<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - U-Exelmans wayalwa ukuba agcine uhlangothi lwesokudla ngesikhathi seMpi yaseLigny ngoJuni 16. Ngomhla ka-17, wabika ngokunembile isikhundla samaPrussian angu-20 000 eGembloux, kodwa akakwazanga ukuphazamisa ukuhoxa kwawo, njengoba ayenamahhashi angu-3 000 kuphela. Ngalolo suku, ibutho lakhe labekwa ngaphansi komyalo kaMarshal Emmanuel de Grouchy. NgoJuni 18 no-19 eMpini yaseWavre  <response>: Iqembu lika-Exelmans lalinendima encane kuphela. Phakathi nokulwa ngomhlaka 19, uStrolz wabamba uhlangothi olungakwesobunxele kakhulu ogwini olusentshonalanga yoMfula iDyle kuyilapho uChastel ayebheke uhlangothi olungakwesokudla kakhulu ogwini olusempumalanga. Kwaba nokushayisana eNamur ngomhlaka-20 lapho i-20th Dragoon Regiment ye-II Cavalry Corps yayibandakanyeka khona. 