Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Henri Gouraud

Battles of Henri Gouraud

French general (1867–1946)

Henri Gouraud is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1912 and 1920: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (2), Morocco (1), Syria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,244 km apart end to end, 1,415 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Franco-Turkish War (2), French conquest of Morocco (1), Franco-Syrian War (1).

Siege of FezBattle of MarashSiege of AintabBattle of MaysalunSiege of FezBattle of MarashSiege of AintabBattle of MaysalunMadridAthensGenevaBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiersTel AvivMilanNaples1000 km35.590N, 16.192E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1912: 1 engagements1920: 3 engagements3 in 192019121920
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Fez, 1912Battle of Marash, 1920Siege of Aintab, 1920Battle of Maysalun, 192019121920
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 May 1912Siege of FezFez, MoroccoFrench victory; Infiltration and pillaging of the medina by...
21 January 1920Battle of MarashKahramanmaraş, Turkey3,770 km ETurkish victory; French troops abandon Marash; Massacre of...
1 April 1920Siege of AintabGaziantep, Turkey70 km SEFrench victory
24 July 1920Battle of MaysalunMaysalun, Syria404 km SFrench 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.