Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Gordon Bremer

Battles of Gordon Bremer

British Royal Navy admiral (1786-1850)

Gordon Bremer is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1825 and 1841: 5 battles and 3 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in China (6), Somalia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,423 km apart end to end, 1,346 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Opium War (6).

Mary Anne ship attackBritish attack on BerberaBattle of First BarCapture of ChusanSecond Battle of ChuenpeeBattle of the BogueBattle of WhampoaBattle of CantonCapture of ChusanSecond Battle of ChuenpeeBattle of the BogueBattle of WhampoaBattle of CantonManilaSeoulTehranTaipeiBengaluruBangkokBaghdadChengduKabulDubai2000 km20.221N, 83.560E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1825: 1 engagements1827: 1 engagements1840: 1 engagements1841: 5 engagements5 in 184118251841
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Mary Anne ship attack, 1825British attack on Berbera, 1827Capture of Chusan, 1840Second Battle of Chuenpee, 1841Battle of the Bogue, 1841Battle of First Bar, 1841Battle of Whampoa, 1841Battle of Canton, 184118251841
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1825Mary Anne ship attackBerbera, SomaliaBritish victory
10 January 1827British attack on BerberaBerbera, Somalia1 km SEBritish victory
6 July 1840Capture of ChusanZhoushan Island, China8,194 km NEBritish victory
7 January 1841Second Battle of ChuenpeePeople's Republic of China1,164 km SWBritish victory; Signing of the Convention of Chuenpi
23 February 1841Battle of the BogueChina6 km NWBritish victory
27 February 1841Battle of First BarPearl River, China34 km NWBritish victory
2 March 1841Battle of WhampoaPazhou Subdistrict, China9 km WBritish victory
18 March 1841Battle of CantonGuangzhou, China16 km WBritish 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.