Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Hubert Gough

Battles of Hubert Gough

British Army general (1870–1963)

Hubert Gough is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1901 and 1918: 12 battles, 1 naval action and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Belgium (7), France (6), South Africa (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,475 km apart end to end, 729 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (13), Second Boer War (1).

Battle of PozièresBattle of the Ancre HeightsOperations on the Ancre, January – March 1917Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917Battle of the Menin Road RidgeBattle of Polygon WoodBattle of BroodseindeFirst Battle of PasschendaeleSecond Battle of PasschendaeleBattle of Blood River PoortBattle of LoosBattle of ArrasThird Battle of YpresOperation MichaelBattle of Blood River PoortBattle of LoosBattle of ArrasThird Battle of YpresOperation MichaelBuenos AiresManilaChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaBengaluruBangkokMiamiMadrid5000 km11.617N, 16.504E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1901: 1 engagements1915: 1 engagements1916: 2 engagements1917: 9 engagements9 in 19171918: 1 engagements19011918
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Blood River Poort, 1901Battle of Loos, 1915Battle of Pozières, 1916Battle of the Ancre Heights, 1916Operations on the Ancre, January – March 1917, 1917Battle of Arras, 1917Third Battle of Ypres, 1917Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917, 1917Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, 1917Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917Battle of Broodseinde, 1917First Battle of Passchendaele, 1917Second Battle of Passchendaele, 1917Operation Michael, 191819011918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
17 September 1901Battle of Blood River PoortSouth AfricaBoer victory
8 October 1915Battle of LoosLoos-en-Gohelle, France9,117 km NGerman victory
3 September 1916Battle of PozièresPozières, France49 km SAllied victory
1 October 1916Battle of the Ancre HeightsAncre, France26 km SWBritish victory
1917Operations on the Ancre, January – March 1917France24 km NEBritish victory
9 April 1917Battle of ArrasArras, France25 km NSee Analysis
31 July 1917Third Battle of YpresYpres Salient, Belgium70 km NSee Analysis section
1917Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917West Flanders, Belgium11 km NBritish victory
20 September 1917Battle of the Menin Road RidgeBelgium11 km SBritish victory
3 October 1917Battle of Polygon WoodPolygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium6 km SBritish victory
4 October 1917Battle of BroodseindeZonnebeke, Belgium7 km WBritish victory
12 October 1917First Battle of PasschendaelePassendale, Belgium10 km NEGerman victory
26 October 1917Second Battle of PasschendaelePassendale, Belgium1 km NEAllied victory
21 March 1918Operation MichaelHauts-de-France, France118 km SSee Aftermath section

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, Official British military photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.