Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Fernand de Langle de Cary

Battles of Fernand de Langle de Cary

French general (1849–1927)

Fernand de Langle de Cary is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1916: 4 battles, all in present-day France. Taken in date order, the sites lie 367 km apart end to end, 122 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4).

Battle of the ArdennesFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of ChampagneBattle of VerdunBattle of the ArdennesFirst Battle of the MarneFirst Battle of ChampagneBattle of VerdunBrusselsLilleCologneLuxembourgSaarbrückenBonnMetzCharleroiKoblenzNancy100 km49.625N, 4.525E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 3 engagements3 in 19141916: 1 engagements19141916
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Ardennes, 1914First Battle of the Marne, 1914First Battle of Champagne, 1914Battle of Verdun, 191619141916
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 August 1914Battle of the ArdennesArdennes, FranceGerman victory
8 September 1914First Battle of the MarneAulnois, France214 km SWEntente victory; Failure of Schlieffen Plan
20 December 1914First Battle of ChampagneChampagne-Ardenne, France81 km EInconclusive
21 February 1916Battle of VerdunVerdun, France71 km EFrench 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.