Battle of Ligny

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Napoleonic Wars battle battle land battle

The Battle of Ligny was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battlefield victory, fought on 16 June 1815 in present-day Belgium against Prussian forces shortly before his final defeat at Waterloo.

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Surface form Occurrences
Ligny 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
land battle ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: French Empire

Prussia ⓘ
campaignObjective Defeat the Prussian army ⓘ
casualties High on both sides ⓘ
commander August Neidhardt von Gneisenau ⓘ
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Michel Ney ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
conflictIn Hundred Days ⓘ
countryAtTime United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
date 16 June 1815 ⓘ
describedAs Napoleon’s last battlefield victory ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Battle of Wavre ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesApprox 11000–12000 ⓘ
FrenchStrengthApprox 68000 ⓘ
geographicRegion Wallonia ⓘ
hasParticipant French Imperial Guard ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Guard (France)

Prussian I Corps ⓘ
Prussian II Corps ⓘ
Prussian III Corps ⓘ
Prussian IV Corps ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Battle of Ligny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ligny

present-day Belgium ⓘ
notableEvent Blücher temporarily unhorsed and injured ⓘ
notableFor Last battle personally commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte to victory ⓘ
opponentOf French Armée du Nord ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
surface form: Prussian Army of the Lower Rhine
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Waterloo campaign
precededBy Napoleon’s return from Elba ⓘ
presentDayMunicipality Sombreffe ⓘ
presentDayProvince Namur Province ⓘ
PrussianCasualtiesApprox 16000–20000 ⓘ
PrussianStrengthApprox 84000 ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Battle of Wavre ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
riverInvolved Ligny stream ⓘ
simultaneousWith Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
strategicOutcome Failure to destroy the Prussian army ⓘ
Prussian retreat in good order ⓘ
tacticalFeature Fighting around the villages of Ligny, Saint-Amand, and Wagnelée ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → battle → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition → hasPart → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Waterloo Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Les Cent-Jours → keyBattle → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Battle of Ligny → locatedIn → Battle of Ligny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ligny
Napoleonic Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo → precededBy → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Battle of Wavre → precededBy → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Battle of Wavre → relatedEvent → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Hundred Days → significantBattle → Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Battle of Quatre Bras → simultaneousWith → Battle of Ligny ⓘ