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: 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: GD Drouet d'Erlon (Corps not engaged) 1st Division, GB Quiot 2nd Division, GD Donzelot

II Corps: GD Reille (at Quatre Bras, except:) 7th Infantry Division, GD Girard †

III Corps: GD Vandamme 8th Infantry Division, GD Lefol 10th Infantry Division, GD Habert 11th Infantry Division, GD Berthezène 3rd Cavalry Division, GD Domon

IV Corps: GD Gérard 12th Infantry Division, GD Pécheux 13th Infantry Division, GD Vichery 14th Infantry Division, GD Hulot Cavalry reserve, GD Jacquinot

VI Corps: GD Mouton-Lobau (Corps not engaged) 20th Division, GD Jeanin

Cavalry reserve: Marshal Grouchy 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

I Corps, commander: Lieutenant-General von Zieten 1st Brigade, Major-General von Steinmetz 2nd Brigade, Major-General Pirch IIGeorg 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" 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, commander: Lieutenant-General von Pirch I 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, 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 Quatre Bras order of battle Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign

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References

Further reading French Order of battle of Ligny Prussian Order of battle of Ligny