Atlas of Battles

commander, 15 engagements

Battles of John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

Battles of John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army (1852-1925)

John French, 1st Earl of Ypres is recorded as a commander at 15 placed engagements in the atlas between 1899 and 1915: 14 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in France (6), South Africa (5), Belgium (4). Taken in date order, the sites lie 11,052 km apart end to end, 789 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (10), Second Boer War (4).

Siege of KimberleyBattle of ElandslaagteBattle of PaardebergBattle of Zand RiverBattle of Diamond HillBattle of La BasséeBattle of Neuve ChapelleBattle of Hill 60Battle of Aubers RidgeAction of the Hohenzollern RedoubtBattle of MonsBattle of the FrontiersFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of the AisneFirst Battle of YpresBattle of MonsBattle of the FrontiersFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of YpresBuenos AiresManilaChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMiami5000 km10.935N, 16.363E
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1899: 2 engagements1900: 3 engagements1914: 6 engagements6 in 19141915: 4 engagements18991915
15 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Kimberley, 1899Battle of Elandslaagte, 1899Battle of Paardeberg, 1900Battle of Zand River, 1900Battle of Diamond Hill, 1900Battle of Mons, 1914Battle of the Frontiers, 1914First Battle of the Marne, 1914First Battle of the Aisne, 1914Battle of La Bassée, 1914First Battle of Ypres, 1914Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 1915Battle of Hill 60, 1915Battle of Aubers Ridge, 1915Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 191518991915
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 October 1899Siege of KimberleyKimberley, South AfricaBritish victory
21 October 1899Battle of ElandslaagteElandslaagte, South Africa508 km EBritish victory
18 February 1900Battle of PaardebergSouth Africa478 km WAnglo-Canadian victory
10 May 1900Battle of Zand RiverSouth Africa137 km EBritish victory
12 June 1900Battle of Diamond HillPretoria, South Africa380 km NEBritish victory
23 August 1914Battle of MonsMons, Belgium8,817 km NSee Analysis section
6 September 1914Battle of the FrontiersLorraine, Belgium221 km SEGerman victory
8 September 1914First Battle of the MarneAulnois, France191 km WEntente victory; Failure of Schlieffen Plan
28 September 1914First Battle of the AisneAisne, France51 km NEIndecisive
10 October 1914Battle of La BasséeLa Bassée, France137 km NWInconclusive
19 October 1914First Battle of YpresYpres, Belgium36 km NIndecisive
10 March 1915Battle of Neuve ChapelleNeuve-Chapelle, France31 km SSee Analysis section
7 May 1915Battle of Hill 60Hill 60, Belgium28 km NGerman victory
9 May 1915Battle of Aubers RidgeArmentières, France26 km SGerman victory
13 October 1915Action of the Hohenzollern RedoubtHohenzollern Redoubt, France12 km SGerman 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, Hainer, Paris, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.