Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Horatio Gates

Battles of Horatio Gates

American general in the American Revolutionary War (1727–1806)

Horatio Gates is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1750 and 1780: 4 battles and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in United States (3), Canada (1), Kazakhstan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 21,602 km apart end to end, 5,400 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (4), Father Le Loutre's War (1).

Battle at ChignectoBattle of Freeman's FarmBattles of SaratogaSaratoga campaignBattle of CamdenBattle at ChignectoBattle of Freeman's FarmSaratoga campaignBattle of CamdenChicagoTehranBengaluruMiamiMadridBaghdadAtlantaBerlinKabulAthens5000 km40.141N, 3.599W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1750: 1 engagements1777: 3 engagements3 in 17771780: 1 engagements17501780
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle at Chignecto, 1750Battle of Freeman's Farm, 1777Battles of Saratoga, 1777Saratoga campaign, 1777Battle of Camden, 178017501780
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
3 September 1750Battle at ChignectoIsthmus of Chignecto, CanadaBritish victory
19 September 1777Battle of Freeman's FarmStillwater, New York, United States818 km WAmerican victory; Freeman's Farm: British victory; Bemis...
7 October 1777Battles of SaratogaStillwater, New York, United States0 km NAmerican victory; Freeman's Farm: British victory; Bemis...
1777Saratoga campaignupstate New York, Kazakhstan9,836 km NEAmerican victory; Surrender of Burgoyne's army; Beginning...
16 August 1780Battle of CamdenCamden, South Carolina, United States10,948 km NBritish 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, Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.