Talk:Battle of Aspern-Essling

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[edit] With a colour in his hand

" ...the Archduke brought up his last reserve, himself leading on his soldiers with a colour in his hand. "

I believe Archduke Karl himself said in later years that this was a myth ("Do you know how heavy regimental colors are?") and that the statue on the Heldenplatz showing him holding the colour along in a single hand is a part of the exaggeration. --StanZegel (talk) 21:05, 12 February 2006 (UTC)