Atlas of Battles

commander, 18 engagements

Battles of Louis-Nicolas Davout

Battles of Louis-Nicolas Davout

Marshal of France (1770–1823)

Louis-Nicolas Davout is recorded as a commander at 18 placed engagements in the atlas between 1793 and 1815: 16 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 6 present-day countries, most in Germany (5), Russia (4), Austria (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,333 km apart end to end, 725 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Napoleonic Wars (8), War of the Third Coalition (4), War of the Fifth Coalition (3).

Battle of VihiersUlm CampaignBattle of LambachBattle of SteyrBattle of CzarnowoBattle of GolyminBattle of Teugen-HausenBattle of EckmühlBattle of MaloyaroslavetsBattle of VyazmaBattle of KrasnoiSiege of HamburgBattle of RocquencourtBattle of AusterlitzBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauBattle of WagramFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of AusterlitzBattle of Jena–AuerstedtBattle of EylauBattle of WagramFrench invasion of RussiaTehranMadridBerlinKabulAthensKyivTashkentStockholmGenevaAmsterdam2000 km52.899N, 34.792E
18 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1793: 1 engagements1805: 4 engagements4 in 18051806: 3 engagements1807: 1 engagements1809: 3 engagements1812: 4 engagements4 in 18121813: 1 engagements1815: 1 engagements17931815
18 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Vihiers, 1793Ulm Campaign, 1805Battle of Lambach, 1805Battle of Steyr, 1805Battle of Austerlitz, 1805Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 1806Battle of Czarnowo, 1806Battle of Golymin, 1806Battle of Eylau, 1807Battle of Teugen-Hausen, 1809Battle of Eckmühl, 1809Battle of Wagram, 1809French invasion of Russia, 1812Battle of Maloyaroslavets, 1812Battle of Vyazma, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Siege of Hamburg, 1813Battle of Rocquencourt, 181517931815
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 July 1793Battle of VihiersVihiers, FranceVendean victory
1805Ulm CampaignCentral Europe, Germany878 km NEFrench victory
31 October 1805Battle of LambachLambach, Austria427 km SEFrench victory
4 November 1805Battle of SteyrSteyr, Austria40 km EFrench victory
2 December 1805Battle of AusterlitzSlavkov u Brna, Czech Republic210 km NEFrench victory
14 October 1806Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, Germany422 km NWFrench victory
23 December 1806Battle of CzarnowoCzarnowo, Poland653 km EFrench victory
26 December 1806Battle of GolyminGołymin-Ośrodek, Poland42 km NFrench victory
7 February 1807Battle of EylauKaliningrad, Poland177 km NImperial French Victory
19 April 1809Battle of Teugen-HausenTeugn, Germany854 km SWFrench victory
1809Battle of EckmühlMunich, Germany89 km SFrench victory
5 July 1809Battle of WagramDeutsch-Wagram, Austria370 km EFrench victory; Continuation of the Fifth Coalition until...
1812French invasion of RussiaRussian Empire, Russia3,616 km NERussian victory
24 October 1812Battle of MaloyaroslavetsMaloyaroslavets, Russia2,064 km WSee #Aftermath
3 November 1812Battle of VyazmaVyazma, Russia139 km WRussian victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia197 km WRussian victory
December 1813Siege of HamburgHamburg, Germany1,398 km WFrench victory
1 July 1815Battle of RocquencourtRocquencourt, France759 km SWFrench 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, After Pierre-Claude Gautherot / Tito Marzocchi de Bellucci, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.