Battle of Ligny

Battle of Ligny
Part of the War of the Seventh Coalition
Ligny by Ernest Crofts (1875). This representation of the battle shows Napoleon surrounded by his staff surveying the battlefield while columns of infantry advance to the front. The windmill is probably that on the heights of Naveau, which served as Napoleon's command post during the battle.[1]
Date 16 June 1815 Location Ligny, United Kingdom of the Netherlands 50°31′13″N 4°34′53″E / 50.52027°N 4.58140°E / 50.52027; 4.58140 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte Jean-de-Dieu Soult Emmanuel de Grouchy Antoine Drouot Dominique Vandamme Étienne Maurice Gérard	Gebhard von Blücher (WIA) Graf von Gneisenau Graf von Zieten Ludwig von Pirch Johann von Thielmann
Strength
62,882[2][a] 210 cannons[5]	83,417[2][b] 224 cannons[5]
Casualties and losses
8,300–12,000 killed, wounded or captured[c]	16,000 killed or wounded[5] 8,000 captured or missing[5] 21 guns lost[7]

Hundred Days:
Waterloo campaign

500km
300miles

Rochefort

7

Waterloo

6

5

4

3

Paris

2

Elba

1

  

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The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium. The result was a tactical victory for the French, but the bulk of the Prussian army survived the battle in good order, was reinforced by Prussian troops who had not fought at Ligny, and played a role two days later at the Battle of Waterloo. Ligny was the last victory in Napoleon's military career.

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