Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Jean Reynier

Battles of Jean Reynier

French general (1771-1814)

Jean Reynier is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1798 and 1813: 12 battles and 2 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Italy (5), Egypt (3), Portugal (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,718 km apart end to end, 748 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Third Coalition (4), French invasion of Egypt and Syria (2), Peninsular War (2).

Siege of El ArishBattle of Castelfranco VenetoSiege of AmanteaBattle of MiletoBattle of BussacoBattle of SabugalBattle of KobrinBattle of WolkowiskBattle of ReichenbachBattle of the PyramidsBattle of AlexandriaBattle of Campo TeneseBattle of MaidaBattle of GroßbeerenBattle of the PyramidsBattle of AlexandriaBattle of Campo TeneseBattle of MaidaBattle of GroßbeerenMadridAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdam2000 km41.625N, 12.733E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1798: 1 engagements1799: 1 engagements1801: 1 engagements1805: 1 engagements1806: 3 engagements3 in 18061807: 1 engagements1810: 1 engagements1811: 1 engagements1812: 2 engagements1813: 2 engagements17981813
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Pyramids, 1798Siege of El Arish, 1799Battle of Alexandria, 1801Battle of Castelfranco Veneto, 1805Battle of Campo Tenese, 1806Battle of Maida, 1806Siege of Amantea, 1806Battle of Mileto, 1807Battle of Bussaco, 1810Battle of Sabugal, 1811Battle of Kobrin, 1812Battle of Wolkowisk, 1812Battle of Reichenbach, 1813Battle of Großbeeren, 181317981813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 6

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 July 1798Battle of the PyramidsImbaba, EgyptFrench victory
20 February 1799Siege of El ArishArish, Egypt275 km NEFrench victory
21 March 1801Battle of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt367 km WBritish victory
1805Battle of Castelfranco VenetoItaly2,235 km NWFrench victory
10 March 1806Battle of Campo TeneseCastrovillari, Italy727 km SEFrench victory
4 July 1806Battle of MaidaMaida, Italy117 km SBritish victory
December 1806Siege of AmanteaAmantea, Italy41 km NWFrench victory; Calabrian insurrection suppressed
1807Battle of MiletoMileto, Italy58 km SFrench victory
27 September 1810Battle of BussacoSerra do Bussaco, Portugal2,097 km WAnglo-Portuguese victory
1811Battle of SabugalSabugal, Portugal106 km EAnglo-Portuguese victory
1812Battle of KobrinKobryn, Belarus2,722 km NERussian victory
November 1812Battle of WolkowiskVawkavysk, Belarus107 km NAustrian victory
1813Battle of ReichenbachGermany696 km WFrench victory
23 August 1813Battle of GroßbeerenGroßbeeren, Germany169 km NWCoalition 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, Engraving by Elisabeth G. Herhan (floruit 1797-1803), after a drawing by Jean-Urbain Guérin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.