Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing

Battles of Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing

French admiral during the War of American Independence (1729-1794)

Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1778 and 1781: 4 battles, 1 siege and 3 naval actions across 4 present-day countries, most in United States (2), Saint Lucia (2), Grenada (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,872 km apart end to end, 1,267 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (6), Anglo-French War of 1778–1783 (1), Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1).

Capture of St. LuciaCapture of Saint VincentDutch West Indies campaignBattle of Rhode IslandBattle of St. LuciaCapture of GrenadaBattle of GrenadaSiege of SavannahBattle of Rhode IslandBattle of St. LuciaCapture of GrenadaBattle of GrenadaSiege of SavannahChicagoMiamiTorontoAtlantaHoustonMonterreyCaracasDenver2000 km26.823N, 71.036W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1778: 3 engagements1779: 4 engagements4 in 17791781: 1 engagements17781781
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Rhode Island, 1778Battle of St. Lucia, 1778Capture of St. Lucia, 1778Capture of Saint Vincent, 1779Capture of Grenada, 1779Battle of Grenada, 1779Siege of Savannah, 1779Dutch West Indies campaign, 178117781781
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
29 August 1778Battle of Rhode IslandAquidneck Island, Rhode Island, United StatesInconclusive
15 December 1778Battle of St. LuciaSaint Lucia3,223 km SBritish victory
28 December 1778Capture of St. LuciaSaint Lucia15 km SBritish victory
16 June 1779Capture of Saint VincentSaint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines75 km SFrench victory
2 July 1779Capture of GrenadaGrenada146 km SWFrench victory
6 July 1779Battle of GrenadaGrenada0 km NFrench victory
16 September 1779Siege of SavannahSavannah, Georgia, United States2,976 km NWBritish victory
1781Dutch West Indies campaign2,436 km SEStatus quo ante bellum

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, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.