Ligny order of battle

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, commander: 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, commander: GD Drouet d'Erlon (Corps not engaged)

1st Division, GB Quiot 2nd Division, GD Donzelot

II Corps commander: GD Reille (at Quatre Bras, except:)

7th Infantry Division, GD Girard †

III Corps commander: GD Vandamme

8th Infantry Division, GD Lefol 10th Infantry Division, GD Habert 11th Infantry Division, GD Berthezène 3rd Cavalry Division, GD Domon

IV Corps Gérard

12th Infantry Division, GD Pécheux 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: Marshal Grouchy

III Cavalry Corps, commander: GD Kellermann (at Quatre Bras, except:) IV Cavalry Corps, commander: GD Milhaud

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 II 3rd Brigade, Major-General Jagow 4th Brigade major, general Henckel von Donnersmarck Reserve Cavalry, Lieutenant-General von Röder 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 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 Reserve artillery, von Mohnhaupt