Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Aimable Pélissier

Battles of Aimable Pélissier

French military officer who executed the genocide of the Ouled Riah tribe in Algeria (1794–1864)

Aimable Pélissier is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1852 and 1855: 2 battles, 1 siege and 1 naval action across 2 present-day countries, most in Russia (3), Algeria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,909 km apart end to end, 970 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Crimean War (3).

Siege of LaghouatSiege of SevastopolBattle of MalakoffBattle of the ChernayaSiege of LaghouatSiege of SevastopolBattle of MalakoffAthensGenevaBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiersTel AvivMilanNaplesTripoli1000 km39.209N, 18.367E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1852: 1 engagements1854: 1 engagements1855: 2 engagements2 in 185518521855
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Laghouat, 1852Siege of Sevastopol, 1854Battle of Malakoff, 1855Battle of the Chernaya, 185518521855
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 November 1852Siege of LaghouatLaghouat, AlgeriaFrench victory
1854Siege of SevastopolSevastopol, Russia2,878 km NEAllied victory
18 June 1855Battle of MalakoffSevastopol, Russia3 km SEFrench victory; 1st assault repulsed; 2nd assault successful
16 August 1855Battle of the ChernayaChorna River, Russia28 km SEAllied 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, Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.