commander, 5 engagements
Battles of Étienne Maurice Gérard
Marshal of France (1773-1852)
Étienne Maurice Gérard is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1812 and 1832: 4 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Belgium (3), Russia (1), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,302 km apart end to end, 576 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Napoleonic Wars (2), French invasion of Russia (1), War of the Sixth Coalition (1).
Engagements by year
In time order
Engagements by date
| Date | Engagement | Place | From the last | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November 1812 | Battle of Krasnoi | Krasny, Russia | Russian victory | |
| 27 February 1814 | Battle of Bar-sur-Aube | Bar-sur-Aube, France | 1,968 km W | Coalition victory |
| 16 June 1815 | Battle of Ligny | Ligny, Belgium | 254 km N | French victory |
| 18 June 1815 | Battle of Wavre | Wavre, Belgium | 23 km N | French victory |
| 15 November 1832 | Siege of Antwerp | Antwerp, Belgium | 57 km N | French 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, Jacques-Louis David, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.