Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald

Battles of Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald

Marshal of France (1765-1840)

Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1814: 10 battles and 3 sieges across 7 present-day countries, most in Spain (3), France (3), Belgium (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,686 km apart end to end, 640 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Sixth Coalition (4), Peninsular War (3), French Revolutionary Wars (1).

Siege of YpresBattle of ModenaBattle of PlaSiege of FiguerasBattle of CerveraSiege of RigaBattle of LaubresselBattle of Saint-DizierBattle of TournayBattle of WagramBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of Bar-sur-AubeBattle of TournayBattle of WagramBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of Bar-sur-AubeMadridBerlinKyivGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAnkaraMilanNaplesBucharest1000 km49.156N, 12.687E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 2 engagements1799: 1 engagements1809: 1 engagements1811: 3 engagements3 in 18111812: 1 engagements1813: 2 engagements1814: 3 engagements3 in 181417941814
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tournay, 1794Siege of Ypres, 1794Battle of Modena, 1799Battle of Wagram, 1809Battle of Pla, 1811Siege of Figueras, 1811Battle of Cervera, 1811Siege of Riga, 1812Battle of Lützen, 1813Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Bar-sur-Aube, 1814Battle of Laubressel, 1814Battle of Saint-Dizier, 181417941814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 May 1794Battle of TournayTournai, BelgiumCoalition victory
1 June 1794Siege of YpresYpres, Belgium45 km NWFrench victory
12 June 1799Battle of ModenaModena, Italy914 km SEFrench victory
5 July 1809Battle of WagramDeutsch-Wagram, Austria591 km NEFrench victory; Continuation of the Fifth Coalition until...
15 January 1811Battle of PlaEl Pla de Santa Maria, Spain1,426 km SWSpanish victory
10 April 1811Siege of FiguerasFigueres, Spain171 km NEFrench victory
4 October 1811Battle of CerveraCervera, Spain156 km SWSpanish victory
July 1812Siege of RigaRiga, Latvia2,351 km NEAnglo-Russian victory
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany1,003 km SWFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany156 km EFrench victory
27 February 1814Battle of Bar-sur-AubeBar-sur-Aube, France771 km WCoalition victory
3 March 1814Battle of LaubresselLaubressel, France37 km WCoalition victory
26 March 1814Battle of Saint-DizierSaint-Dizier, France66 km NEFrench 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-Jean Gros, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.