Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of François Séverin Marceau

Battles of François Séverin Marceau

French general (1769-1796)

François Séverin Marceau is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1794: 7 battles and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in France (7), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,230 km apart end to end, 176 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War in the Vendée (6), French Revolution (1), French Revolutionary Wars (1).

Battle of ChantonnayBattle of DolBattle of SprimontBattle of La TremblayeBattle of CholetVirée de GalerneBattle of Le MansBattle of SavenayBattle of La TremblayeBattle of CholetVirée de GalerneBattle of Le MansBattle of SavenayBrusselsLe HavreLilleRennesLuxembourgRouenBrightonPortsmouthNantesMetz200 km48.589N, 1.882E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 7 engagements7 in 17931794: 1 engagements17931794
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Chantonnay, 1793Battle of La Tremblaye, 1793Battle of Cholet, 1793Virée de Galerne, 1793Battle of Dol, 1793Battle of Le Mans, 1793Battle of Savenay, 1793Battle of Sprimont, 179417931794
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 September 1793Battle of ChantonnayChantonnay, FranceVendéean victory
15 October 1793Battle of La TremblayeCholet, France38 km NFrench Republican victory
17 October 1793Battle of CholetCholet, France5 km NFrench Republican victory
1793Virée de GalerneMaine-et-Loire, France48 km NEFrench Republican victory
22 November 1793Battle of DolPontorson, France149 km NWVendéen victory
13 December 1793Battle of Le MansLe Mans, France156 km ERepublican victory
23 December 1793Battle of SavenaySavenay, France175 km SWRepublican victory
18 September 1794Battle of SprimontSprimont, Belgium658 km NEFrench victory; France completes annexation of Austrian...

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, François Bouchot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.