✦ History

Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Quatre Bras

June 16, 1815 · Battle of Quatre Bras

Result Inconclusive

Wellington's army held the Quatre Bras crossroads against Ney on the day of Ligny.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
United Kingdom
Kingdom of Hanover
Netherlands
Michel Ney military commander Jérôme Bonaparte military commander
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington military commander William II of the Netherlands military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
26,741c. 21,000
Casualties
4,500c. 4,400
Guns
72c. 50
Strength
32,000–36,000c. 32,000
Casualties
4,800–5,600c. 5,600
Missing
c. 500
Guns
c. 70

Units

Ney's left wing (1815)
I Corps (United Kingdom) 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

Also involved 1