Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

Battles of Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde

British Army officer (1792-1863)

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1842 and 1858: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in India (3), People's Republic of China (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,902 km apart end to end, 1,301 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Indian Mutiny of 1857 (3), First Opium War (1).

Battle of ChinkiangSiege of LucknowSecond Battle of CawnporeCapture of LucknowBattle of ChinkiangSiege of LucknowCapture of LucknowTaipeiChengduDhakaGuangzhouShenzhenWuhanTianjinChongqingChattogramHanoi1000 km29.318N, 99.876E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1842: 1 engagements1857: 2 engagements2 in 18571858: 1 engagements18421858
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Chinkiang, 1842Siege of Lucknow, 1857Second Battle of Cawnpore, 1857Capture of Lucknow, 185818421858
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 July 1842Battle of ChinkiangZhenjiang, People's Republic of ChinaBritish victory
30 May 1857Siege of LucknowLucknow, India3,752 km WBritish victory
19 November 1857Second Battle of CawnporeKanpur, India74 km SWBritish–EIC victory
1858Capture of LucknowLucknow, India75 km NEEast India Company 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.