Talk:Battle of Wagram

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[edit] Paintings

I have a 1902 history book with a b/w reproduction of a painting in it of Napoleon at Wagram, by Horace Vernet. If this article gets longer, and could use another painting, please give me a holler on my talk page, and I'll scan it and post it.--Bcrowell 00:59, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Largest battle in history?

I cut this claim:

(indeed it was the largest battle in world history up until that time)

since it's very hard to substantiate this sort of claim. There are a lot of older battles that are claimed to be larger (cf. Battle of Red Cliffs). Of course, the older claims are likely to be exaggerated, but it would take a lot of effort to sort through the many claims and adjust them; so this kind of debate is best moved to its own article. In the case of naval battles, where there were similar claims, a separate page was created to handle the issue; see Largest naval battle in history. Gdr 12:23, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I'd stay away from that claim like the plague, Leipzig happened 5 years later and was larger by a fair bit. Tirronan 22:22, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article needs a rewrite

This article is too brief for such a significant battle and also doesn't cite enough sources. I propose to rewrite it over the next few months using, as well as Chandler, Rothenburg and Hollins as sources. Contributions and critique welcome, and when we have it stable, I will put it up for GA review. Tirailleur 11:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I'll add to this as soon as I get a couple of decent books on the subject. The inline citation is totally lacking though I think its a good article. You are right this deserves a far more detailed article but there will be difficulties as with Battle of Waterloo in getting decent sources, from what I remember in my readings on this in the past I half expected Napoleon to walk on water parting the river with a wave of his hand. The truth is often far uglier and much more human. Tirronan 22:20, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Why not try the two books on the 1809 campaign by James R. Arnold? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.66.226.95 (talk) 12:07, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

If I can find them. For now I am using Chandler, Hollins and Rothenberg. Tirailleur 12:23, 23 October 2007 (UTC)