Battle of BrandywineChadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, United States41 km SWBritish victory
16 September 1777Battle of the CloudsEast Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, United States19 km NBritish victory
4 October 1777Battle of GermantownGermantown, Pennsylvania, United States35 km EBritish victory
7 June 1780Battle of Connecticut FarmsNew Jersey, United States106 km NEInconclusive

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, Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, NY, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.