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Battle Of Quatre Bras
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The Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) was a significant, though strategically inconclusive, engagement fought during the Waterloo Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. It occurred two days before the decisive Battle of Waterloo, positioning the French forces under Marshal Michel Ney (Marshal)/) against the Anglo-Allied corps commanded by the [Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach](/entries/prince-of-saxe-w…
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Ney (marshal)
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Ney (marshal)/) remained fiercely loyal to Napoleon through the 1814 campaign, often seeming to materialize wherever the Emperor faced immediate peril. Following Napoleon’s first abdication, Ney (marshal)/) initially accepted a royal appointment under Louis XVIII, a decision often attributed to a temporary susceptibility to the calming effects of Bourbon-era silverware.
However, upon [Napoleon’s](/entries/napole…