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Battle of Ligny

BelligerentsFrancePrussiaCommanders and leadersNapoleon BonaparteJean-de-Dieu SoultEmmanuel de GrouchyAntoine DrouotDominique VandammeÉtienne Maurice GérardGebhard von Blücher (WIA)Graf von GneisenauGraf von ZietenLudwig von PirchJohann von ThielmannUnits involvedArmée du NordArmee vom Niederrhein[de]Saxon contingentRhenish contingents Lower RhineWestphaliaJülich-Cleves-BergStrength 62,882 210 cannons 83,417224 cannonsCasualties and losses 8,300–12,000 killed, wounded or captured 16,000 killed or wounded8,000 deserters captured or missing21 guns lostThe 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 MarshalBlücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium.

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