Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of captain

Battles of captain

title given to a commander

captain is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1798 and 1990: 11 battles and 1 siege across 7 present-day countries, most in Cameroon (5), Ireland (2), South Africa (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 39,792 km apart end to end, 3,617 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Irish Rebellion of 1798 (2), First Boer War (1), World War II (1).

Battle of EnniscorthySiege of MarabastadBattle of LaiFirst Battle of GaruaBattle of NsanakongBattle of JabassiBattle of NgaundereBattle of KillalaBattle of Bang BoBattle of BanjoOperation CowboyBattle of the BridgesBattle of KillalaBattle of Bang BoBattle of BanjoOperation CowboyBattle of the BridgesŌsakaManilaSeoulTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMadridBaghdad5000 km14.236N, 48.765E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

1790s: 2 engagements1880s: 2 engagements1910s: 6 engagements6 in 1910s1940s: 1 engagements1990s: 1 engagements1790s1990s
12 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Enniscorthy, 1798Battle of Killala, 1798Siege of Marabastad, 1881Battle of Bang Bo, 1885Battle of Lai, 1914First Battle of Garua, 1914Battle of Nsanakong, 1914Battle of Jabassi, 1914Battle of Ngaundere, 1915Battle of Banjo, 1915Operation Cowboy, 1945Battle of the Bridges, 199017981990
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 May 1798Battle of EnniscorthyEnniscorthy, IrelandIrish rebel victory; British abandon Enniscorthy.
23 September 1798Battle of KillalaKillala, Ireland259 km NWBritish victory
11 January 1881Siege of MarabastadMarabastad, Pretoria, South Africa9,586 km SEBoer victory; Marabastad is captured
24 March 1885Battle of Bang BoVietnam9,990 km NEChinese victory
21 August 1914Battle of LaiChad9,664 km WGerman victory
29 August 1914First Battle of GaruaGaroua, Cameroon318 km WGerman victory
6 September 1914Battle of NsanakongCameroon619 km SWGerman victory
7 October 1914Battle of JabassiYabassi, Cameroon193 km SEBritish victory
29 June 1915Battle of NgaundereNgaoundéré, Cameroon512 km NEAllied victory
4 November 1915Battle of BanjoBanyo, Cameroon204 km WBritish victory
28 April 1945Operation CowboyHostouň, Czech Republic4,758 km NAllied success; Many POWs freed
2 August 1990Battle of the BridgesKuwait3,689 km SEIraqi 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, Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.