Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of François Joseph Westermann

Battles of François Joseph Westermann

French general, 1751 to 1794

François Joseph Westermann is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas in 1793: 7 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in France (8), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,213 km apart end to end, 152 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War in the Vendée (6), French Revolutionary Wars (1), French Revolution (1).

Siege of BredaFirst Battle of ChâtillonSecond Battle of ChâtillonBattle of DolBattle of CholetVirée de GalerneBattle of EntramesBattle of Le MansBattle of SavenayBattle of CholetVirée de GalerneBattle of EntramesBattle of Le MansBattle of SavenayBrusselsThe HagueBernLe HavreLilleCologneAntwerpenCardiffLuxembourgDüsseldorf200 km49.253N, 1.421E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 9 engagements9 in 179317931793
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Breda, 1793First Battle of Châtillon, 1793Second Battle of Châtillon, 1793Battle of Cholet, 1793Virée de Galerne, 1793Battle of Entrames, 1793Battle of Dol, 1793Battle of Le Mans, 1793Battle of Savenay, 179317931793
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 February 1793Siege of BredaBreda, NetherlandsFrench victory
5 July 1793First Battle of ChâtillonMauléon, France655 km SWVendéen victory
11 October 1793Second Battle of ChâtillonMauléon, France0 km NWInconclusive
17 October 1793Battle of CholetCholet, France18 km NWFrench Republican victory
1793Virée de GalerneMaine-et-Loire, France48 km NEFrench Republican victory
26 October 1793Battle of EntramesChâteau-Gontier, France61 km NRoyalist victory
22 November 1793Battle of DolPontorson, France98 km NWVendéen victory
13 December 1793Battle of Le MansLe Mans, France156 km ERepublican victory
23 December 1793Battle of SavenaySavenay, France175 km SWRepublican 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, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.