Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Louis Henri Loison

Battles of Louis Henri Loison

French general (1771-1816)

Louis Henri Loison is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1799 and 1810: 6 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Portugal (5), Switzerland (1), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,063 km apart end to end, 677 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Peninsular War (4), War of the Second Coalition (1), War of the Fourth Coalition (1).

Combat of Padrões de TeixeiraSecond French invasion of PortugalBattle of Gotthard PassSiege of KolbergBattle of ÉvoraBattle of the Bridge of AmaranteBattle of the CôaBattle of Gotthard PassSiege of KolbergBattle of ÉvoraBattle of the Bridge of AmaranteBattle of the CôaBerlinAthensViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtLisbonNaples1000 km46.374N, 3.197E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1799: 1 engagements1807: 1 engagements1808: 2 engagements2 in 18081809: 2 engagements2 in 18091810: 1 engagements17991810
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799Siege of Kolberg, 1807Combat of Padrões de Teixeira, 1808Battle of Évora, 1808Second French invasion of Portugal, 1809Battle of the Bridge of Amarante, 1809Battle of the Côa, 181017991810
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 September 1799Battle of Gotthard PassGotthard Pass, SwitzerlandRusso-Austrian victory
March 1807Siege of KolbergKołobrzeg Fortress, Poland981 km NESiege lifted by peace treaty
1808Combat of Padrões de TeixeiraBaião, Portugal2,265 km SWPortuguese victory
29 July 1808Battle of ÉvoraÉvora, Portugal289 km SFrench victory
1809Second French invasion of PortugalKingdom of Portugal, Portugal112 km WAnglo-Portuguese victory
18 April 1809Battle of the Bridge of AmaranteAmarante, Portugal300 km NFrench victory
24 July 1810Battle of the CôaCôa, Portugal116 km SEFrench 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.