Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Manuel Bulnes

Battles of Manuel Bulnes

Chilean politician and President (1799-1866)

Manuel Bulnes is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1829 and 1851: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Chile (2), Peru (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,995 km apart end to end, 1,998 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Confederation (1).

Bataia de lircaiBattle of Portada de GuíasBattle of YungayBattle of LoncomillaBataia de lircaiBattle of Portada de GuíasBattle of YungayBattle of LoncomillaBuenos Aires2000 km22.382S, 74.705W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1829: 1 engagements1 in 18291838: 1 engagements1 in 18381839: 1 engagements1 in 18391851: 1 engagements1 in 185118291851
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Bataia de lircai, 1829Battle of Portada de Guías, 1838Battle of Yungay, 1839Battle of Loncomilla, 185118291851
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1829Bataia de lircaiTalca, ChilePelucones (Conservative) victory; Treaty of Cuz Cuz
21 August 1838Battle of Portada de GuíasLima, Peru2,654 km NChilean victory
1839Battle of YungayYungay, Peru334 km NChilean–Peruvian restorationist víctory; Dissolution of the...
1851Battle of LoncomillaLoncomilla River, Chile3,007 km SGovernment 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, Raymond Monvoisin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.