Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Maximilien Sebastien Foy

Battles of Maximilien Sebastien Foy

French military leader, statesman and writer (1775-1825)

Maximilien Sebastien Foy is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1809 and 1813: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (3), Portugal (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 642 km apart end to end, 214 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (4).

Battle of BragaBattle of Garcia HernandezBattle of TordesillasBattle of TolosaBattle of BragaBattle of Garcia HernandezBattle of TordesillasBattle of TolosaMadridBilbaoVigoPortoLa CoruñaValladolidPamplonaOurenseSan SebastiánOviedo200 km41.997N, 5.253W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1809: 1 engagements1812: 2 engagements2 in 18121813: 1 engagements18091813
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Braga, 1809Battle of Garcia Hernandez, 1812Battle of Tordesillas, 1812Battle of Tolosa, 181318091813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 March 1809Battle of BragaBraga, PortugalFrench victory
23 July 1812Battle of Garcia HernandezGarcihernández, Spain261 km EBritish victory
25 October 1812Battle of TordesillasTordesillas, Spain80 km NEFrench victory
26 June 1813Battle of TolosaTolosa, Spain301 km NEAllied 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, Pierre-Roch Vigneron, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.