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commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway

Battles of Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway

British Army general, 1648 to 1720

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1705 and 1709: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (3), Portugal (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,118 km apart end to end, 373 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Spanish Succession (4).

Siege of BadajozBattle of AlcántaraBattle of AlmansaBattle of La GudiñaSiege of BadajozBattle of AlcántaraBattle of AlmansaMadridCórdobaMurciaAlbaceteJaénToledoGuadalajaraLinaresGuardaPortalegre200 km39.297N, 4.085W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1705: 1 engagements1 in 17051706: 1 engagements1 in 17061707: 1 engagements1 in 17071709: 1 engagements1 in 170917051709
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Badajoz, 1705Battle of Alcántara, 1706Battle of Almansa, 1707Battle of La Gudiña, 170917051709
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 October 1705Siege of BadajozBadajoz, SpainBourbon victory
1706Battle of AlcántaraAlcántara, Spain94 km NAnglo-Portuguese victory
25 April 1707Battle of AlmansaAlmansa, Spain507 km EFranco-Spanish victory
7 May 1709Battle of La GudiñaArronches, Portugal518 km WSpanish 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 Michael Dahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.