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
* I Corps: GD Drouet d'Erlon (Corps not engaged)
1st Division, GB Quiot
2nd Division, GD Donzelot
7th Infantry Division, GD Girard âÂÂ
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
20th Division, GD Jeanin
III Cavalry Corps: GD Kellermann (at Quatre Bras, except:)
:11th Division, GD l'Héritier
IV Cavalry Corps: GD Milhaud
:14th Cavalry Division, GD 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
1st Brigade, Major-General von Steinmetz
2nd Brigade, Major-General Pirch II
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
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
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
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