Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Robert Clive

Battles of Robert Clive

British military officer and East India Company official (1725-1774)

Robert Clive is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1751 and 1757: 5 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,170 km apart end to end, 634 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Carnatic War (2), Seven Years' War (1).

Battle of VijaydurgSiege of TrichinopolyBattle of ArneeBattle of SeringhamBattle of ChandannagarBattle of PlasseySiege of TrichinopolyBattle of ArneeBattle of SeringhamBattle of ChandannagarBattle of PlasseyBengaluruKarachiHyderabadAhmedabadPuneChattogramYangonSuratNagpurBhopal1000 km17.156N, 80.857E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1751: 2 engagements2 in 17511753: 1 engagements1756: 1 engagements1757: 2 engagements2 in 175717511757
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Trichinopoly, 1751Battle of Arnee, 1751Battle of Seringham, 1753Battle of Vijaydurg, 1756Battle of Chandannagar, 1757Battle of Plassey, 175717511757
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
July 1751Siege of TrichinopolyTiruchirappalli, IndiaBritish-Maratha Allied Victory
3 December 1751Battle of ArneeArani, India215 km NBritish-Maratha victory
12 April 1753Battle of SeringhamIndia259 km SBritish–Maratha victory
February 1756Battle of VijaydurgIndia868 km NWAnglo-Peshwa victory
23 March 1757Battle of ChandannagarChandannagar, India1,722 km NEBritish victory
23 June 1757Battle of PlasseyPalashi, India106 km NBritish victory; Mir Jafar becomes the Nawab of Bengal and...

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, Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt) (died 1811), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.