Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

Battles of Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

Marshal of France (1770-1849)

Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1823: 4 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 4 present-day countries, most in Switzerland (3), Germany (1), Austria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,259 km apart end to end, 452 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Italian and Swiss expedition (1), War of the Fifth Coalition (1), Royalist War (1).

Siege of PamplonaBattle of GlarusSwiss Campaign of SuvorovBattle of Linth RiverBattle of Neumarkt-Sankt VeitBattle of Aspern-EsslingBattle of GlarusSwiss Campaign of SuvorovBattle of Linth RiverBattle of Neumarkt-Sankt VeitGenevaBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtNaplesPragueLyonZagrebFlorenceMarseille500 km45.592N, 7.426E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 3 engagements3 in 17991809: 2 engagements1823: 1 engagements17991823
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Glarus, 1799Swiss Campaign of Suvorov, 1799Battle of Linth River, 1799Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, 1809Battle of Aspern-Essling, 1809Siege of Pamplona, 182317991823
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1799Battle of GlarusNäfels, SwitzerlandSee Result
1799Swiss Campaign of SuvorovAlps, Switzerland67 km SWVictory of the French First Republic; Suvorov escaped the...
26 September 1799Battle of Linth RiverBilten, Switzerland71 km NEFrench victory
24 April 1809Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt VeitNeumarkt-Sankt Veit, Germany293 km NEAustrian victory
21 May 1809Battle of Aspern-EsslingLobau, Austria297 km EAustrian victory
10 April 1823Siege of PamplonaPamplona, Spain1,532 km WFrench 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, Horace Vernet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.