Atlas of Battles

commander, 33 engagements

Battles of Michel Ney

Battles of Michel Ney

French general (1769–1815)

Michel Ney is recorded as a commander at 33 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1815: 30 battles and 3 sieges across 9 present-day countries, most in Germany (10), Portugal (7), Spain (4). Taken in date order, the sites lie 11,774 km apart end to end, 368 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (11), War of the Sixth Coalition (8), Napoleonic Wars (4).

Battle of WinterthurBattle of MannheimBattle of GünzburgBattle of ElchingenSiege of MagdeburgBattle of Guttstadt-DeppenBattle of TudelaBattle of Ponte SampaioBattle of Puerto de BañosSiege of Ciudad RodrigoBattle of the CôaSiege of AlmeidaBattle of BussacoBattle of PombalBattle of RedinhaBattle of Casal NovoBattle of Foz de ArouceBattle of VyazmaBattle of KrasnoiBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBattle of DennewitzBattle of BrienneBattle of CraonneBattle of ReimsBattle of Arcis-sur-AubeBattle of Quatre BrasBattle of UlmBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauBattle of FriedlandBattle of BerezinaBattle of UlmBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauBattle of FriedlandBattle of BerezinaMadridBerlinAthensKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiers1000 km47.282N, 11.412E
33 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 2 engagements1805: 3 engagements1806: 2 engagements1807: 3 engagements1808: 1 engagements1809: 2 engagements1810: 4 engagements4 in 18101811: 4 engagements4 in 18111812: 3 engagements1813: 4 engagements4 in 18131814: 4 engagements4 in 18141815: 1 engagements17991815
33 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Winterthur, 1799Battle of Mannheim, 1799Battle of Günzburg, 1805Battle of Elchingen, 1805Battle of Ulm, 1805Siege of Magdeburg, 1806Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 1806Battle of Eylau, 1807Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen, 1807Battle of Friedland, 1807Battle of Tudela, 1808Battle of Ponte Sampaio, 1809Battle of Puerto de Baños, 1809Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1810Battle of the Côa, 1810Siege of Almeida, 1810Battle of Bussaco, 1810Battle of Pombal, 1811Battle of Redinha, 1811Battle of Casal Novo, 1811Battle of Foz de Arouce, 1811Battle of Vyazma, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Battle of Berezina, 1812Battle of Lützen, 1813Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Dresden, 1813Battle of Dennewitz, 1813Battle of Brienne, 1814Battle of Craonne, 1814Battle of Reims, 1814Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, 1814Battle of Quatre Bras, 181517991815
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
27 May 1799Battle of WinterthurWinterthur, SwitzerlandAustrian victory
18 September 1799Battle of MannheimMannheim, Germany222 km NAustrian victory
9 October 1805Battle of GünzburgGünzburg, Germany175 km SEFrench victory
14 October 1805Battle of ElchingenElchingen, Germany13 km WFrench victory
20 October 1805Battle of UlmUlm, Germany11 km SWFrench victory
1806Siege of MagdeburgMagdeburg, Germany433 km NFrench victory
14 October 1806Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, Germany132 km SFrench victory
7 February 1807Battle of EylauKaliningrad, Poland720 km NEImperial French Victory
7 June 1807Battle of Guttstadt-DeppenDobre Miasto, Poland49 km SSee aftermath
14 June 1807Battle of FriedlandPravdinsk, Russia66 km NEFrench victory
23 November 1808Battle of TudelaTudela, Spain2,152 km SWFrench victory
7 June 1809Battle of Ponte SampaioPonte Sampaio, Spain577 km WSpanish victory
12 August 1809Battle of Puerto de BañosBaños de Montemayor, Spain322 km SEFrench victory
26 April 1810Siege of Ciudad RodrigoCiudad Rodrigo, Spain65 km NWFrench victory
24 July 1810Battle of the CôaCôa, Portugal34 km NWFrench victory
25 July 1810Siege of AlmeidaAlmeida, Portugal0 km NFrench victory
27 September 1810Battle of BussacoSerra do Bussaco, Portugal128 km WAnglo-Portuguese victory
11 March 1811Battle of PombalPombal, Portugal53 km SWInconclusive
1811Battle of RedinhaPortugal10 km NInconclusive
14 March 1811Battle of Casal NovoQ9700095, Portugal14 km NEFrench victory; (see #Aftermath)
15 March 1811Battle of Foz de ArouceFreguesia de Foz de Arouce, Portugal21 km EAnglo-Portuguese victory
3 November 1812Battle of VyazmaVyazma, Russia3,527 km NERussian victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia197 km WRussian victory
26 November 1812Battle of BerezinaBerezina, Belarus201 km WInconclusive; (See Aftermath)
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany1,138 km WFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany156 km EFrench victory
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany51 km WFrench victory
6 September 1813Battle of DennewitzBerlin, Germany116 km NWCoalition victory
29 January 1814Battle of BrienneBrienne-le-Château, France722 km SWSee Result
7 March 1814Battle of CraonneCraonne, France130 km NWFrench victory; (see the Result section)
13 March 1814Battle of ReimsReims, France30 km SECoalition victory – 12th; French victory – 13th
20 March 1814Battle of Arcis-sur-AubeArcis-sur-Aube, France81 km SCoalition victory
16 June 1815Battle of Quatre BrasQuatre Bras, Belgium227 km NInconclusive

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, François Gérard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.