Ligny order of battle explained

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

French Army

L'Armée du Nord (68,000 men) under the command of Emperor Napoleon I.

Major Général (Chief of staff): Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult.

Old Guard Division GD Friant

Middle Guard Division, GD Morand

Young Guard Division, GD Duhesme

Heavy Cavalry Division, GD Guyot

1st Division, GB Quiot

2nd Division, GD Donzelot

7th Infantry Division, GD Girard

8th Infantry Division, GD Lefol

11th Infantry Division, GD Berthezène

3rd Cavalry Division, GD Domon

12th Infantry Division, GD Pécheux

13th Infantry Division, GD Vichery

14th Infantry Division, GD Hulot

Cavalry reserve, GD Jacquinot

20th Division, GD Jeanin

III Cavalry Corps, commander: GD Kellermann (at Quatre Bras, except:)

11th Division, GD l'Héritier

14th Cavalry Division Delort

Prussian Army

Prussian Army (84,000 men), under the command of Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Lieutenant-General (Chief of staff): August von Gneisenau

2nd Brigade, Major-General Pirch II[1]

1st brigade, von Teskow

2nd brigade, von Lützow

Reserve artillery, von Lehmann

8th Brigade, Major-General Bose

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

1st brigade, von der Marwitz

2nd brigade, von Lottum

Reserve artillery, von Mohnhaupt

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/Prussia/Commanders/Pirch.html Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch