Atlas of Battles

commander, 20 engagements

Battles of Jean Baptiste Kléber

Battles of Jean Baptiste Kléber

French general, and architect (1753-1800)

Jean Baptiste Kléber is recorded as a commander at 20 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1800: 15 battles, 4 sieges and 1 campaign across 6 present-day countries, most in France (8), Germany (4), Egypt (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,924 km apart end to end, 312 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War in the Vendée (7), War of the First Coalition (6), War of the Second Coalition (6).

Battle of TiffaugesBattle of La TremblayeBattle of CholetVirée de GalerneBattle of EntramesBattle of DolBattle of Le MansBattle of SavenaySiege of MaastrichtBattle of HöchstBattle of SiegburgBattle of AltenkirchenBattle of KircheibCapture of AlexandriaSiege of El ArishBattle of FleurusSiege of AcreSiege of JaffaBattle of Mount TaborBattle of HeliopolisBattle of FleurusSiege of AcreSiege of JaffaBattle of HeliopolisMadridBerlinAthensCasablancaKyivViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAnkara1000 km40.967N, 16.667E
20 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 8 engagements8 in 17931794: 2 engagements1795: 1 engagements1796: 3 engagements1798: 1 engagements1799: 4 engagements1800: 1 engagements17931800
20 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tiffauges, 1793Battle of La Tremblaye, 1793Battle of Cholet, 1793Virée de Galerne, 1793Battle of Entrames, 1793Battle of Dol, 1793Battle of Le Mans, 1793Battle of Savenay, 1793Battle of Fleurus, 1794Siege of Maastricht, 1794Battle of Höchst, 1795Battle of Siegburg, 1796Battle of Altenkirchen, 1796Battle of Kircheib, 1796Capture of Alexandria, 1798Siege of Acre, 1799Siege of El Arish, 1799Siege of Jaffa, 1799Battle of Mount Tabor, 1799Battle of Heliopolis, 180017931800
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 September 1793Battle of TiffaugesBoussay, FranceVendéen victory
15 October 1793Battle of La TremblayeCholet, France16 km EFrench Republican victory
17 October 1793Battle of CholetCholet, France5 km NFrench Republican victory
1793Virée de GalerneMaine-et-Loire, France48 km NEFrench Republican victory
26 October 1793Battle of EntramesChâteau-Gontier, France61 km NRoyalist victory
22 November 1793Battle of DolPontorson, France98 km NWVendéen victory
13 December 1793Battle of Le MansLe Mans, France156 km ERepublican victory
23 December 1793Battle of SavenaySavenay, France175 km SWRepublican victory
26 June 1794Battle of FleurusFleurus, Belgium587 km NEFrench victory
19 September 1794Siege of MaastrichtMaastricht, Netherlands90 km NEFrench victory
11 October 1795Battle of HöchstHöchst, Germany219 km EAustrian victory
1796Battle of SiegburgSiegburg, Germany123 km NWFrench victory
4 June 1796Battle of AltenkirchenAltenkirchen, Germany34 km EFrench victory
19 June 1796Battle of KircheibKircheib, Germany15 km WAustrian victory
2 July 1798Capture of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt2,853 km SEFrench victory
1799Siege of AcreAcre, Israel523 km NEAnglo-Ottoman victory
20 February 1799Siege of El ArishArish, Egypt233 km SWFrench victory
3 March 1799Siege of JaffaJaffa, Israel136 km NEFrench victory
16 April 1799Battle of Mount TaborMount Tabor, Israel82 km NEFrench victory
20 March 1800Battle of HeliopolisHeliopolis, Egypt466 km SWFrench 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, Jean-Urbain Guérin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.