Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Horace Smith-Dorrien

Battles of Horace Smith-Dorrien

British soldier (1858–1930)

Horace Smith-Dorrien is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1900 and 1915: 7 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Belgium (3), South Africa (2), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,301 km apart end to end, 1,550 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (5), Second Boer War (2).

Battle of LeliefonteinBattle of ÉtreuxBattle of DwarsvleiBattle of MonsBattle of La BasséeSecond Battle of YpresBattle of Hill 60Battle of DwarsvleiBattle of MonsBattle of La BasséeSecond Battle of YpresBattle of Hill 60Buenos AiresLimaTehranKinshasaBengaluruBangkokMiamiMadridTorontoBaghdad5000 km12.399N, 16.429E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1900: 2 engagements1914: 3 engagements3 in 19141915: 2 engagements19001915
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Dwarsvlei, 1900Battle of Leliefontein, 1900Battle of Mons, 1914Battle of Étreux, 1914Battle of La Bassée, 1914Second Battle of Ypres, 1915Battle of Hill 60, 191519001915
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1900Battle of DwarsvleiKrugersdorp, South AfricaBoer victory
7 November 1900Battle of LeliefonteinCarolina, South Africa228 km EAnglo-Canadian victory; See aftermath
23 August 1914Battle of MonsMons, Belgium8,880 km NSee Analysis section
27 August 1914Battle of ÉtreuxÉtreux, France58 km SGerman victory
10 October 1914Battle of La BasséeLa Bassée, France85 km NWInconclusive
21 April 1915Second Battle of YpresYpres, Belgium42 km NSee Analysis section
7 May 1915Battle of Hill 60Hill 60, Belgium9 km SGerman 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, Harris & Ewing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.