Ligny order of battle

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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Ligny 16 June 1815.

French Army

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon I
.

Major Général (

Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
.

Old Guard Division
Friant
Middle Guard Division,
GD Morand
Young Guard Division,
GD Duhesme
Heavy Cavalry Division,
GD Guyot

* I Corps,

GD Drouet d'Erlon
(Corps not engaged)

1st Division,
GB Quiot
2nd Division,
GD Donzelot
7th Infantry Division,
GD Girard
†
  • III Corps
    Vandamme
8th Infantry Division,
GD
Lefol
10th Infantry Division,
GD Habert
11th Infantry Division,
Berthezène
3rd Cavalry Division,
GD Domon
  • IV Corps
    Gérard
12th Infantry Division,
GD Pécheux
13th Infantry Division,
GD
Vichery
14th Infantry Division,
GD
Hulot
Cavalry reserve,
GD Jacquinot
  • VI Corps,
    Mouton-Lobau
    (Corps not engaged)
20th Division,
GD
Jeanin
  • Cavalry reserve,
    Grouchy
III Cavalry Corps, commander:
GD Kellermann (at Quatre Bras
, except:)
11th Division,
l'Héritier
IV Cavalry Corps, commander:
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

  • I Corps,
    von Zieten
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
  • II Corps,
    von Pirch I[a]
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

  • Quatre Bras order of battle
  • Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign

Notes

  1. ^
    Pirch II
    "
  1. ^ Pigeard 2005, pp. 518–520.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pigeard 2004, p. 475.
  3. ^ a b c Pigeard 2004, pp. 475–476.

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
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