Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Waterloo Campaign started with a pre-emptive attack by the French Army of the North under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first elements of the Army of the North moved from their peace time depots on 8 June to their rendezvous point just on the French side of the Franco-Belgian border, from where they launched their pre-emptive attack on the two Coalition armies that were cantoned in Belgium—the Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army under the command of Prince Blücher.Hostilities commencement shortly after the French advanced guard crossed the border and encountered the first Coalition outposts manned by soldiers of the Prussian I Corps (Zieten's) around 03:30 on 15 June. For the rest of the day the I Corps engaged in a fighting retreat against the overwhelming force of the French Army of the North. By midnight of 15/16 July the French had advanced north and through Charleroi and in doing so successfully crossed the river Sambre, the only significant river between the French army and Brussels.At 19:00 on 15 June Marshal Ney, who had ridden up from Paris, met Napoleon near Charleroi, at the point where the road to Fleurus branches off from the one to Brussels. He was ordered to take command of the left wing of the Army of the North and press north up the Charleroi–Brussels road towards the Anglo-allied army and \"drive back the enemy\" while Napoleon would advance up the Fleurus road and do the same thing to the Prussians. The advance up the two roads continued until darkness but slowed during the evening as Coalition troops fell back on reinforcements. The French planned to renew their advance on 16 June, while the two Coalition armies planned to check them at Quatre Bras and Ligny."@en }
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- Waterloo_Campaign,_8–15_June abstract "The Waterloo Campaign started with a pre-emptive attack by the French Army of the North under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first elements of the Army of the North moved from their peace time depots on 8 June to their rendezvous point just on the French side of the Franco-Belgian border, from where they launched their pre-emptive attack on the two Coalition armies that were cantoned in Belgium—the Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army under the command of Prince Blücher.Hostilities commencement shortly after the French advanced guard crossed the border and encountered the first Coalition outposts manned by soldiers of the Prussian I Corps (Zieten's) around 03:30 on 15 June. For the rest of the day the I Corps engaged in a fighting retreat against the overwhelming force of the French Army of the North. By midnight of 15/16 July the French had advanced north and through Charleroi and in doing so successfully crossed the river Sambre, the only significant river between the French army and Brussels.At 19:00 on 15 June Marshal Ney, who had ridden up from Paris, met Napoleon near Charleroi, at the point where the road to Fleurus branches off from the one to Brussels. He was ordered to take command of the left wing of the Army of the North and press north up the Charleroi–Brussels road towards the Anglo-allied army and \"drive back the enemy\" while Napoleon would advance up the Fleurus road and do the same thing to the Prussians. The advance up the two roads continued until darkness but slowed during the evening as Coalition troops fell back on reinforcements. The French planned to renew their advance on 16 June, while the two Coalition armies planned to check them at Quatre Bras and Ligny.".