Atlas of Battles

commander, 17 engagements

Battles of Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Battles of Louis-Gabriel Suchet

French military commander (1770-1826)

Louis-Gabriel Suchet is recorded as a commander at 17 placed engagements in the atlas between 1796 and 1813: 10 battles and 7 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Spain (14), Italy (1), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,958 km apart end to end, 310 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (14), War of the Fourth Coalition (2), War of the First Coalition (1).

Battle of AlcañizBattle of MaríaBattle of BelchiteSiege of LéridaSiege of MequinenzaSiege of TortosaBattle of MontserratBattle of SaguntumSiege of ValenciaBattle of CastallaSiege of TarragonaBattle of OrdalBattle of MillesimoBattle of SaalfeldBattle of OstrołękaSecond Siege of ZaragozaSiege of TarragonaBattle of MillesimoBattle of SaalfeldBattle of OstrołękaSecond Siege of ZaragozaSiege of TarragonaMadridBerlinAthensViennaGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtNaplesBucharest1000 km45.842N, 10.296E
17 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1796: 1 engagements1806: 1 engagements1807: 1 engagements1808: 1 engagements1809: 3 engagements1810: 3 engagements1811: 4 engagements4 in 18111813: 3 engagements17961813
17 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Millesimo, 1796Battle of Saalfeld, 1806Battle of Ostrołęka, 1807Second Siege of Zaragoza, 1808Battle of Alcañiz, 1809Battle of María, 1809Battle of Belchite, 1809Siege of Lérida, 1810Siege of Mequinenza, 1810Siege of Tortosa, 1810Siege of Tarragona, 1811Battle of Montserrat, 1811Battle of Saguntum, 1811Siege of Valencia, 1811Battle of Castalla, 1813Siege of Tarragona, 1813Battle of Ordal, 181317961813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 April 1796Battle of MillesimoMillesimo, ItalyFrench victory
10 October 1806Battle of SaalfeldSaalfeld, Germany738 km NFrench victory
15 February 1807Battle of OstrołękaOstrołęka, Poland751 km NEFrench victory
20 December 1808Second Siege of ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain2,101 km SWFrench victory
23 May 1809Battle of AlcañizAlcañiz, Spain92 km SESpanish victory
15 June 1809Battle of MaríaMaría de Huerva, Spain91 km NWFrench victory
18 June 1809Battle of BelchiteBelchite, Spain35 km SEFranco-Polish victory
23 April 1810Siege of LéridaLleida, Spain120 km EFrench victory
15 May 1810Siege of MequinenzaMequinenza, Spain39 km SWFrench victory
16 December 1810Siege of TortosaTortosa, Spain64 km SFrench victory
5 May 1811Siege of TarragonaTarragona City, Spain70 km NEFrench victory
25 July 1811Battle of MontserratMontserrat, Spain72 km NEFrench victory
25 October 1811Battle of SaguntumSagunto, Spain277 km SWFrench-allied victory
26 December 1811Siege of ValenciaValencia, Spain25 km SFrench victory
13 April 1813Battle of CastallaCastalla, Spain100 km SAnglo-Spanish victory
3 June 1813Siege of TarragonaTarragona, Spain324 km NEFranco-Italian victory
12 September 1813Battle of OrdalOrdal, Spain59 km NEFrench 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, After Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.