Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Ferdinand Foch

Battles of Ferdinand Foch

French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)

Ferdinand Foch is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1918: 11 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in France (10), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 913 km apart end to end, 91 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (11).

Action of the Hohenzollern RedoubtBattle of GuillemontBattle of the Ancre HeightsBattle of the AncreBattle of SoissonsSecond Battle of Villers-BretonneuxBattle of LorraineFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of YpresOperation MichaelSecond Battle of the MarneBattle of LorraineFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of YpresOperation MichaelSecond Battle of the MarneBrusselsLilleCologneAntwerpenStrasbourgLuxembourgDüsseldorfSaarbrückenBonnMetz100 km49.826N, 4.596E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 3 engagements1915: 1 engagements1916: 3 engagements1918: 4 engagements4 in 191819141918
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lorraine, 1914First Battle of the Marne, 1914First Battle of Ypres, 1914Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 1915Battle of Guillemont, 1916Battle of the Ancre Heights, 1916Battle of the Ancre, 1916Battle of Soissons, 1918Operation Michael, 1918Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918Second Battle of the Marne, 191819141918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 August 1914Battle of LorraineLorraine, FranceGerman victory
8 September 1914First Battle of the MarneAulnois, France245 km WEntente victory; Failure of Schlieffen Plan
19 October 1914First Battle of YpresYpres, Belgium207 km NIndecisive
13 October 1915Action of the Hohenzollern RedoubtHohenzollern Redoubt, France40 km SGerman victory
3 September 1916Battle of GuillemontGuillemont, France54 km SBritish victory
1 October 1916Battle of the Ancre HeightsAncre, France28 km SWBritish victory
13 November 1916Battle of the AncreAncre, France24 km NEBritish victory
1918Battle of SoissonsFrance88 km SEAllied victory
21 March 1918Operation MichaelHauts-de-France, France52 km NSee Aftermath section
25 April 1918Second Battle of Villers-BretonneuxVillers-Bretonneux, France55 km WAllied victory
27 May 1918Second Battle of the MarneMarne basin, France120 km SEEntente 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, R. Melcy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.