Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Jacques-François Menou

Battles of Jacques-François Menou

French noble (1750-1810)

Jacques-François Menou is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1801: 4 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Egypt (3), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,176 km apart end to end, 794 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French Revolutionary Wars (2), War of the Second Coalition (2), War in the Vendée (1).

Battle of ChemilléBattle of VihiersFirst Battle of AbukirBattle of AlexandriaSiege of AlexandriaBattle of ChemilléBattle of VihiersFirst Battle of AbukirBattle of AlexandriaSiege of AlexandriaMadridAthensViennaGenevaBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiersMilanNaplesTripoli1000 km39.209N, 14.670E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 2 engagements2 in 17931799: 1 engagements1801: 2 engagements2 in 180117931801
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Chemillé, 1793Battle of Vihiers, 1793First Battle of Abukir, 1799Battle of Alexandria, 1801Siege of Alexandria, 180117931801
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
11 April 1793Battle of ChemilléChemillé, FranceVendéen victory
18 July 1793Battle of VihiersVihiers, France16 km SEVendean victory
25 July 1799First Battle of AbukirAbu Qir, Egypt3,138 km SEFrench victory
21 March 1801Battle of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt15 km SWBritish victory
17 August 1801Siege of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt7 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, Joseph Ducreux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.