Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Édouard de Castelnau

Battles of Édouard de Castelnau

French general (1851–1944)

Édouard de Castelnau is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1916: 9 battles, all in present-day France. Taken in date order, the sites lie 772 km apart end to end, 96 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (7), World War I (2).

Battle of Mörchingen and DieuzeBattle of the Trouée de CharmesFirst Battle of PicardyBattle of HébuterneBattle of LorraineBattle of Grand CouronnéBattle of FlireyBattle of AlbertBattle of VerdunBattle of LorraineBattle of Grand CouronnéBattle of FlireyBattle of AlbertBattle of VerdunLilleStrasbourgLuxembourgSaarbrückenBonnMetzCharleroiKoblenzOrléansReims100 km49.251N, 4.677E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 7 engagements7 in 19141915: 1 engagements1916: 1 engagements19141916
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lorraine, 1914Battle of Mörchingen and Dieuze, 1914Battle of the Trouée de Charmes, 1914Battle of Grand Couronné, 1914Battle of Flirey, 1914Battle of Albert, 1914First Battle of Picardy, 1914Battle of Hébuterne, 1915Battle of Verdun, 191619141916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 August 1914Battle of LorraineLorraine, FranceGerman victory
19 August 1914Battle of Mörchingen and DieuzeMorhange, France13 km NWGerman victory
26 August 1914Battle of the Trouée de CharmesCharmes, France64 km SWFrench victory
4 September 1914Battle of Grand CouronnéMeurthe-et-Moselle, France41 km NFrench victory
19 September 1914Battle of FlireyFlirey, France39 km WGerman victory
25 September 1914Battle of AlbertSomme, France261 km NWInconclusive
26 September 1914First Battle of PicardyPicardy, France58 km SInconclusive
13 June 1915Battle of HébuterneFrance71 km NIndecisive
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France225 km SEFrench 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, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.