Talk:Baron Ernst Gideon von Laudon
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[edit] Exagerrattion
Although Laudon was a brave and worthy general, it is incorrect to attribute the victory at Kunersdorf to him. In the middle of the battle Loudon and Rumyantsev led allied cavalry charge and repulsed Prussian curassiers in the center, but the battle was far from over. The counterattack by Loudon and Rumyantsev occurred BEFORE the massive cavalry attack by the entire Prussian cavalry under von Seydlitz. Besides, overall command was Saltykov’s, and Austrians (other than cavalry) were mostly in reserve. I’ll look up the references.Vitoldus44 18:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Loudon as Suvorov's teacher
This needs a source.
[edit] Later Career
According to Johann Pezzl's "Loudon's Lebensgeschichte" (1791), E.G. von Laudon did not have sons. Pezzl says that Laudon's brother's son, Baron Alexander Laudon was the heir, but not effective until Laudon's wife's death. I have a contemporary (1798) swedish translation of Pezzls book. I am not familiar with the more modern literature on Laudon, but the information of Laudon's son is very confusing. I leave the main article unaltered for the time being. S.T.T. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.239.167.85 (talk) 18:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Adding to the previous: Possible source for this confusion is another of E.G. von Laudon's brother's sons, Gideon Ernst von Laudon. (note the order of the personal names) Gideon Ernst died during the Siege of Belgrade 1789. Gideon Ernst was E.G. von Laudons first choice to become his heir but the death rectified it. S.T.T.84.239.167.85 19:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
