Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Sir John O'Sullivan

Irish soldier in the service of France, 1700 to 1760

Sir John O'Sullivan is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1745 and 1746: 3 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 366 km apart end to end, 92 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Jacobite risings (3), Jacobite rising of 1745 (2).

Siege of Ruthven BarracksBattle of PrestonpansBattle of Falkirk MuirSiege of InvernessBattle of CullodenSiege of Ruthven BarracksBattle of PrestonpansBattle of Falkirk MuirSiege of InvernessBattle of CullodenGlasgowEdinburghAberdeenDundeeAyrPerthFort William100 km56.716N, 3.592W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1745: 2 engagements1746: 3 engagements3 in 174617451746
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ruthven Barracks, 1745Battle of Prestonpans, 1745Battle of Falkirk Muir, 1746Siege of Inverness, 1746Battle of Culloden, 174617451746
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
29 August 1745Siege of Ruthven BarracksRuthven, United KingdomGovernment victory
21 September 1745Battle of PrestonpansEdinburgh, United Kingdom140 km SEJacobite victory
28 January 1746Battle of Falkirk MuirFalkirk, United Kingdom52 km WJacobite victory
1 February 1746Siege of InvernessInverness, United Kingdom166 km NJacobite/French victory
27 April 1746Battle of CullodenCulloden, United Kingdom8 km EGovernment 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.