Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Battles of Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Marshal of France (1768-1813)

Jean-Baptiste Bessières is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1805 and 1813: 13 battles and 1 campaign across 7 present-day countries, most in Germany (4), Russia (3), Poland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 14,889 km apart end to end, 1,145 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Napoleonic Wars (4), War of the Fifth Coalition (3), War of the Third Coalition (2).

Ulm CampaignBattle of CzarnowoBattle of Medina de RiosecoBattle of Neumarkt-Sankt VeitBattle of Aspern-EsslingBattle of WagramWalcheren CampaignBattle of KrasnoiBattle of LützenBattle of AusterlitzBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauBattle of FriedlandFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of AusterlitzBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauBattle of FriedlandFrench invasion of RussiaTehranMadridBaghdadBerlinKabulAthensCasablancaKyivTashkentStockholm2000 km50.272N, 32.562E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1805: 2 engagements1806: 2 engagements1807: 2 engagements1808: 1 engagements1809: 4 engagements4 in 18091812: 2 engagements1813: 1 engagements18051813
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Ulm Campaign, 1805Battle of Austerlitz, 1805Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 1806Battle of Czarnowo, 1806Battle of Eylau, 1807Battle of Friedland, 1807Battle of Medina de Rioseco, 1808Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, 1809Battle of Aspern-Essling, 1809Battle of Wagram, 1809Walcheren Campaign, 1809French invasion of Russia, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Battle of Lützen, 181318051813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 6

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1805Ulm CampaignCentral Europe, GermanyFrench victory
2 December 1805Battle of AusterlitzSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic525 km EFrench victory
14 October 1806Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, Germany422 km NWFrench victory
23 December 1806Battle of CzarnowoCzarnowo, Poland653 km EFrench victory
7 February 1807Battle of EylauKaliningrad, Poland217 km NImperial French Victory
14 June 1807Battle of FriedlandPravdinsk, Russia25 km EFrench victory
14 July 1808Battle of Medina de RiosecoMedina de Rioseco, Spain2,359 km SWFrench victory
24 April 1809Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt VeitNeumarkt-Sankt Veit, Germany1,545 km NEAustrian victory
21 May 1809Battle of Aspern-EsslingLobau, Austria297 km EAustrian victory
5 July 1809Battle of WagramDeutsch-Wagram, Austria10 km NEFrench victory; Continuation of the Fifth Coalition until...
1809Walcheren CampaignWalcheren, Netherlands994 km NWFranco-Dutch victory
1812French invasion of RussiaRussian Empire, Russia4,127 km NERussian victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia2,376 km WRussian victory
2 May 1813Battle of LützenGroßgörschen, Germany1,339 km WFrench 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, Henri-François Riesener, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.