Battle of Ligny order of battle
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.
- Imperial guard,[1] commander: Marshal Mortier (absent); aide-major-général (second-in-command): GD Drouot
- Old Guard Division GD Friant
- Middle Guard Division, GD Morand
- Young Guard Division, GD Duhesme
- Heavy Cavalry Division, GD Guyot
* I Corps,[2] commander: GD Drouet d'Erlon (Corps not engaged)
- II Corps[2] commander: GD Reille (at Quatre Bras, except:)
- 8th Infantry Division, GD Lefol
- 10th Infantry Division, GD Habert
- 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
- VI Corps,[2] commander: GD Mouton-Lobau (Corps not engaged)
- 20th Division, GD Jeanin
- III Cavalry Corps, commander: GD Kellermann (at Quatre Bras, except:)
- 11th Division, GD l'Héritier
- IV Cavalry Corps, commander: GD Milhaud
- 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
- I Corps,[3] commander: Lieutenant-General von Zieten
- 1st Brigade, Major-General von Steinmetz
- 2nd Brigade, Major-General Pirch II[a]
- 3rd Brigade, Major-General Jagow
- 4th Brigade major, general Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Reserve Cavalry, Lieutenant-General von Röder
- 1st brigade, von Teskow
- 2nd brigade, von Lützow
- Reserve artillery, von Lehmann
- II Corps,[3] commander: Lieutenant-General von Pirch I[a]
- 5th Brigade, Major-General von Tippelskirch
- 6th Brigade, Major-General von Krafft
- 7th Brigade, Major-General von Brause
- 8th Brigade, Major-General Bose
- Reserve Cavalry Major-General of Cavalry, von Wahlen-Jürgass
- 1st brigade, von Thümen
- 2nd brigade, von Schulenburg
- 3rd brigade, von Sohr
- Reserve artillery, von Röhl
- III Corps,[3] Lieutenant-General von Thielmann
- 9th brigade, von Borcke
- 10th Brigade, von Kämpffen
- 11th Brigade, von Luck
- 12th Brigade, von Stülpnagel
- Reserve Cavalry Major-General von Hobe
- 1st brigade, von der Marwitz
- 2nd brigade, von Lottum
- Reserve artillery, von Mohnhaupt
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch: "Pirch I", the use of Roman numerals being used in Prussian service to distinguish officers of the same name, in this case from his brother, two years his junior, Otto Karl Lorenz von Pirch "Pirch II"
- ^ Pigeard 2005, pp. 518–520.
- ^ a b c d e f Pigeard 2004, p. 475.
- ^ a b c Pigeard 2004, pp. 475–476.
References
- Pigeard, Alain (2004), Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon, Tallandier Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, ISBN 2-84734-073-4
- Pigeard, Alain (2005), La Garde Impériale, Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, ISBN 2-84734-177-3