Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Pablo Morillo

Battles of Pablo Morillo

Spanish general, 1775 to 1837

Pablo Morillo is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1809 and 1815: 4 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Spain (2), Venezuela (1), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 22,463 km apart end to end, 5,616 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (3), Venezuelan War of Independence (1), Colombian War of Independence (1).

Battle of Ponte SampaioBattle of Las Queseras del MedioBattle of VitoriaBattle of GarrisSpanish Siege of Cartagena de IndiasBattle of Ponte SampaioBattle of Las Queseras del MedioBattle of VitoriaBattle of GarrisSpanish Siege of Cartagena de IndiasMiamiTorontoAtlantaCasablancaDakar2000 km25.525N, 38.280W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1809: 1 engagements1813: 2 engagements2 in 18131814: 1 engagements1815: 1 engagements18091815
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ponte Sampaio, 1809Battle of Las Queseras del Medio, 1813Battle of Vitoria, 1813Battle of Garris, 1814Spanish Siege of Cartagena de Indias, 181518091815
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 June 1809Battle of Ponte SampaioPonte Sampaio, SpainSpanish victory
2 April 1813Battle of Las Queseras del MedioVenezuela6,937 km WPatriot victory
21 June 1813Battle of VitoriaVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain7,422 km NECoalition victory
15 February 1814Battle of GarrisGarris, France143 km NECoalition victory
26 August 1815Spanish Siege of Cartagena de IndiasCartagena, Colombia7,961 km WSpanish 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, Horace Vernet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.