Talk:Battle of the Golden Spurs

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[edit] Weapons used

Removed: "Some infantrymen were equipped with new multi-barrel gunpowder weapons, but their impact on the outcome is questionable."

Removed as it is unsourced and sounds unlikely: 1302 is very early for any sort of gunpowder weapon in Europe, and they would have been cannons, not man-portable firearms. This isn't my area of expertise however, so if 213.54.17.19 can cite a source for this, I'd happily be corrected.--QuantumEngineer 21:50, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like bollocks to me. The most advanced weapons that I've read about in use at this battle are crossbows. ericg ✈ 06:12, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dutch spelling

I'm updating the spelling of "Vlaenderen" (old spelling, pre-WWII) to "Vlaanderen" (current spelling). Even for old books the spelling is routinely updated out here, most of us can't even read the old spelling without significant effort.

If you need a reference: any dictionary will do ;-)

213.118.140.120 18:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC)