Provided by André Bodart. THANKS, André!!
"Napoléon left from Paris on the 12 June and arrived in Charleroi on the 15; on the 16 June there was 60,000 French soldiers and 90,000 Prussian soldiers of BLÜCHER in Ligny area; the battle began at 3 PM (15 h) till the night and Napoléon won. He fought Blücher, beat a retreat, and he didn't follow him....you know the end of the story; instead he joined Wellington in the area of Waterloo."
"That march exists since 1965 (150 anniversary); each year in June to "commemorate" the battle. There are a "company" of "soldiers" from Ligny and from other towns which march past. The uniforms are "a exacta repliqua" [exact replica] except their watches or glasses.........."
Note: André's principal language is French.
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