Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Joseph Souham

Battles of Joseph Souham

French army commander (1760–1837)

Joseph Souham is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1792 and 1812: 6 battles, 3 sieges and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Belgium (3), Spain (3), France (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,615 km apart end to end, 291 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (4), War of the First Coalition (3), French Revolutionary Wars (2).

Siege of DunkirkBattle of MouscronSiege of YpresBattle of Aldeia da PonteBattle of TordesillasFlanders CampaignBattle of TourcoingBattle of StockachBattle of Molins de ReyBattle of VicFlanders CampaignBattle of TourcoingBattle of StockachBattle of Molins de ReyBattle of VicMadridGenevaMilanFrankfurtNaplesPragueZürichLyonValenciaFlorence500 km45.727N, 0.355E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1792: 1 engagements1793: 1 engagements1794: 3 engagements3 in 17941799: 1 engagements1808: 1 engagements1810: 1 engagements1811: 1 engagements1812: 1 engagements17921812
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Flanders Campaign, 1792Siege of Dunkirk, 1793Battle of Mouscron, 1794Battle of Tourcoing, 1794Siege of Ypres, 1794Battle of Stockach, 1799Battle of Molins de Rey, 1808Battle of Vic, 1810Battle of Aldeia da Ponte, 1811Battle of Tordesillas, 181217921812
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1792Flanders CampaignBelgiumFrench victory
24 August 1793Siege of DunkirkDunkirk, France167 km WFrench victory
26 April 1794Battle of MouscronMouscron, Belgium68 km SEFrench victory
18 May 1794Battle of TourcoingTourcoing, France4 km WFrench victory
1 June 1794Siege of YpresYpres, Belgium23 km NWFrench victory
25 March 1799Battle of StockachStockach, Germany484 km SEAustrian victory
21 December 1808Battle of Molins de ReyMolins de Rei, Spain831 km SWFrench-allied victory
20 February 1810Battle of VicVic, Spain59 km NFrench victory
27 September 1811Battle of Aldeia da PonteAldeia da Ponte, Portugal781 km Wsee Aftermath
25 October 1812Battle of TordesillasTordesillas, Spain198 km NEFrench 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, wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.