Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Étienne Maurice Gérard

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).

Battle of KrasnoiBattle of Bar-sur-AubeBattle of LignyBattle of WavreSiege of AntwerpBattle of KrasnoiBattle of Bar-sur-AubeBattle of LignyBattle of WavreSiege of AntwerpBerlinKyivViennaGenevaMilanFrankfurtBucharestHamburgWarsawBudapest500 km51.396N, 17.915E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1812: 1 engagements1814: 1 engagements1815: 2 engagements2 in 18151832: 1 engagements18121832
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Battle of Bar-sur-Aube, 1814Battle of Ligny, 1815Battle of Wavre, 1815Siege of Antwerp, 183218121832
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, RussiaRussian victory
27 February 1814Battle of Bar-sur-AubeBar-sur-Aube, France1,968 km WCoalition victory
16 June 1815Battle of LignyLigny, Belgium254 km NFrench victory
18 June 1815Battle of WavreWavre, Belgium23 km NFrench victory
15 November 1832Siege of AntwerpAntwerp, Belgium57 km NFrench 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.