Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Charles Rigault de Genouilly

Battles of Charles Rigault de Genouilly

French admiral (1807-1873)

Charles Rigault de Genouilly is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1857 and 1860: 2 battles, 2 sieges and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in Vietnam (3), China (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,328 km apart end to end, 1,582 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Opium War (2), French conquest of Vietnam (2).

Battle of CantonBattle of Taku FortsCochinchina campaignSiege of TouraneSiege of SaigonBattle of CantonBattle of Taku FortsCochinchina campaignSiege of TouraneSiege of SaigonŌsakaManilaSeoulTaipeiBengaluruBangkokChengduNew Delhi2000 km24.896N, 112.173E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1857: 1 engagements1858: 3 engagements3 in 18581860: 1 engagements18571860
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Canton, 1857Battle of Taku Forts, 1858Cochinchina campaign, 1858Siege of Tourane, 1858Siege of Saigon, 186018571860
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 December 1857Battle of CantonGuangzhou, People's Republic of ChinaFranco-British victory
20 May 1858Battle of Taku FortsTaku Forts, People's Republic of China1,812 km NAnglo-French victory
1858Cochinchina campaignSouthern Vietnam, Vietnam3,308 km SFranco-Spanish victory; Treaty of Saigon
1 September 1858Siege of TouraneDa Nang, Vietnam599 km NVietnamese victory
March 1860Siege of SaigonHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam609 km SFranco-Spanish 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, Pierre Louis Pierson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.