Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Joseph Joffre

Battles of Joseph Joffre

French general (1852–1931)

Joseph Joffre is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1916: 12 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in France (10), Belgium (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,371 km apart end to end, 114 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (13).

Siege of MaubeugeFirst Battle of PicardyFirst Battle of the AisneFirst Battle of ArtoisFirst Battle of ChampagneSecond Battle of ChampagneCapture of ComblesBattle of the Ancre HeightsBattle of CharleroiBattle of the FrontiersFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of YpresBattle of VerdunBattle of CharleroiBattle of the FrontiersFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of YpresBattle of VerdunBrusselsLilleCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfSaarbrückenBonnRouenNancy100 km49.926N, 4.238E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 9 engagements9 in 19141915: 1 engagements1916: 3 engagements19141916
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Charleroi, 1914Siege of Maubeuge, 1914Battle of the Frontiers, 1914First Battle of the Marne, 1914First Battle of Picardy, 1914First Battle of the Aisne, 1914First Battle of Ypres, 1914First Battle of Artois, 1914First Battle of Champagne, 1914Second Battle of Champagne, 1915Battle of Verdun, 1916Capture of Combles, 1916Battle of the Ancre Heights, 191619141916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 August 1914Battle of CharleroiQ81046, BelgiumGerman victory
24 August 1914Siege of MaubeugeMaubeuge, France37 km SWGerman victory
6 September 1914Battle of the FrontiersLorraine, Belgium204 km SEGerman victory
8 September 1914First Battle of the MarneAulnois, France191 km WEntente victory; Failure of Schlieffen Plan
26 September 1914First Battle of PicardyPicardy, France67 km NWInconclusive
28 September 1914First Battle of the AisneAisne, France61 km EIndecisive
19 October 1914First Battle of YpresYpres, Belgium167 km NIndecisive
17 December 1914First Battle of ArtoisArtois, France48 km SWIndecisive
20 December 1914First Battle of ChampagneChampagne-Ardenne, France220 km SEInconclusive
25 September 1915Second Battle of ChampagneChampagne, France36 km WGerman victory
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France106 km EFrench victory
26 September 1916Capture of ComblesPicardy, France205 km NWBritish–French victory
1 October 1916Battle of the Ancre HeightsAncre, France30 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.