Ligny order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Ligny 16 June 1815. The numbers following each unit is the approximate strength of that unit.

French Army

L'Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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

Reserves

The Reserve came under the direct command of Napoleon Bonaparte.

* Imperial guard (14,949):Old Guard (infantry) General of Division Friant (8,089):Young Guard (infantry) Duhesme (6,860)

* II. Corps Reille (at Quatre Bras, except:):7th Infantry Division General of Division Girard (3,941)

* III. Corps Vandamme (16,128):8th Infantry Division Lefol (5,023):10th Infantry Division Habert (5,439):11th Infantry Division Berthezène (4,468):3th Cavalry Division Domon (1,198)

* IV Corps Gérard (14,798):12th Infantry Division Pécheux (4,689):13th Infantry Division Vichery (4,037):14th Infantry Division Hulot (4,138):7th Light Cavalry Division Maurin (1,934)

* IV Cavalry Corps Milhaud (2,701) (Kürassiere):13th Cavalry Division Wathier (1,141):14th Cavalry Division Delort (1,560)

"In the advance"
* "VI Corps Lieutenant-General Lobau"

Right wing

Marshal Grouchy

* I Cavalry Corps Lieutenant-General Pajol (2,465):4th Cavalry Division Soult (1,301):5th Cavalry Division Subervie (1,164)

* II Cavalry Corps Lieutenant-General Exelmans (3,332):9th Cavalry Division Strolz (1,606):10th Cavalry Division Chastel (1,726)

Left wing

"Marshal Ney (at the Battle of Quatre Bras)"
*"II Corps Lieutenant-General Reille"
*"III Cavalry Corps Kellermann"
*"Light Cavalry Division of the Imperial Guard Lèfebvre-Desnouëttes"

"Between Quatre Bras and Ligny"
*" I Corps marshal Drouet d'Erlon"

Prussian Army

Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

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

* I Corps Lieutenant-General von Zieten (29,096):1st Brigade Major-General von Steinmetz (7,835):2nd Brigade Major-General Pirch II [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/Prussia/Commanders/Pirch.html 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, seven years his junior, Otto Karl Lorenz" 'Pirch II'] (6,876):3rd Brigade Major-General Jagow (6,698):4th Brigade major general Henckel von Donnersmarck (4,106):Reserve Cavalry Lieutenant-General von Röder (2,865):Reserve artillery Major von Rentzell (716)

* II Corps Lieutenant-General von Pirch I (30,026):5th Brigade Major-General von Tippelskirch (6,498):6th Brigade Major-General Kraft (6,334):7th Brigade Major-General von Brause (6,353):8th Brigade Major-General Bose (6,072):Reserve Cavalry Major-General of election von Wahlen-Jürgass (4,069):Reserve artillery Major Lehmann (700)

* III Corps Lieutenant-General von Thielmann (23,544):9th Brigade Major-General Borcke (6,557):10th Brigade Colonel von Kemphen (4,130):11th Brigade Colonel von Luck (4,201):12th Brigade Colonel von Stülpnagel (6,199):Reserve Cavalry Major-General of Hobe (2,038):Reserve artillery Major von Grevenitz (419)

"In the advance"
* "IV Corps General von Bülow (advancing from the direction of Lüttich)"

ee also

* Quatre Bras order of battle
* Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign

References

Further reading

* [http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/French_Order_of_Battle_Ligny.htm French Order of battle of Ligny]
* [http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Prussian_Order_of_Battle_Waterloo.html Prussian Order of battle of Ligny]