Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Eyre Coote

Battles of Eyre Coote

British Army general (1726-1783)

Eyre Coote is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1757 and 1781: 5 battles, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,863 km apart end to end, 466 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Anglo-Mysore War (3), Seven Years' War (1).

Battle of PlasseyBattle of WandiwashBattle of Porto NovoBattle of PollilurBattle of SholinghurBattle of PlasseyBattle of WandiwashBattle of Porto NovoBattle of PollilurBattle of SholinghurChennaiHyderabadAhmedabadPuneChattogramYangonSuratNagpurBhopalCoimbatore1000 km17.646N, 83.835E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1757: 1 engagements1760: 1 engagements1781: 3 engagements3 in 178117571781
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Plassey, 1757Battle of Wandiwash, 1760Battle of Porto Novo, 1781Battle of Pollilur, 1781Battle of Sholinghur, 178117571781
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 June 1757Battle of PlasseyPalashi, IndiaBritish victory; Mir Jafar becomes the Nawab of Bengal and...
22 January 1760Battle of WandiwashVandavasi, India1,551 km SWBritish victory
1 July 1781Battle of Porto NovoParangipettai, India113 km SBritish victory
27 August 1781Battle of PollilurPullalur, India164 km NBritish victory
1781Battle of SholinghurIndia35 km NWBritish 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, anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.