Statements (53)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:General_d'_Erlon
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gptkbp:aftermath |
Contributed to the defeat at Waterloo
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gptkbp:casualties |
approximately 40,000
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gptkbp:combat_role |
Ligny village
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gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Prussia |
gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkb:Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Blücher |
gptkbp:date |
June 16, 1815
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gptkbp:followed_by |
gptkb:Battle_of_Waterloo
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gptkbp:historical_analysis |
Examined in military studies
Analyzed for tactical lessons Reviewed in military strategy literature Discussed in Napoleonic history Considered in the context of European politics |
gptkbp:historical_context |
Part of the Hundred Days
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gptkbp:historical_impact |
Influenced the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo
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gptkbp:historical_significance |
Marked the last major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.
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gptkbp:historical_source |
Military records
Official reports Historical analyses Eyewitness accounts Memoirs of participants |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of Ligny (1815)
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gptkbp:involved_forces |
Around 68,000 French troops
Around 84,000 Prussian troops |
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in |
Memorials in Belgium
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gptkbp:key_event |
French cavalry charges
Blücher's counterattack French attack on Prussian positions Prussian withdrawal to Wavre |
gptkbp:landscape |
Flat farmland
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gptkbp:legacy |
Study of Napoleonic tactics
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Ligny,_Belgium
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gptkbp:military_branch |
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Prussian_Army |
gptkbp:military_strategy |
Concentration of forces
Use of artillery Infantry assaults Cavalry maneuvers |
gptkbp:notable_battle |
gptkb:Battle_of_Quatre_Bras
gptkb:Battle_of_Waterloo |
gptkbp:outcome |
Prussian retreat
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gptkbp:part_of |
gptkb:Waterloo_Campaign
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gptkbp:preceded_by |
gptkb:Battle_of_Quatre_Bras
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gptkbp:result |
French victory
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gptkbp:significance |
Last major battle before Waterloo
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gptkbp:strategic_importance |
Disrupted Prussian forces
Temporary French dominance in the region |
gptkbp:tactics |
Napoleonic warfare
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gptkbp:weather_conditions |
Rainy conditions
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