Atlas of Battles

commander, 16 engagements

Battles of Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier

Battles of Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier

French diplomat (1768-1835)

Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier is recorded as a commander at 16 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1814: 12 battles and 4 sieges across 7 present-day countries, most in Germany (5), France (4), Russia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,722 km apart end to end, 715 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Sixth Coalition (7), War of the Fourth Coalition (2), Peninsular War (2).

Second Battle of ZurichBattle of DürensteinSiege of HamelnSiege of Stralsund, 1807Siege of KolbergSecond Siege of ZaragozaBattle of the GeboraBattle of KrasnoiFirst Battle of Bar-sur-AubeBattle of Gué-à-TresmesBattle of Fère-ChampenoiseBattle of FriedlandBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBattle of ParisBattle of FriedlandBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBattle of ParisMadridBerlinAthensKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiers1000 km46.728N, 12.225E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 1 engagements1805: 1 engagements1806: 1 engagements1807: 3 engagements1808: 1 engagements1811: 1 engagements1812: 1 engagements1813: 3 engagements1814: 4 engagements4 in 181417991814
16 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Dürenstein, 1805Siege of Hameln, 1806Siege of Stralsund, 1807, 1807Siege of Kolberg, 1807Battle of Friedland, 1807Second Siege of Zaragoza, 1808Battle of the Gebora, 1811Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Battle of Lützen, 1813Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Dresden, 1813First Battle of Bar-sur-Aube, 1814Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes, 1814Battle of Fère-Champenoise, 1814Battle of Paris, 181417991814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 September 1799Second Battle of ZurichZurich, SwitzerlandFrench victory
11 November 1805Battle of DürensteinDürnstein, Austria532 km ESee #Aftermath
7 November 1806Siege of HamelnHamelin, Germany602 km NWFranco-Dutch victory
30 January 1807Siege of Stralsund, 1807Stralsund, Germany348 km NEFrench victory
March 1807Siege of KolbergKołobrzeg Fortress, Poland163 km ESiege lifted by peace treaty
14 June 1807Battle of FriedlandPravdinsk, Russia354 km EFrench victory
20 December 1808Second Siege of ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain2,146 km SWFrench victory
19 February 1811Battle of the GeboraGévora, Spain601 km SWFrench victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia3,346 km NERussian victory
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany1,339 km WFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany156 km EFrench victory
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany51 km WFrench victory
24 January 1814First Battle of Bar-sur-AubeBar-sur-Aube, France718 km WSee Aftermath section
28 February 1814Battle of Gué-à-TresmesCongis-sur-Thérouanne, France152 km NWFrench victory
25 March 1814Battle of Fère-ChampenoiseFère-Champenoise, France87 km ECoalition victory
30 March 1814Battle of ParisParis, France128 km WCoalition 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, Edouard Louis Dubufe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.