Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois

Battles of Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois

French admiral (1761-1848)

Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1806: 6 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in Spain (2), India (1), Cape Verde (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 27,850 km apart end to end, 5,570 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Napoleonic Wars (3), War of the Second Coalition (2), French Revolutionary Wars (1).

Action of 7 May 1794First Battle of AlgecirasSecond Battle of AlgecirasBattle of Pulo AuraBattle of VizagapatamAction of 13 March 1806First Battle of AlgecirasSecond Battle of AlgecirasBattle of Pulo AuraBattle of VizagapatamAction of 13 March 1806TehranKinshasaBengaluruBangkokMadridBaghdadChengduÜrümqiBerlinKabul5000 km28.437N, 37.554E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 1 engagements1801: 2 engagements2 in 18011804: 2 engagements2 in 18041806: 1 engagements17941806
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Action of 7 May 1794, 1794First Battle of Algeciras, 1801Second Battle of Algeciras, 1801Battle of Pulo Aura, 1804Battle of Vizagapatam, 1804Action of 13 March 1806, 180617941806
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 May 1794Action of 7 May 1794British victory
6 July 1801First Battle of AlgecirasBay of Gibraltar, Spain2,075 km SFranco-Spanish victory
12 July 1801Second Battle of AlgecirasStrait of Gibraltar, Spain16 km SWAnglo-Portuguese victory
15 February 1804Battle of Pulo Aura11,628 km EBritish victory
15 September 1804Battle of VizagapatamIndia2,868 km NWSee Aftermath
13 March 1806Action of 13 March 1806Cape Verde11,263 km NWBritish 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, Antoine Maurin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.