Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Dominique Vandamme

Battles of Dominique Vandamme

French general (1770-1830)

Dominique Vandamme is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1815: 11 battles across 6 present-day countries, most in Germany (3), Netherlands (2), Czech Republic (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,389 km apart end to end, 339 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Second Coalition (3), War of the Fifth Coalition (3), Napoleonic Wars (3).

Battle of StockachAnglo-Russian invasion of HollandBattle of CastricumBattle of Linz-UrfahrBattle of WavreBattle of IssyBattle of AusterlitzBattle of AbensbergBattle of EckmühlBattle of KulmBattle of LignyBattle of AusterlitzBattle of AbensbergBattle of EckmühlBattle of KulmBattle of LignyBerlinViennaAmsterdamFrankfurtHamburgBrusselsPragueZürichThe HagueDresden500 km50.211N, 9.516E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 3 engagements3 in 17991805: 1 engagements1809: 3 engagements3 in 18091813: 1 engagements1815: 3 engagements3 in 181517991815
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Stockach, 1799Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, 1799Battle of Castricum, 1799Battle of Austerlitz, 1805Battle of Abensberg, 1809Battle of Eckmühl, 1809Battle of Linz-Urfahr, 1809Battle of Kulm, 1813Battle of Ligny, 1815Battle of Wavre, 1815Battle of Issy, 181517991815
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 March 1799Battle of StockachStockach, GermanyAustrian victory
1799Anglo-Russian invasion of HollandNorth Holland, Netherlands580 km NFranco-Batavian victory; Convention of Alkmaar
6 October 1799Battle of CastricumQ137926253, Netherlands18 km SWFranco-Batavian victory
2 December 1805Battle of AusterlitzSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic930 km EFrench victory
20 April 1809Battle of AbensbergAbensberg, Germany359 km WFrench victory
1809Battle of EckmühlMunich, Germany78 km SFrench victory
17 May 1809Battle of Linz-UrfahrLinz, Austria201 km EAllied victory
29 August 1813Battle of KulmChlumec, Czech Republic269 km NCoalition victory
16 June 1815Battle of LignyLigny, Belgium662 km WFrench victory
18 June 1815Battle of WavreWavre, Belgium23 km NFrench victory
3 July 1815Battle of IssyIssy-les-Moulineaux, France269 km SWPrussian 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, wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.