Atlas of Battles

commander, 16 engagements

Battles of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

Battles of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

Marshal of France (1762-1833)

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan is recorded as a commander at 16 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1813: 16 battles across 4 present-day countries, most in Germany (8), Belgium (4), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,443 km apart end to end, 230 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (9), French Revolutionary Wars (2), War of the Second Coalition (2).

Battle of WattigniesBattle of ArlonBattle of LambusartBattle of SprimontBattle of Aldenhoven (1794)Battle of HöchstBattle of WetzlarBattle of AmbergBattle of WürzburgBattle of LimburgBattle of OstrachBattle of HondschooteBattle of FleurusBattle of StockachBattle of TalaveraBattle of VitoriaBattle of HondschooteBattle of FleurusBattle of StockachBattle of TalaveraBattle of VitoriaMadridViennaGenevaBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtLisbonNaplesPragueLyon500 km45.473N, 3.499E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 2 engagements1794: 5 engagements5 in 17941795: 1 engagements1796: 4 engagements1799: 2 engagements1809: 1 engagements1813: 1 engagements17931813
16 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hondschoote, 1793Battle of Wattignies, 1793Battle of Arlon, 1794Battle of Lambusart, 1794Battle of Fleurus, 1794Battle of Sprimont, 1794Battle of Aldenhoven (1794), 1794Battle of Höchst, 1795Battle of Wetzlar, 1796Battle of Amberg, 1796Battle of Würzburg, 1796Battle of Limburg, 1796Battle of Ostrach, 1799Battle of Stockach, 1799Battle of Talavera, 1809Battle of Vitoria, 181317931813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 September 1793Battle of HondschooteHondschoote, FranceFrench victory
16 October 1793Battle of WattigniesMaubeuge, France133 km SEFrench victory
1794Battle of ArlonArlon, Belgium141 km SEFrench victory
12 June 1794Battle of LambusartFleurus, Belgium124 km NWAustro-Dutch victory
26 June 1794Battle of FleurusFleurus, Belgium3 km NFrench victory
18 September 1794Battle of SprimontSprimont, Belgium82 km EFrench victory; France completes annexation of Austrian...
2 October 1794Battle of Aldenhoven (1794)Aldenhoven, Germany61 km NEFrench victory
11 October 1795Battle of HöchstHöchst, Germany183 km SEAustrian victory
15 June 1796Battle of WetzlarWetzlar, Germany52 km NAustrian victory
21 August 1796Battle of AmbergAmberg, Germany267 km SEAustrian victory
3 September 1796Battle of WürzburgWürzburg, Germany142 km WAustrian victory
16 September 1796Battle of LimburgLimburg an der Lahn, Germany148 km NWAustrian victory
21 March 1799Battle of OstrachOstrach, Germany287 km SAustrian victory
25 March 1799Battle of StockachStockach, Germany136 km WAustrian victory
27 July 1809Battle of TalaveraTalavera de la Reina, Spain1,316 km SWSee Aftermath
21 June 1813Battle of VitoriaVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain367 km NECoalition 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, Julie Volpelière / Horace Vernet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.