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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Robert Abercromby of Airthrey

Battles of Robert Abercromby of Airthrey

British General (1740-1827)

Robert Abercromby of Airthrey is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1777 and 1792: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (3), India (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 14,380 km apart end to end, 3,595 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (3), Third Anglo-Mysore War (1).

Battle of MillstoneBattle of Crooked BilletSiege of YorktownCapture of CannanoreSiege of SeringapatamBattle of MillstoneCapture of CannanoreLimaTehranKinshasaMiamiMadridTorontoBaghdadAtlantaBerlinKabul5000 km26.207N, 0.101E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1777: 1 engagements1 in 17771778: 1 engagements1 in 17781781: 1 engagements1 in 17811790: 1 engagements1 in 17901792: 1 engagements1 in 179217771792
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Millstone, 1777Battle of Crooked Billet, 1778Siege of Yorktown, 1781Capture of Cannanore, 1790Siege of Seringapatam, 179217771792
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 January 1777Battle of MillstoneManville, New Jersey, United StatesAmerican victory
1 May 1778Battle of Crooked BilletPennsylvania, United States60 km SWBritish victory
1781Siege of YorktownYorktown, Virginia, United States349 km SFranco-American victory
17 December 1790Capture of CannanoreKannur, India13,815 km NEBritish victory
5 February 1792Siege of SeringapatamSrirangapatna, India157 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, George Romney, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.