Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch

Battles of Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch

British Army general (1748-1843)

Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1810 and 1814: 3 battles and 5 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Spain (5), Belgium (2), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,081 km apart end to end, 297 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (5), War of the Sixth Coalition (1), Napoleonic Wars (1).

Battle of TolosaSiege of AntwerpSiege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of CádizBattle of BarrosaSiege of Ciudad RodrigoSiege of San SebastiánBattle of HoogstratenSiege of CádizBattle of BarrosaSiege of Ciudad RodrigoSiege of San SebastiánBattle of HoogstratenBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlgiersMilanFrankfurtLisbonNaples1000 km43.919N, 0.881W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1810: 1 engagements1811: 1 engagements1812: 1 engagements1813: 2 engagements1814: 3 engagements3 in 181418101814
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Cádiz, 1810Battle of Barrosa, 1811Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812Battle of Tolosa, 1813Siege of San Sebastián, 1813Battle of Hoogstraten, 1814Siege of Antwerp, 1814Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 181418101814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 February 1810Siege of CádizCádiz, SpainCoalition victory
5 March 1811Battle of BarrosaLoma del Puerco battlefield, Spain25 km SEAllied victory
7 January 1812Siege of Ciudad RodrigoCiudad Rodrigo, Spain475 km NCoalition victory
26 June 1813Battle of TolosaTolosa, Spain463 km NEAllied victory
7 July 1813Siege of San SebastiánSan Sebastián, Spain22 km NFrench victory (1st siege); Anglo-Portuguese victory (2nd...
1814Battle of HoogstratenHoogstraten, Belgium1,031 km NECoalition victory
14 January 1814Siege of AntwerpAntwerp, Belgium32 km SWInconclusive
5 March 1814Siege of Bergen op ZoomBergen op Zoom, Netherlands32 km NFrench 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, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.