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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Anne Hilarion de Tourville

Battles of Anne Hilarion de Tourville

French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV, 1642 to 1701

Anne Hilarion de Tourville is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1690 and 1693: 5 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in France (3), United Kingdom (1), Portugal (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,733 km apart end to end, 433 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Nine Years' War (5).

Battle of Beachy HeadAction at CherbourgAction at La HogueBattles of Barfleur and La HougueBattle of LagosBattle of Beachy HeadAction at CherbourgAction at La HogueBattles of Barfleur and La HougueBattle of LagosMadridGenevaBarcelonaAlgiersMilanFrankfurtLisbonMunichZürichTunis1000 km43.869N, 4.210W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1690: 1 engagements1692: 3 engagements3 in 16921693: 1 engagements16901693
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Beachy Head, 1690Action at Cherbourg, 1692Action at La Hogue, 1692Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue, 1692Battle of Lagos, 169316901693
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 July 1690Battle of Beachy HeadBeachy Head, United KingdomFrench victory
1692Action at CherbourgCherbourg-Octeville, France181 km SWAnglo-Dutch victory
23 May 1692Action at La HogueSaint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France26 km EAnglo-Dutch victory
29 May 1692Battles of Barfleur and La HougueEnglish Channel, France4 km EAnglo-Dutch victory
27 June 1693Battle of LagosLagos, Portugal1,522 km SWFrench 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, Eugène Delacroix, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.