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Battle of Ligny

Battle of Ligny
Ligny, Netherlands(Belgium)
16 June 1815

First French Empire
VS
Kingdom of Prussia

Commanders and Leaders

France:
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nicolas Soult
Marquis de Grouchy
Antoine Drouot
Dominique Vandamme
Étienne Maurice Gérard
Georges Mouton

Prussia:
Gebhard von Blücher
Graf von Gneisenau
Graf von Zieten
Ludwig von Pirch
Johann von Thielmann

Wikipedia:

The Battle of Ligny was fought on 16 June 1815, 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, near Ligny in present-day Belgium. The battle resulted in a tactical victory for the French, but the bulk of the Prussian army survived the battle in good order and played a role two days later at the Battle of Waterloo, having been reinforced by Prussian troops who had not participated at Ligny. The battle of Ligny was the last victory in Napoleon's military career.