Battle of Quatre Bras

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Quatre Bras was an 1815 engagement in present-day Belgium where Anglo-Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington checked Marshal Ney’s French army two days before Waterloo, helping to thwart Napoleon’s final campaign.

Aliases (1)

Battle of Quatre-Bras ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
belligerent	Brunswick → First French Empire → Hanover → Kingdom of the Netherlands → Nassau → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
campaignObjective	prevent French breakthrough towards Brussels →
casualtiesApproximate	over 4,000 Anglo-Allied casualties → over 4,000 French casualties →
commander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Marshal Michel Ney → William, Prince of Orange →
commanderSide	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington – Anglo-Allied forces → Marshal Michel Ney – French forces →
conflict	Napoleonic Wars →
countryAtTime	United Kingdom of the Netherlands →
date	16 June 1815 →
followedBy	Battle of Waterloo → Battle of Wavre →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
location	Quatre Bras → present-day Belgium →
notableUnit	British 5th Division → Brunswick Corps → French II Corps → French Kellermann’s cavalry corps → French Reille’s corps → Netherlands 2nd Division →
opponent	Anglo-Allied army → French Armée du Nord →
opponentCommander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Marshal Michel Ney →
partOf	Hundred Days → Waterloo Campaign →
precededBy	French invasion of the Low Countries (1815) →
result	strategic Anglo-Allied success → tactically inconclusive →
significance	checked Marshal Ney’s advance towards Brussels → key preliminary action to the Battle of Waterloo →
simultaneousWith	Battle of Ligny →
strategicEffect	enabled Wellington to concentrate his army for Waterloo → helped thwart Napoleon’s final campaign → prevented Marshal Ney from seizing the crossroads at Quatre Bras →
terrainFeature	road junction of Quatre Bras → surrounding farmland and woods →
year	1815 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
War of the Seventh Coalition → Waterloo Campaign →	hasPart
Les Cent-Jours ("Battle of Quatre-Bras") →	keyBattle
Napoleonic Wars →	notableBattle
Battle of Waterloo →	precededBy
Battle of Ligny →	relatedTo
Hundred Days →	significantBattle
Battle of Ligny →	simultaneousWith