Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Bernardo O'Higgins

Battles of Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)

Bernardo O'Higgins is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1814 and 1818: 5 battles, all in present-day Chile. Taken in date order, the sites lie 888 km apart end to end, 222 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Chilean War of Independence (4), Spanish American wars of independence (1).

Battle of Las Tres AcequiasBattle of RancaguaBattle of El RobleBattle of ChacabucoBattle of MaipúBattle of Las Tres AcequiasBattle of RancaguaBattle of El RobleBattle of ChacabucoBattle of MaipúMendozaConcepciónValparaísoTalcaChillánCuricóSan RafaelLos AndesLotaConstitución200 km34.875S, 71.549W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1814: 2 engagements2 in 18141815: 1 engagements1817: 1 engagements1818: 1 engagements18141818
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Las Tres Acequias, 1814Battle of Rancagua, 1814Battle of El Roble, 1815Battle of Chacabuco, 1817Battle of Maipú, 181818141818
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 August 1814Battle of Las Tres AcequiasChileVictory for Carrera
1814Battle of RancaguaRancagua, Chile58 km SRoyalist victory
17 October 1815Battle of El RobleChile326 km SWPatriot victory
12 February 1817Battle of ChacabucoSantiago, Chile447 km NVictory for the Army of the Andes
5 April 1818Battle of MaipúSantiago, Chile57 km SPatriot 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, José Gil de Castro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.