Battle of Quatre Bras

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The Battle of Quatre Bras was an 1815 engagement in present-day Belgium where Anglo-Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington checked Marshal Ney’s French army two days before Waterloo, helping to thwart Napoleon’s final campaign.

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Battle of Quatre Bras canonical 29
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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Brunswick ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Nassau ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
campaignObjective prevent French breakthrough towards Brussels ⓘ
casualtiesApproximate over 4,000 Anglo-Allied casualties ⓘ
over 4,000 French casualties ⓘ
commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Marshal Michel Ney ⓘ
linked to: Michel Ney

William, Prince of Orange ⓘ
commanderSide Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington – Anglo-Allied forces ⓘ
Marshal Michel Ney – French forces ⓘ
linked to: Michel Ney
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
date 16 June 1815 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Battle of Wavre ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
location Quatre Bras ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
notableUnit British 5th Division ⓘ
Brunswick Corps ⓘ
linked to: Hanoverian Army

French II Corps ⓘ
French Kellermann’s cavalry corps ⓘ
French Reille’s corps ⓘ
Netherlands 2nd Division ⓘ
opponent Anglo-Allied army ⓘ
French Armée du Nord ⓘ
opponentCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Marshal Michel Ney ⓘ
linked to: Michel Ney
partOf Hundred Days ⓘ
Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
precededBy French invasion of the Low Countries (1815) ⓘ
result strategic Anglo-Allied success ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
significance checked Marshal Ney’s advance towards Brussels ⓘ
key preliminary action to the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
simultaneousWith Battle of Ligny ⓘ
strategicEffect enabled Wellington to concentrate his army for Waterloo ⓘ
helped thwart Napoleon’s final campaign ⓘ
prevented Marshal Ney from seizing the crossroads at Quatre Bras ⓘ
terrainFeature road junction of Quatre Bras ⓘ
surrounding farmland and woods ⓘ
year 1815 ⓘ

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Napoleonic Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Hundred Days → significantBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo → precededBy → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition → hasPart → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Battle of Ligny → simultaneousWith → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Battle of Ligny → relatedTo → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Les Cent-Jours → keyBattle → Battle of Quatre-Bras ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Quatre Bras
Waterloo Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Michel Ney → participatedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
British 3rd Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
British 5th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Quatre Bras → siteOf → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Netherlands 2nd Division → notableBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
French Reille’s corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Napoleon’s return from Elba → chronologicallyBefore → Battle of Quatre-Bras ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Quatre Bras
William, Prince of Orange → notableEvent → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
French Armée du Nord → engagedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Peregrine Maitland → battle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
42nd Regiment of Foot → foughtIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
95th Rifles → notableEngagement → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Michel Ney → participatedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal Ney
73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot → engagement → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d’Erlon → notableBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
III Corps → participatedInBattle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Sir Thomas Picton → conflict → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Perponcher’s Division → battle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Willem Frederik van Bylandt → conflict → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
I Corps (Anglo-Allied Army) → participatedIn → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Bylandt’s Brigade → battle → Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ