Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

Battles of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

British general (1832–1914)

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1878 and 1900: 8 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in South Africa (5), Afghanistan (2), Pakistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,215 km apart end to end, 1,316 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Boer War (4), Second Anglo-Afghan War (3).

Battle of CharasiabBattle of Zand RiverBattle of BergendalBattle of Peiwar KotalBattle of KandaharBattle of PaardebergBattle of Poplar GroveBattle of Diamond HillBattle of Peiwar KotalBattle of KandaharBattle of PaardebergBattle of Poplar GroveBattle of Diamond HillManilaSeoulTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMadridChengduAthens5000 km2.708N, 47.530E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1878: 1 engagements1879: 1 engagements1880: 1 engagements1900: 5 engagements5 in 190018781900
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Peiwar Kotal, 1878Battle of Charasiab, 1879Battle of Kandahar, 1880Battle of Paardeberg, 1900Battle of Poplar Grove, 1900Battle of Zand River, 1900Battle of Diamond Hill, 1900Battle of Bergendal, 190018781900
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1878Battle of Peiwar KotalKurram District, PakistanBritish victory
6 October 1879Battle of CharasiabChar Asiab, Afghanistan98 km NWBritish victory
1 September 1880Battle of KandaharKandahar, Afghanistan446 km SWBritish victory
18 February 1900Battle of PaardebergSouth Africa7,990 km SWAnglo-Canadian victory
7 March 1900Battle of Poplar GroveSouth Africa28 km EBritish victory
10 May 1900Battle of Zand RiverSouth Africa110 km EBritish victory
12 June 1900Battle of Diamond HillPretoria, South Africa380 km NEBritish victory
27 August 1900Battle of BergendaleMakhazeni, South Africa163 km EBritish 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, National Library of Ireland on The Commons, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.