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.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Quatre Bras canonical	17
Battle of Quatre-Bras	2

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 ⓘ Michel Ney ⓘ surface form: Marshal Michel Ney William, Prince of Orange ⓘ
commanderSide	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ surface form: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington – Anglo-Allied forces Michel Ney ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Hanoverian Army ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Michel Ney ⓘ surface form: Marshal Michel Ney
partOf	Hundred Days ⓘ Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	War of the Seventh Coalition ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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

Napoleonic Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Hundred Days → significantBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Battle of Waterloo → precededBy → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

War of the Seventh Coalition → hasPart → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Battle of Ligny → simultaneousWith → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Battle of Ligny → relatedTo → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Les Cent-Jours → keyBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Quatre-Bras

Waterloo Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Michel Ney → participatedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

British 3rd Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

British 5th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Quatre Bras → siteOf → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Netherlands 2nd Division → notableBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

French Reille’s corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Napoleon’s return from Elba → chronologicallyBefore → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Quatre-Bras

William, Prince of Orange → notableEvent → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

French Armée du Nord → engagedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

Peregrine Maitland → battle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ

42nd Regiment of Foot → foughtIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ