Atlas of Battles

commander, 18 engagements

Battles of Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Battles of Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Marshal of France (1764-1830)

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr is recorded as a commander at 18 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1813: 14 battles and 4 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Germany (7), Spain (6), Italy (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,785 km apart end to end, 399 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (6), War of the First Coalition (2), War of the Second Coalition (2).

Battle of the VosgesBattle of PlatzbergBattle of NeresheimSiege of KehlSecond Battle of Novi (1799)Battle of BiberachBattle of Castelfranco VenetoBlockade of BarcelonaSiege of RosesBattle of CardadeuBattle of VallsSiege of GironaSiege of DresdenBattle of StockachBattle of NoviBattle of Molins de ReyFirst Battle of PolotskBattle of DresdenBattle of StockachBattle of NoviBattle of Molins de ReyFirst Battle of PolotskBattle of DresdenMadridBerlinKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamAnkaraMilanFrankfurtNaples1000 km48.383N, 15.025E
18 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 2 engagements1796: 1 engagements1797: 1 engagements1799: 3 engagements1800: 1 engagements1805: 1 engagements1808: 4 engagements4 in 18081809: 2 engagements1812: 1 engagements1813: 2 engagements17941813
18 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Vosges, 1794Battle of Platzberg, 1794Battle of Neresheim, 1796Siege of Kehl, 1797Battle of Stockach, 1799Battle of Novi, 1799Second Battle of Novi (1799), 1799Battle of Biberach, 1800Battle of Castelfranco Veneto, 1805Blockade of Barcelona, 1808Siege of Roses, 1808Battle of Cardadeu, 1808Battle of Molins de Rey, 1808Battle of Valls, 1809Siege of Girona, 1809First Battle of Polotsk, 1812Battle of Dresden, 1813Siege of Dresden, 181317941813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 July 1794Battle of the VosgesVosges Mountains, FranceFrench victory
13 July 1794Battle of PlatzbergGermany329 km EFrench victory
11 August 1796Battle of NeresheimNeresheim, Germany219 km SWSee #Results
9 January 1797Siege of KehlKehl, Germany187 km WHabsburg victory
25 March 1799Battle of StockachStockach, Germany92 km SAustrian victory
15 August 1799Battle of NoviNovi Ligure, Italy346 km SCoalition victory
24 October 1799Second Battle of Novi (1799)Novi Ligure, Italy0 km WFrench victory
9 May 1800Battle of BiberachBiberach an der Riß, Germany379 km NFrench victory
1805Battle of Castelfranco VenetoItaly315 km SEFrench victory
2 September 1808Blockade of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain918 km SWFrenco-Italian victory
7 November 1808Siege of RosesRoses, Spain128 km NEFrench victory
16 December 1808Battle of CardadeuCardedeu, Spain97 km SWFranco-Italian victory
21 December 1808Battle of Molins de ReyMolins de Rei, Spain38 km SWFrench-allied victory
25 February 1809Battle of VallsValls, Spain66 km WFrench-allied victory
6 May 1809Siege of GironaGirona, Spain152 km NEFrench victory
17 August 1812First Battle of PolotskPolatsak, Belarus2,401 km NESee #Aftermath
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany1,115 km WFrench victory
17 October 1813Siege of DresdenDresden, Germany2 km NAustro-Russian 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, Horace Vernet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.