Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake

Battles of Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake

British Army general (1744-1808)

Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1798 and 1805: 8 battles and 3 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in India (7), Ireland (4). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,537 km apart end to end, 854 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Anglo-Maratha War (7), Irish Rebellion of 1798 (4).

Battle of CollooneyBattle of BallinamuckSiege of DelhiBattle of FarrukhabadSiege of Deeg FortBattle of BharatpurBattle of Vinegar HillBattle of CastlebarSiege of AligarhBattle of DelhiBattle of LaswariBattle of Vinegar HillSiege of AligarhBattle of DelhiTehranMadridBaghdadBerlinKabulAthensCasablancaKyivViennaTashkent2000 km40.706N, 35.166E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1798: 4 engagements4 in 17981803: 3 engagements1804: 3 engagements1805: 1 engagements17981805
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Vinegar Hill, 1798Battle of Castlebar, 1798Battle of Collooney, 1798Battle of Ballinamuck, 1798Siege of Aligarh, 1803Battle of Delhi, 1803Battle of Laswari, 1803Siege of Delhi, 1804Battle of Farrukhabad, 1804Siege of Deeg Fort, 1804Battle of Bharatpur, 180517981805
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 June 1798Battle of Vinegar HillWexford, IrelandBritish victory
27 August 1798Battle of CastlebarCastlebar, Ireland236 km NWFranco-United Irishmen victory
5 September 1798Battle of CollooneyCollooney, Ireland64 km NEIrish/French victory
8 September 1798Battle of BallinamuckBallinamuck, Ireland62 km SEBritish victory
1 September 1803Siege of AligarhAligarh, India7,275 km EBritish victory
11 September 1803Battle of DelhiDelhi, India115 km NWBritish victory
1 November 1803Battle of LaswariIndia121 km SBritish victory
8 October 1804Siege of DelhiDelhi, India127 km NSiege abandoned
14 November 1804Battle of FarrukhabadFarrukhabad, India277 km SEBritish victory
11 December 1804Siege of Deeg FortDeeg, India227 km WBritish victory
2 January 1805Battle of BharatpurBharatpur State, India32 km SEJat - Maratha 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, Attributed to George Place, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.