Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough

Battles of Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough

British field marshal (1779-1869)

Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1841 and 1849: 14 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in People's Republic of China (9), Pakistan (3), India (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,194 km apart end to end, 476 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Opium War (8), Second Anglo-Sikh war (3), First Anglo-Sikh War (2).

Battle of AmoyCapture of ChusanBattle of ChinhaiBattle of NingpoBattle of TsekeeBattle of ChapooBattle of WoosungBattle of ChinkiangBattle of RamnagarBattle of CantonBattle of FerozeshahBattle of SobraonBattle of ChillianwalaBattle of GujratBattle of CantonBattle of FerozeshahBattle of SobraonBattle of GujratTaipeiChengduNew DelhiDhakaWuhanTianjinChongqingHyderabadAhmedabadPune2000 km27.884N, 97.855E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1841: 4 engagements1842: 5 engagements5 in 18421845: 1 engagements1846: 1 engagements1848: 1 engagements1849: 2 engagements18411849
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Canton, 1841Battle of Amoy, 1841Capture of Chusan, 1841Battle of Chinhai, 1841Battle of Ningpo, 1842Battle of Tsekee, 1842Battle of Chapoo, 1842Battle of Woosung, 1842Battle of Chinkiang, 1842Battle of Ferozeshah, 1845Battle of Sobraon, 1846Battle of Ramnagar, 1848Battle of Chillianwala, 1849Battle of Gujrat, 184918411849
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1841Battle of CantonGuangzhou, People's Republic of ChinaBritish victory
26 August 1841Battle of AmoyXiamen, People's Republic of China512 km EBritish victory
1 October 1841Capture of ChusanZhoushan Island, China736 km NEBritish victory
10 October 1841Battle of ChinhaiZhenhai District, China38 km WBritish victory
10 March 1842Battle of NingpoNingbo, People's Republic of China19 km SWBritish victory
15 March 1842Battle of TsekeeCixi City, China45 km NWBritish victory
18 May 1842Battle of ChapooZhapu Town, People's Republic of China51 km NBritish victory
16 June 1842Battle of WoosungHuangpu River, China94 km NEBritish victory
21 July 1842Battle of ChinkiangZhenjiang, People's Republic of China216 km NWBritish victory
21 December 1845Battle of FerozeshahIndia4,202 km WBritish victory
10 February 1846Battle of SobraonSobraon, India34 km NBritish victory
22 November 1848Battle of RamnagarRasool Nagar, Pakistan158 km NWSikh victory
1849Battle of ChillianwalaChillianwala, Pakistan44 km NWSee Aftermath
1849Battle of GujratGujrat, Pakistan45 km EBritish 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.