Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 29 ga Maris, Napoléon ya sanya shi a matsayin shugaban hukumar da ke da alhakin sanya jami'an rabin albashi kuma a ranar 7 ga Yuni an ba shi umurnin rundunar sojojin 11th, rundunar sojojin 3rd, Armée du Nord. Ya yi yaƙi a Ligny a ranar 16 ga Yuni, inda aka harbe dokinsa daga ƙarƙashinsa, kuma bayan da Habert ya ji rauni sosai a Wavre
ya karbi umurnin rundunarsa. Ya kori rundunar Prussian guda takwas daga tsaunuka a Bierges. A ranar 20 ga Yuni, Dominique Vandamme ya sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan wasu rundunonin sojoji biyu kuma ya umurce shi da ya dakatar da abokan gaba don sayen lokaci ga Marshal Grouchy don ɗaukar matsayi a Dinant - wannan ya haifar da mummunan yaƙi a ƙarƙashin ganuwar Namur wanda aka sake kashe doki na Berthezène a ƙarƙashinsa.