Battle of Ligny (1815)

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_d'_Erlon
gptkbp:aftermath Contributed to the defeat at Waterloo
gptkbp:casualties approximately 40,000
gptkbp:combat_role Ligny village
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Prussia
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkb:Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Blücher
gptkbp:date June 16, 1815
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Waterloo
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
gptkbp:historical_impact Influenced the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo
gptkbp:historical_significance Marked the last major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.
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)
gptkbp:involved_forces Around 68,000 French troops
Around 84,000 Prussian troops
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in Memorials in Belgium
gptkbp:key_event French cavalry charges
Blücher's counterattack
French attack on Prussian positions
Prussian withdrawal to Wavre
gptkbp:landscape Flat farmland
gptkbp:legacy Study of Napoleonic tactics
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ligny,_Belgium
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
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Waterloo_Campaign
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Quatre_Bras
gptkbp:result French victory
gptkbp:significance Last major battle before Waterloo
gptkbp:strategic_importance Disrupted Prussian forces
Temporary French dominance in the region
gptkbp:tactics Napoleonic warfare
gptkbp:weather_conditions Rainy conditions