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French Army
L'Armée du NordL'Armée du Nord
The Army of the North or Armée du Nord is a name given to several historical units of the French Army. The first was one of the French Revolutionary Armies that fought with distinction against the First Coalition from 1792 to 1795...
(68,000 men) under the command of Emperor
Emperor of the French
The Emperor of the French was the title used by the Bonaparte Dynasty starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title Emperor on 18 May 1804 by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French on 02 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, in Paris with the Crown of...
Napoleon I.
Major Général (Chief of staff): Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult
Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia , the Hand of Iron, was a French general and statesman, named Marshal of the Empire in 1804. He was one of only six officers in French history to receive the distinction of Marshal General of France...
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- Imperial guard, commander: Marshal MortierÉdouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph MortierÉdouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, 1st Duc de Trévise was a French general and Marshal of France under Napoleon I.-Biography:...
(absent); aide-major-général (second-in-command): GD DrouotAntoine DrouotComte Antoine Drouot was one of Napoleon's generals.Born in Nancy, France, the son of a baker, he trained as an artilleryman and took part in the battles of the French Revolution where he rose through the ranks....
- Old Guard Division GD Friant
- Middle Guard Division, GD MorandCharles Antoine MorandCharles Antoine Louis Alexis Morand Comte de l'Empire, was a general of the French army army during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars...
- Young Guard Division, GD DuhesmeGuillaume Philibert DuhesmeGuillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars.-Revolution:...
- Heavy Cavalry Division, GD GuyotClaude-Étienne GuyotClaude-Étienne Guyot, count of the Empire, was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, noted for commanding cavalry.-Early career during the Revolutionary Wars:...
* I Corps, commander: GD Drouet d'Erlon
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon was a marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon's Army. D'Erlon notably commanded the I Corps of the Armée du Nord at the battle of Waterloo....
(Corps not engaged)
- 1st Division, GBBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
Quiot - 2nd Division, GD DonzelotFrançois-Xavier DonzelotBaron François-Xavier Donzelot was a French general and a Governor of the Ionian Islands and Martinique. He was the son of François Donzelot and Jeanne–Baptiste Maire and had a brother named Joseph. He became a general of the French army in March 1801. Months later, he signed the surrender...
- II Corps, commander: GD Reille (at Quatre BrasBattle of Quatre BrasThe Battle of Quatre Bras, between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left wing of the Armée du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney, was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815.- Prelude :...
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- 7th Infantry Division, GD GirardJean-Baptiste Girard (soldier)Jean-Baptiste Girard , was a French soldier, général and baron d'Empire, who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.-Biography:...
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- III Corps, commander: GD Vandamme
- 8th Infantry Division, GD Lefol
- 10th Infantry Division, GD HabertPierre-Joseph HabertPierre-Joseph Habert enlisted in the French army at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars and led a division during the Napoleonic Wars. After serving in the army from 1792 to 1797, he fought in Ireland and Egypt, rising in rank to become a colonel by 1802. Under Emperor Napoleon, he led...
- 11th Infantry Division, GD Berthezène
- 3rd Cavalry Division, GD Domon
- IV Corps Gérard
- 12th Infantry Division, GD PécheuxMarc Nicolas Louis PécheuxMarc Nicolas Louis Pécheux was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars....
- 13th Infantry Division, GD Vichery
- 14th Infantry Division, GD Hulot
- Cavalry reserve, GD Jacquinot
- VI Corps, commander: GD Mouton-Lobau (Corps not engaged)
- 20th Division, GD Jeanin
- Cavalry reserve, commander: MarshalMarshal of FranceThe Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
Grouchy
- III Cavalry Corps, commander: GD KellermannFrançois Étienne de KellermannFrancois Étienne de Kellermann, 2nd Duc de Valmy was a French cavalry general noted for his daring and skillful exploits during the Napoleonic Wars...
(at Quatre BrasBattle of Quatre BrasThe Battle of Quatre Bras, between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left wing of the Armée du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney, was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815.- Prelude :...
, except:)- 11th Division, GD l'Héritier
- IV Cavalry Corps, commander: GD Milhaud
- 14th Cavalry Division Delort
Prussian Army
Prussian Army (84,000 men), under the command of Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von BlücherGebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt , Graf , later elevated to Fürst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with the Duke of Wellington.He is...
Lieutenant-General (Chief of staff): August von Gneisenau
August von Gneisenau
August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.-Early life:...
- I Corps, commander: Lieutenant-General von Zieten
- 1st Brigade, Major-General von Steinmetz
- 2nd Brigade, Major-General 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 ThielmannJohann von ThielmannJohann Adolf Freiherr von Thielmann was a Saxon soldier who served with Saxony, Prussia and France during the Napoleonic Wars.-Biography:...
- 9th brigade, von Borcke
- 10th Brigade, von Kämpffen
- 11th Brigade, von Luck
- 12th Brigade, von Stülpnagel
- Reserve Cavalry Major-General Hobe
- 1st brigade, von der Marwitz
- 2nd brigade, von Lottum
- Reserve artillery, von Mohnhaupt
Sources
- Pigeard, Alain - „Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon”, Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, 2004, ISBN 2-84734-073-4
- Pigeard, Alain - „La Garde Impériale”, Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, ISBN 2-84734-177-3