Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of François Achille Bazaine

Battles of François Achille Bazaine

French general (1811-1888)

François Achille Bazaine is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1870: 7 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in France (5), Mexico (3), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,005 km apart end to end, 1,251 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Franco-Prussian War (6), Second French intervention in Mexico (2).

Siege of PueblaBattle of GuanajuatoBattle of BagdadBattle of SaarbrückenSiege of MetzBattle of Borny-ColombeyBattle of Mars-la-TourBattle of GravelotteBattle of NoissevilleSiege of MetzChicagoMiamiMadridTorontoAtlantaHoustonMonterreyBerlinCasablancaCaracas5000 km34.142N, 47.127W
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 2 engagements1866: 1 engagements1870: 6 engagements6 in 187018631870
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Puebla, 1863Battle of Guanajuato, 1863Battle of Bagdad, 1866Siege of Metz, 1870Battle of Saarbrücken, 1870Battle of Borny-Colombey, 1870Battle of Mars-la-Tour, 1870Battle of Gravelotte, 1870Battle of Noisseville, 187018631870
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 March 1863Siege of PueblaHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoFranco-Imperial victory
8 December 1863Battle of GuanajuatoGuanajuato, Mexico385 km NWImperialist victory
1866Battle of BagdadBagdad, Mexico690 km NEMexican Republican victory
1870Siege of MetzMetz, France8,756 km NEGerman victory
2 August 1870Battle of SaarbrückenSaarbrücken, Germany61 km EFrench victory
14 August 1870Battle of Borny-ColombeyMetz, France56 km WFrench victory
16 August 1870Battle of Mars-la-TourMars-la-Tour, France28 km WPrussian victory
18 August 1870Battle of GravelotteGravelotte, France12 km EPrussian strategic victory
31 August 1870Battle of NoissevilleNoisseville, France18 km EPrussian 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, Jean-Adolphe Beaucé, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.