Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Jacques Desjardin

Battles of Jacques Desjardin

French general (1759-1807)

Jacques Desjardin is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1794: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Belgium (3), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 39 km apart end to end, 13 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (3), French Revolution (1).

Siege of MaubeugeBattle of GrandrengBattle of ErquelinnesBattle of GosseliesSiege of MaubeugeBattle of GrandrengBattle of GosseliesBrusselsLilleCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfSaarbrückenBonnRouenMetz100 km50.339N, 4.203E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 1 engagements1794: 3 engagements3 in 179417931794
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Maubeuge, 1793Battle of Grandreng, 1794Battle of Erquelinnes, 1794Battle of Gosselies, 179417931794
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 September 1793Siege of MaubeugeMaubeuge, FranceFrench victory
10 May 1794Battle of GrandrengGrand-Reng, Belgium9 km NEAustro-Dutch victory
20 May 1794Battle of ErquelinnesErquelinnes, Belgium5 km SEAustro-Dutch victory
30 May 1794Battle of GosseliesGosselies, Belgium25 km NEAustro-Dutch 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, Berdom, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.