Waterloo Campaign: Ligny through Wavre to Waterloo Waterloo Campaign: Ligny through Wavre to Waterloo After their defeat at the Battle of Ligny (16 June 1815) the Prussians successfully disengaged and withdrew to north to Wavre where they reorganised and then three corps advanced westward to attack the right flank of the French army at the Battle of Waterloo. The French were desultory in the aftermath of Ligny. Napoleon wasted the morning of 17 June by taking a late breakfast and going to see the previous day's battlefield before organising a pursuit of the two Coalition armies. He took the reserves and marched with Marshal Ney in pursuit
Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign This is the complete order of battle for the four major battles of the Waterloo Campaign. L'Armée du Nord under the command of Emperor Napoleon I.<br> "Major Général" (Chief of Staff): Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia.<br> Commander of artillery: General of Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty.<br> Field commanders under the direct command of Emperor Napoleon: Combined British, Dutch and Hanoverian forces were under the supreme command of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The Order of Battle included below reflects all units of the Anglo-allied Army including those that were not present for