Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of lieutenant

military rank in many armies

lieutenant is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1780 and 1972: 10 battles and 1 campaign across 10 present-day countries, most in South Africa (2), United States (1), Ireland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 29,119 km apart end to end, 2,912 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (3), American Revolutionary War (1), Irish Rebellion of 1798 (1).

Royalton RaidBattle of EnniscorthyBattle of KusseriBattle of TepeRaid on ErbeyliBattle of LenadoonBattle of Rorke's DriftBattle of ElandsfonteinBattle of TogbaoBattle of IstranaOperation CheckmateBattle of Rorke's DriftBattle of ElandsfonteinBattle of TogbaoBattle of IstranaOperation CheckmateBuenos AiresChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaBengaluruMiamiMadridBaghdadAtlanta5000 km15.544N, 21.082W
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

1780s: 1 engagements1790s: 1 engagements1870s: 1 engagements1880s: 1 engagements1890s: 1 engagements1910s: 4 engagements4 in 1910s1940s: 1 engagements1970s: 1 engagements1780s1970s
11 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

In time order

Royalton Raid, 1780Battle of Enniscorthy, 1798Battle of Rorke's Drift, 1879Battle of Elandsfontein, 1881Battle of Togbao, 1899Battle of Kusseri, 1914Battle of Tepe, 1914Battle of Istrana, 1917Raid on Erbeyli, 1919Operation Checkmate, 1943Battle of Lenadoon, 197217801972
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 8

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1780Royalton RaidVermont Republic, Vermont, United StatesBritish victory
28 May 1798Battle of EnniscorthyEnniscorthy, Ireland4,810 km NEIrish rebel victory; British abandon Enniscorthy.
22 January 1879Battle of Rorke's DriftRorke's Drift, South Africa9,686 km SEBritish victory
16 January 1881Battle of ElandsfonteinPretoria, South Africa382 km NWBoer victory
1899Battle of TogbaoSarh, Chad4,019 km NRabih army victory
August 1914Battle of KusseriKousséri, Cameroon490 km NWFrench victory
25 August 1914Battle of TepeNigeria386 km SWBritish victory
1917Battle of IstranaIstrana, Italy4,042 km NAllied victory
1919Raid on ErbeyliErbeyli, Turkey1,554 km SEGreek victory
1943Operation CheckmateHaugesund Municipality, Norway2,880 km NWBritish victory
9 July 1972Battle of LenadoonUnited Kingdom871 km SWIndecisive; End between Provisional IRA & British Army...

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.