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Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
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Battle of Ligny
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium. The result was a tactical victory for the French, but the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Quatre Bras
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later. The battle took place near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras and was contested between elements of the Duke of Wellington's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Waterloo
1815 battle of the Napoleonic Wars
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Imperial Army under the command of Napoleon I was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition. One was a British-led force with units from the United…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)