Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Edward Boscawen

Battles of Edward Boscawen

Royal Navy admiral (1711-1761)

Edward Boscawen is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1748 and 1759: 1 siege and 3 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in Canada (2), India (1), Portugal (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 16,868 km apart end to end, 5,623 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French and Indian War (2), Seven Years' War (1).

Siege of PondicherryAction of 8 June 1755Siege of LouisbourgBattle of LagosSiege of PondicherryAction of 8 June 1755Battle of LagosTehranKinshasaMadridBaghdadÜrümqiBerlinKabulAthensCasablancaAddis Ababa5000 km28.994N, 9.929E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1748: 1 engagements1 in 17481755: 1 engagements1 in 17551758: 1 engagements1 in 17581759: 1 engagements1 in 175917481759
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Pondicherry, 1748Action of 8 June 1755, 1755Siege of Louisbourg, 1758Battle of Lagos, 175917481759
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
29 April 1748Siege of PondicherryPondicherry, IndiaFrench victory
8 June 1755Action of 8 June 1755Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada12,063 km NWBritish victory
8 June 1758Siege of LouisbourgLouisbourg, Canada500 km WBritish victory
1759Battle of LagosLagos, Portugal4,305 km EBritish 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, After Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.