Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore

Battles of John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore

Anglo-Irish politician and soldier (1757-1832)

John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1801: 2 battles and 3 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Egypt (4), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,513 km apart end to end, 878 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French invasion of Egypt and Syria (2), French Revolutionary Wars (2).

Battle of CastricumBattle of AlexandriaSiege of CairoSiege of El RahmaniyaSiege of AlexandriaBattle of CastricumBattle of AlexandriaSiege of CairoSiege of El RahmaniyaMadridBaghdadAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGeneva2000 km41.300N, 17.947E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 1 engagements1801: 4 engagements4 in 180117991801
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Castricum, 1799Battle of Alexandria, 1801Siege of Cairo, 1801Siege of El Rahmaniya, 1801Siege of Alexandria, 180117991801
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 October 1799Battle of CastricumQ137926253, NetherlandsFranco-Batavian victory
21 March 1801Battle of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt3,131 km SEBritish victory
May 1801Siege of CairoCairo, Egypt179 km SEAnglo-Ottoman victory
1801Siege of El RahmaniyaRahmaniya, Egypt130 km NWAnglo-Ottoman victory
17 August 1801Siege of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt73 km WBritish 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, Valerian Gribayedoff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.