✦ History

Battle of Ligny

June 16, 1815

Napoleon's last victory. He beat Blücher's Prussian army two days before Waterloo, but the Prussians retreated in order to Wavre and joined Wellington on 18 June.

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Battles 1

March 20 – July 8, 1815
Hundred Days Paris Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Key commanders

French Empire and allies 1

Napoleon Emperor of the French, Commanded the French army

Coalition 3

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Commander of the Prussian army, Wounded when his horse fell; kept the army together August Neidhardt von Gneisenau military commander Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten military commander

Seventh Coalition 2

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Coalition commander at Waterloo Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Prussian commander

French Empire 2

Napoleon Emperor of the French Louis XVIII King of France, fled to Ghent

Other 1

Michel Ney French marshal