Talk:Battle of Camarón

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At the start of the article is says over two thousand Mexican soldiers, the channel 4 article also says this but the middle of the article says "a Mexican Army force of 1,600 soldiers (600 cavalry & 1,000 infantry)" and the French Foreign Legion article says over a thousand men not two thousand. Obviously both the article should stick to one estimate of the troop value. What should be done about this? Catzdan 18:56, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello guys. Last week I went for the 185 ceebration of the battle in Camaron Mexico. Yes, its spelled Camaron, not Cameron, a comon mistake. I talked to an elderly man, who kept all the detaills of the battle from generation to generation, here is what I foun out:

-The mexicans were apparently 600+ , as like the old man told me, it was imposible to rally 2000 man in such quik time in those times.

-They were taken coffe when the legion was attacked.

-Apparently, since the legion never surrenders, they faught to death, but, one man (who later told the story)"played dead" and was taking along with all the wounded to another hacienda, were some old lady took care of them. He then left and told the story.

Thats what the old man told me :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrien Chatillon (talk • contribs)

[edit] Capitaine Danjou

The article says that Capitaine Danjou took command because there were no other officers, then goes on to list the other two officers. Is this a disconnect? Did he bring them with him or were there two officers there but he took command anyway? CsikosLo (talk) 16:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Casualties

I lack the expertise to meddle with this article, but much of its content seems too legendary to be fully believed, and it's hard to feel confidence in an article like this when a little web searching turns up a roster of the French participants in the battle in which the casualty figures are widely at variance with the info offered here. Wikipedia claims that out of 65 men, 59 were killed, 3 taken prisoner, and 3 wounded men escaped by pretending to be dead. The roster at http://www.lalegionetrangere.fr/compagnie_camerone.php , however, says that of 65 men, 31 were killed in action, 9 died later of wounds, 24 were kept as prisoners (17 of whom were wounded), and 1 wounded man named Casimir Lai was left for dead but later recovered. That's quite a discrepancy.... 69.227.126.47 19:48, 29 May 2007 (UTC)