Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of John Forbes

Battles of John Forbes

Scottish general in the Portuguese service, 1733 to 1808

John Forbes is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1795: 6 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Spain (4), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 47 km apart end to end, 9 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Pyrenees (6).

Battle of VillelongueBattle of BoulouFirst Battle of Sant Llorenç de la MugaBattle of San Lorenzo de la MugaBattle of the Black MountainBattle of BascaraBattle of BoulouFirst Battle of Sant Llorenç de la MugaBattle of San Lorenzo de la MugaBattle of BascaraBarcelonaMarseilleToulouseAndorraToulonMontpellierTarragonaBéziersMataróAix-en-Provence200 km42.344N, 2.875E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 1 engagements1794: 4 engagements4 in 17941795: 1 engagements17931795
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Villelongue, 1793Battle of Boulou, 1794First Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga, 1794Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga, 1794Battle of the Black Mountain, 1794Battle of Bascara, 179517931795
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 December 1793Battle of VillelongueVillelongue-dels-Monts, FranceSpanish-Portuguese victory
30 April 1794Battle of BoulouLe Boulou, France7 km SWFrench victory
19 May 1794First Battle of Sant Llorenç de la MugaSant Llorenç de la Muga, Spain22 km SEFrench victory
13 August 1794Battle of San Lorenzo de la MugaSant Llorenç de la Muga, Spain0 km WFrench victory
17 November 1794Battle of the Black MountainPont de Molins, Spain0 km NFrench victory
14 June 1795Battle of BascaraBàscara, Spain17 km SSpanish-Portuguese 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.