Battle of Wavre

Battle of Wavre
Part of the War of the Seventh Coalition
Date 18–19 June 1815[1] Location Wavre, Belgium 50°43′N 04°36′E / 50.717°N 4.600°E / 50.717; 4.600 Result See Conclusion
Belligerents
French Empire	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Emmanuel de Grouchy Dominique Vandamme Étienne Maurice Gérard	Johann von Thielmann
Strength
32,000[1]–33,000[2] 80 guns	17,000[2]–24,000[1] 48 guns
Casualties and losses
2,500 killed, wounded or captured[2][1]	2,500 killed, wounded or captured[2][1]

Hundred Days:
Waterloo campaign

500km
300miles

Rochefort

7

Waterloo

6

5

4

3

Paris

2

Elba

1

  

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  Napoleon in command

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The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18–19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard, consisting of the Prussian III Corps under the command of General Johann von Thielmann (whose chief-of-staff was Carl von Clausewitz) and three corps of the French army under the command of Marshal Grouchy. A blocking action, this battle kept 33,000 French soldiers from reaching the Battle of Waterloo and so helped in the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.