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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Gregorio García de la Cuesta

Battles of Gregorio García de la Cuesta

Spanish general and noble (1741-1811)

Gregorio García de la Cuesta is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1809: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (4), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,159 km apart end to end, 290 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (4), War of the Pyrenees (1).

Battle of CollioureBattle of CabezónBattle of Medina de RiosecoBattle of MedellínBattle of TalaveraBattle of CollioureBattle of CabezónBattle of Medina de RiosecoBattle of MedellínBattle of TalaveraMadridBarcelonaValenciaZaragozaPalmaPamplonaCastelloBurgosSalamancaAlbacete200 km40.747N, 1.434W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 1 engagements1808: 2 engagements2 in 18081809: 2 engagements2 in 180917931809
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Collioure, 1793Battle of Cabezón, 1808Battle of Medina de Rioseco, 1808Battle of Medellín, 1809Battle of Talavera, 180917931809
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 December 1793Battle of CollioureCollioure, FranceSpanish victory
12 June 1808Battle of CabezónCabezón de Pisuerga, Spain643 km WFrench victory
14 July 1808Battle of Medina de RiosecoMedina de Rioseco, Spain34 km NWFrench victory
28 March 1809Battle of MedellínMedellín, Spain335 km SFrench victory
27 July 1809Battle of TalaveraTalavera de la Reina, Spain147 km NESee Aftermath

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, Casona de Tudanca, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.