Thank you to everyone for their kind comments. The action is intensifying as the forces get to grips with each other.
Timeline 3.30PM
7th Infantry Division , Lieutenant -general Baron Jean-Baptiste Girard closes on St, Amand La Haie and the Ferme La Haie.



11th French Infantry Division, Lieutenant-general Baron Pierre Berthezene, begin to outflank St. Amand .

2nd Prussian Brigade, Generalmajor Otto Karl von Pirch 11 is ordered to support the Prussian forces engaged at St. Amand and St. Amand la Haie.

Fighting intensifies at St. Amand with street and house to house combat.


12th French Division, Lieutenant-general Baron Louis Marc-Nicholas Percheux storms the barricades at the Ferme d’en Haut in Ligny.

8th Prussian Brigade, Generalmajor Karl August von Bose moves to reinforce Ligny village along with elements of 3rd Prussian Brigade, Generalmajor Freidrich Wilhelm von Jagow.


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