Battle of Wavre

Battle of Wavre
Part of the War of the Seventh Coalition
Date18–19 June 1815[1]
Location50°43′N 04°36′E / 50.717°N 4.600°E / 50.717; 4.600
Result See Conclusion
Belligerents
First French Empire French Empire Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Emmanuel de Grouchy
First French Empire Dominique Vandamme
First French Empire Étienne Maurice Gérard
Kingdom of Prussia 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]
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Rochefort
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Surrender of Napoleon on 15 July 1815
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Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815
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Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815
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Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815
Paris
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Champ de Mai on 1 June 1815
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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.

  1. ^ a b c d e Bodart 1908, p. 488.
  2. ^ a b c d Chandler 1999, p. 485.