Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Louis Desaix

Battles of Louis Desaix

French general (1768–1800)

Louis Desaix is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1796 and 1800: 6 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Germany (4), Malta (1), Egypt (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,537 km apart end to end, 934 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (3), French Revolutionary Wars (2), War of the Second Coalition (2).

Battle of MaudachBattle of RastattSiege of KehlBattle of NeresheimFrench invasion of MaltaBattle of the PyramidsSecond Italian CampaignBattle of MarengoBattle of NeresheimFrench invasion of MaltaBattle of the PyramidsSecond Italian CampaignBattle of MarengoMadridBaghdadAthensKyivGenevaBarcelonaAlexandriaAnkaraAlgiersTel Aviv1000 km39.769N, 19.504E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1796: 3 engagements3 in 17961797: 1 engagements1798: 2 engagements1800: 2 engagements17961800
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Maudach, 1796Battle of Rastatt, 1796Battle of Neresheim, 1796Siege of Kehl, 1797French invasion of Malta, 1798Battle of the Pyramids, 1798Second Italian Campaign, 1800Battle of Marengo, 180017961800
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 June 1796Battle of MaudachLudwigshafen, GermanyFrench victory
5 July 1796Battle of RastattRastatt, Germany68 km SFrench victory
11 August 1796Battle of NeresheimNeresheim, Germany157 km ESee #Results
9 January 1797Siege of KehlKehl, Germany187 km WHabsburg victory
1798French invasion of MaltaGozo, Malta1,510 km SEFrench victory
21 July 1798Battle of the PyramidsImbaba, Egypt1,688 km EFrench victory
1800Second Italian CampaignSwitzerland2,712 km NWFrench victory
14 June 1800Battle of MarengoSpinetta Marengo, Italy216 km SFrench 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, Andrea Appiani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.