Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Jean Nicolas Houchard

Battles of Jean Nicolas Houchard

French general, 1739 to 1793

Jean Nicolas Houchard is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1792 and 1793: 5 battles and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Belgium (3), Germany (2), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,086 km apart end to end, 217 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (4), French Revolutionary Wars (2).

Battle of FriedbergFlanders CampaignBattle of LimburgBattle of ArlonBattle of HondschooteBattle of MeninFlanders CampaignBattle of LimburgBattle of ArlonBattle of HondschooteBattle of MeninBrusselsLilleCologneAntwerpenMannheimDüsseldorfSaarbrückenBonnWiesbadenMetz100 km50.331N, 5.326E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1792: 2 engagements1793: 4 engagements4 in 179317921793
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Flanders Campaign, 1792Battle of Limburg, 1792Battle of Arlon, 1793Battle of Hondschoote, 1793Battle of Menin, 1793Battle of Friedberg, 179317921793
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1792Flanders CampaignBelgiumFrench victory
9 November 1792Battle of LimburgLimburg an der Lahn, Germany242 km EFrench victory
9 June 1793Battle of ArlonArlon, Belgium179 km SWFrench victory
8 September 1793Battle of HondschooteHondschoote, France271 km NWFrench victory
13 September 1793Battle of MeninMenen, Belgium43 km SEFrench victory
10 November 1793Battle of FriedbergLimburg an der Lahn, Germany352 km EFrench 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, Musée de l'Armée, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.