Atlas of Battles

commander, 15 engagements

Battles of Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald

Battles of Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald

Marshal of France (1765-1840)

Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald is recorded as a commander at 15 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1814: 11 battles, 3 sieges and 1 campaign across 8 present-day countries, most in France (4), Spain (3), Belgium (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 13,438 km apart end to end, 960 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Sixth Coalition (5), Peninsular War (3), Napoleonic Wars (2).

Siege of YpresBattle of ModenaBattle of PlaSiege of FiguerasBattle of CerveraSiege of RigaBattle of Bar-sur-Aube1814 campaign in FranceBattle of LaubresselBattle of Saint-DizierBattle of TournayBattle of WagramFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenBattle of TournayBattle of WagramFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of LützenBattle of BautzenTehranBaghdadKabulAthensKyivTashkentStockholmGenevaAmsterdam2000 km50.007N, 35.692E
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 2 engagements1799: 1 engagements1809: 1 engagements1811: 3 engagements1812: 2 engagements1813: 2 engagements1814: 4 engagements4 in 181417941814
15 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tournay, 1794Siege of Ypres, 1794Battle of Modena, 1799Battle of Wagram, 1809Battle of Pla, 1811Siege of Figueras, 1811Battle of Cervera, 1811French invasion of Russia, 1812Siege of Riga, 1812Battle of Lützen, 1813Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Bar-sur-Aube, 18141814 campaign in France, 1814Battle of Laubressel, 1814Battle of Saint-Dizier, 181417941814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 May 1794Battle of TournayTournai, BelgiumCoalition victory
1 June 1794Siege of YpresYpres, Belgium45 km NWFrench victory
12 June 1799Battle of ModenaModena, Italy914 km SEFrench victory
5 July 1809Battle of WagramDeutsch-Wagram, Austria591 km NEFrench victory; Continuation of the Fifth Coalition until...
15 January 1811Battle of PlaEl Pla de Santa Maria, Spain1,426 km SWSpanish victory
10 April 1811Siege of FiguerasFigueres, Spain171 km NEFrench victory
4 October 1811Battle of CerveraCervera, Spain156 km SWSpanish victory
1812French invasion of RussiaRussian Empire, Russia4,996 km NERussian victory
July 1812Siege of RigaRiga, Latvia2,679 km WAnglo-Russian victory
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany1,003 km SWFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany156 km EFrench victory
27 February 1814Battle of Bar-sur-AubeBar-sur-Aube, France771 km WCoalition victory
18141814 campaign in FranceFrance245 km SWCoalition victory; See Aftermath
3 March 1814Battle of LaubresselLaubressel, France220 km NECoalition victory
26 March 1814Battle of Saint-DizierSaint-Dizier, France66 km NEFrench 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, Antoine-Jean Gros, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.