Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Louis Faidherbe

Battles of Louis Faidherbe

French general (1818-1889)

Louis Faidherbe is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1857 and 1871: 4 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in France (4), Mali (1), Senegal (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,956 km apart end to end, 991 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Franco-Prussian War (4).

Siege of PéronneSiege of Medina FortBattle of LogandèmeBattle of HallueBattle of BapaumeBattle of St. QuentinSiege of Medina FortBattle of LogandèmeBattle of HallueBattle of BapaumeBattle of St. QuentinMadridBerlinAthensCasablancaKyivViennaAmsterdam2000 km32.211N, 6.565W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1857: 1 engagements1859: 1 engagements1870: 2 engagements2 in 18701871: 2 engagements2 in 187118571871
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Medina Fort, 1857Battle of Logandème, 1859Battle of Hallue, 1870Siege of Péronne, 1870Battle of Bapaume, 1871Battle of St. Quentin, 187118571871
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 April 1857Siege of Medina FortMadina-Diassa, MaliFrench victory
18 May 1859Battle of LogandèmeFatick, Senegal544 km WFrench victory
23 December 1870Battle of HallueHallue, France4,314 km NInconclusive
26 December 1870Siege of PéronnePéronne, France36 km EGerman Victory
3 January 1871Battle of BapaumeBapaume, France20 km NFrench victory
19 January 1871Battle of St. QuentinSaint-Quentin, France42 km SEPrussian 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, Marie Madeleine Rignot-Dubaux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.