Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

Battles of Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

British Army general (1772-1842)

Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1809 and 1814: 6 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Spain (4), Portugal (1), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,002 km apart end to end, 200 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (6).

Battle of Navas de MembrilloBattle of GrijóBattle of Arroyo dos MolinosBattle of AlmarazBattle of VitoriaBattle of GarrisBattle of GrijóBattle of Arroyo dos MolinosBattle of AlmarazBattle of VitoriaBattle of GarrisMadridLisbonValenciaBilbaoVigoZaragozaLa CoruñaValladolidOurenseSetúbal200 km41.130N, 4.822W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1809: 1 engagements1811: 2 engagements2 in 18111812: 1 engagements1813: 1 engagements1814: 1 engagements18091814
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Grijó, 1809Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos, 1811Battle of Navas de Membrillo, 1811Battle of Almaraz, 1812Battle of Vitoria, 1813Battle of Garris, 181418091814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 May 1809Battle of GrijóFreguesia de Grijó, PortugalAnglo-Portuguese victory
1811Battle of Arroyo dos MolinosArroyomolinos, Spain291 km SECoalition victory
1811Battle of Navas de MembrilloMérida, Spain33 km SWFrench victory
1812Battle of AlmarazSpain115 km NEAnglo-Portuguese victory
21 June 1813Battle of VitoriaVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain420 km NECoalition victory
15 February 1814Battle of GarrisGarris, France143 km NECoalition 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, William Beechey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.