Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes

Battles of Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes

French general (1773–1822)

Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1808 and 1813: 4 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Spain (3), Germany (2), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,649 km apart end to end, 530 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (3), War of the Sixth Coalition (3).

Raid at AltenburgFirst Siege of ZaragozaBattle of TudelaBattle of BenaventeBattle of AltenburgSiege of BredaFirst Siege of ZaragozaBattle of TudelaBattle of BenaventeBattle of AltenburgSiege of BredaBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtNaplesBrusselsMunichPrague500 km46.617N, 3.380E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1808: 3 engagements3 in 18081813: 3 engagements3 in 181318081813
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Siege of Zaragoza, 1808Battle of Tudela, 1808Battle of Benavente, 1808Battle of Altenburg, 1813Raid at Altenburg, 1813Siege of Breda, 181318081813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 June 1808First Siege of ZaragozaZaragoza, SpainSpanish victory
23 November 1808Battle of TudelaTudela, Spain76 km NWFrench victory
29 December 1808Battle of BenaventeBenavente, Spain336 km WBritish victory
1813Battle of AltenburgAltenburg, Germany1,701 km NECoalition victory
1813Raid at AltenburgAltenburg, Germany0 km NCoalition victory
19 December 1813Siege of BredaBreda, Netherlands536 km WCoalition 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.