Talk:Battle of Wavre

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Is there any way to change the battle box so that the "battle after" becomes the "simultaneous battle"? Philip Baird Shearer 12:26, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Forces section is confussing

I may just be tired or not paying enough attention to this article, but I found the explanation of the number of forces to be highly erratic and hard to follow. I imagine with both armies in a general state of disarray after the previous battle exact numbers are hard to come by, but that section of numbers doesn't seem to agreed with the infobox data. Can anyone more knowledeable on this subject clarify this perhaps?

I agree I don't understand it. It needs to be simplified.--Bryson 00:08, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I replaced what had been there with this:

The French forces were commanded by Marshal Grouchy, who had command of two corps; which formed the right wing of Napoleon’s Army (in total some 33,000 troops and 80 cannons). The Prussian forces were the rear guard of Blücher’s Army placed under the command of General Thielmann who had some 17,000 troops and 48 cannons.

--Bryson 22:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I removed that section, since it was already in the previous Background section, and in more detail. Clarityfiend 03:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can anyone verify this statement?

Can anyone verify this statement? (Another source says Grouchy did not known Blücher’s forces had evaded him)--Bryson 00:08, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

At daybreak Grouchy knew that Blucher was thinning out his troops and sending the bulk of his force westward through the Bois de Paris toward distant Plancenoit

I rather doubt that Grouchy knew anything of the sort. Every book I've ever read on the campaign reveals that Grouchy was in the dark and his orders were unclear at best. He stumbled into the fight at Wavre and continued trying to win ignorant that Napoleon had lost and was in full retreat until after midnight.

Tirronan 05:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)