Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay

French general, 1650 to 1715

Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1707 and 1712: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (2), Portugal (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,388 km apart end to end, 463 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession (3).

Siege of Ciudad RodrigoBattle of La GudiñaBattle of SaragossaSiege of Campo MaiorSiege of Ciudad RodrigoBattle of La GudiñaBattle of SaragossaMadridValladolidSalamancaAlbaceteToledoGuadalajaraCovilhãBragançaCastelo BrancoGuarda200 km40.282N, 3.983W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1707: 1 engagements1 in 17071709: 1 engagements1 in 17091710: 1 engagements1 in 17101712: 1 engagements1 in 171217071712
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1707Battle of La Gudiña, 1709Battle of Saragossa, 1710Siege of Campo Maior, 171217071712
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 September 1707Siege of Ciudad RodrigoCiudad Rodrigo, SpainFranco-Spanish victory
7 May 1709Battle of La GudiñaArronches, Portugal188 km SSpanish victory
20 August 1710Battle of SaragossaRavine of Death, Spain602 km NEGrand Alliance victory
28 September 1712Siege of Campo MaiorCampo Maior, Portugal598 km SWPortuguese 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.