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The following units and commanders fought in the
Battle of Ligny 16 June 1815.
French Army
Napoleon Bonaparte
L'Armée du Nord (68,000 men) under the command of
Emperor
Napoleon I.
Major Général (
Chief of staff):
Marshal
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult.
- Old Guard Division
GD
Friant
- Middle Guard Division,
GD
Morand
- Young Guard Division,
GD
Duhesme
- Heavy Cavalry Division,
GD
Guyot
* I Corps, commander:
GD
Drouet d'Erlon (Corps not engaged)
- 1st Division,
GB
Quiot
- 2nd Division,
GD
Donzelot
- 7th Infantry Division,
GD
Girard †
- 8th Infantry Division,
GD Lefol
- 10th Infantry Division,
GD
Habert
- 11th Infantry Division,
GD
Berthezène
- 3rd Cavalry Division,
GD
Domon
- 12th Infantry Division,
GD
Pécheux
- 13th Infantry Division,
GD Vichery
- 14th Infantry Division,
GD Hulot
- Cavalry reserve,
GD
Jacquinot
- 20th Division,
GD Jeanin
- III Cavalry Corps, commander:
GD
Kellermann (at
Quatre Bras, except:)
- 11th Division,
GD
l'Héritier
- IV Cavalry Corps, commander:
GD
Milhaud
- 14th Cavalry Division Delort
Prussian Army
Field Marshal Gebhart Leberecht von Blücher
Prussian Army (84,000 men), under the command of
Field Marshal
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Lieutenant-General (Chief of staff):
August von Gneisenau
- 1st Brigade, Major-General
von Steinmetz
- 2nd Brigade, Major-General
Pirch II
[a]
- 3rd Brigade, Major-General
Jagow
- 4th Brigade major, general
Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Reserve Cavalry, Lieutenant-General
von Röder
- 1st brigade, von Teskow
- 2nd brigade,
von Lützow
- Reserve artillery, von Lehmann
- 5th Brigade, Major-General
von Tippelskirch
- 6th Brigade, Major-General
von Krafft
- 7th Brigade, Major-General
von Brause
- 8th Brigade, Major-General Bose
- Reserve Cavalry Major-General of Cavalry,
von Wahlen-Jürgass
- 1st brigade, von Thümen
- 2nd brigade, von Schulenburg
- 3rd brigade,
von Sohr
- Reserve artillery, von Röhl
- 9th brigade,
von Borcke
- 10th Brigade, von Kämpffen
- 11th Brigade, von Luck
- 12th Brigade, von Stülpnagel
- Reserve Cavalry Major-General
von Hobe
- 1st brigade,
von der Marwitz
- 2nd brigade,
von Lottum
- Reserve artillery, von Mohnhaupt
See also
Notes
References
- Pigeard, Alain (2004), Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon, Tallandier Bibliothèque Napoléonienne,
ISBN
2-84734-073-4
- Pigeard, Alain (2005), La Garde Impériale, Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne,
ISBN
2-84734-177-3
Further reading