Battle of Ligny

Battle of Ligny
	Part of the War of the Seventh Coalition
	; Battle of Ligny, by Théodore Jung
Date	16 June 1815
Location	Ligny, United Kingdom of the Netherlands50.52027°N 4.58140°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Jean-de-Dieu Soult; Emmanuel de Grouchy; Antoine Drouot; Dominique Vandamme; Étienne Maurice Gérard	Gebhard von Blücher (WIA); Graf von Gneisenau; Graf von Zieten; Ludwig von Pirch; Johann von Thielmann
Strength
62,882 ; 210 cannons	83,417; 224 cannons
Casualties and losses
8,300–12,000 killed, wounded or captured	16,000 killed or wounded; 8,000 captured or missing; 21 guns lost

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. The result was a tactical victory for the French, but the bulk of the Prussian army survived the battle in good order, was reinforced by Prussian troops who had not fought at Ligny, and played a role two days later at the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Ligny was the last victory in Napoleon's military career.

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