Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Charles Macpherson Dobell

Battles of Charles Macpherson Dobell

British Army general (1869-1954)

Charles Macpherson Dobell is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1914 and 1917: 3 battles and 1 campaign across 2 present-day countries, most in Cameroon (2), Palestine (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,148 km apart end to end, 1,383 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4).

Kamerun campaignFirst Battle of EdeaFirst Battle of GazaSecond Battle of GazaKamerun campaignFirst Battle of EdeaFirst Battle of GazaSecond Battle of GazaBaghdadCasablancaAddis AbabaDubai2000 km17.645N, 22.304E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1914: 2 engagements2 in 19141917: 2 engagements2 in 191719141917
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Kamerun campaign, 1914First Battle of Edea, 1914First Battle of Gaza, 1917Second Battle of Gaza, 191719141917
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1914Kamerun campaignKamerun, CameroonAllied victory
20 October 1914First Battle of EdeaEdéa, Cameroon154 km WAllied victory
26 March 1917First Battle of GazaGaza City, Palestine3,994 km NECentral Powers victory
17 April 1917Second Battle of GazaGaza City, Palestine0 km NCentral Powers 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, John Singer Sargent, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.