WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Battle of Quatre Bras
Videos
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 o
The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras Jan Willem Pieneman, 1818
The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras Jan Willem Pieneman, 1818
Major-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque
Major-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque
The Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach tells the officers of his brigade to stand their ground at Quatre-Bras
The Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach tells the officers of his brigade to stand their ground at Quatre-Bras
Brunswickers during the Battle of Quatre-Bras.
Brunswickers during the Battle of Quatre-Bras.
Battle of Ligny
Videos
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
Battle of Quatre Bras
…but because Ney prevented him going to the aid of Blücher's Prussians who were fighting the French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte at Ligny it was a strategic victory for the French. Facing two armies (Wellington's arriving from the west and the Prussians under Field Marshal von Blücher…
The Battle of Ligny by Theodore Jung
The Battle of Ligny by Theodore Jung
A Prussian officer informs the Duke of Wellington – who was attending the Duchess of Richmond's ball – that the French have crossed the border at Char
A Prussian officer informs the Duke of Wellington – who was attending the Duchess of Richmond's ball – that the French have crossed the border at Charleroi and that the Prussians would concentrate their army at Ligny.
French cuirassier officer
French cuirassier officer
Ligny. The advancing French pass Napoleon. Painted by Ernest Crofts (1875). This representation shows Napoleon surrounded by his staff surveying the b
Ligny. The advancing French pass Napoleon. Painted by Ernest Crofts (1875). This representation shows Napoleon surrounded by his staff surveying the battlefield while columns of infantry advance to the front. The windmill is probably that on the heights of Naveau, which served as Napoleon's command post during the battle.