Battle of Ligny

When

16 Jun 1815

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.51° N, 4.58° E

Description

1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition

1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition (Hundred Days)

The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Ligny – Napoleon defeats a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Belgien gelingt Napoleon in der Schlacht bei Ligny sein letzter Sieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Ligny et bataille des Quatre Bras”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Наполеон одержал свою последнюю победу над прусско-саксонской армией фельдмаршала Блюхера при Линьи (Бельгия)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Guerras napoleónicas: Batalla de Ligny - Napoleón vence en una batalla contra Prusia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page