Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne

Battles of Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne

British Army general (1861-1929)

Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1917 and 1918: 6 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in France (5), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 239 km apart end to end, 48 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (4), World War I (2).

Battle of Drocourt-Quéant LineBattle of ArrasSecond Battle of CambraiBattle of the LysBattle of the Canal du NordBattle of the SelleBattle of ArrasSecond Battle of CambraiBattle of the LysBattle of the Canal du NordBattle of the SelleBrusselsLe HavreAntwerpenRouenBrightonCharleroiReimsCaenBruggeCalais100 km50.306N, 2.758E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1917: 2 engagements1918: 4 engagements4 in 191819171918
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line, 1917Battle of Arras, 1917Second Battle of Cambrai, 1918Battle of the Lys, 1918Battle of the Canal du Nord, 1918Battle of the Selle, 191819171918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1917Battle of Drocourt-Quéant LineFranceCanadian and British victory
9 April 1917Battle of ArrasArras, France19 km NWSee Analysis
1918Second Battle of CambraiCambrai, France35 km EAllied victory
7 April 1918Battle of the LysYpres, Belgium63 km NSee Analysis
27 September 1918Battle of the Canal du NordCanal du Nord, France49 km SAllied victory
1918Battle of the SelleSelle, France73 km SWAllied 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, Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.