Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Michael von Melas

Battles of Michael von Melas

Austrian general, 1729 to 1806

Michael von Melas is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1796 and 1800: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 415 km apart end to end, 104 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Second Coalition (3), French Revolutionary Wars (1), Napoleonic Wars (1).

Battle of BorghettoBattle of NoviBattle of GenolaSiege of GenoaBattle of MarengoBattle of BorghettoBattle of NoviBattle of GenolaSiege of GenoaBattle of MarengoGenevaMilanFlorenceVeniceTurinNiceBolognaVeronaPisaBergamo200 km44.881N, 9.200E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1796: 1 engagements1799: 2 engagements2 in 17991800: 2 engagements2 in 180017961800
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Borghetto, 1796Battle of Novi, 1799Battle of Genola, 1799Siege of Genoa, 1800Battle of Marengo, 180017961800
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 May 1796Battle of BorghettoValeggio sul Mincio, ItalyFrench victory
15 August 1799Battle of NoviNovi Ligure, Italy166 km SWCoalition victory
4 November 1799Battle of GenolaGenola, Italy91 km WAustrian victory
20 April 1800Siege of GenoaGenoa, Italy102 km EAnglo-Austrian victory
14 June 1800Battle of MarengoQ748210, Italy56 km NFrench 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.