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Contents 1 commanders 2 Archived 3 Casualties 4 Other nation involved 5 François Mignet 6 Flag icons

[edit] commanders

wouldn't the duke of wellington count as one of the commanders in the french revolutionary wars? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.228.120 (talk) 22:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archived

Look guys, this really isn't the place for an extended discussion of the Battle of Waterloo, of all things. I've archived the discussion, which at this point has absolutely nothing to do with the content of this article. john k 04:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Casualties

Could someone put some casualties figures? Even if they're rough estimates. Pretty please?

-G —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.117.157.66 (talk) 23:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Other nation involved

I think usa was involved with the french piracy war and haitian rebels in Haiti war of independance.

You know I was just gonna mention how the US fought France at the revolutionary level. However, as the war proceeded to the Napoleonic level, it joined France as an ally again in the war of 1812. So in fact, US participation changes over time and its difficult to sya whether it was an ally or enemy of France. Tourskin 19:39, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I would leave the them out. The "Quasi-War," besides being undeclared, was kind of its own little thing; at no point was the U.S. fighting alongside Britain, Holland, Spain, et al - nor was it interested (as all of France's other enemies were) in seeing the French Republic abolished and the Bourbons restored. Also, I would not exactly say that the U.S. became an ally of Napoleon later on. While they both were fighting the British from 1812-15, they were doing so independently of each other. The main goal of the U.S. government during the whole time was to remain neutral, and have its rights as a non-belligerent respected by both sides.

As for Haiti, that's probably best treated as its own separate issue, too. The Haitian slaves rose up in 1791, but did not then demand independence - just freedom from slavery. France abolished slavery there in 1793 and then the French and Haitians were pretty much on the same page for awhile. The actual Haitian war of independence took place in 1802-03, just after the French Revolutionary Wars ended. Funnyhat 05:46, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] François Mignet

Ye gods there are a lot of François Mignet excerpts in the context section. Can someone write some original content there? Not that there's anything wrong with quotations, obviously, but it seems a bit unbalanced. Shinyplasticbag 02:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

New territory for me this.. but I've created a WikiQuote link and maybe, you never know, I'll eventually shift some of the quoted material across there. Watch this space... Scoop100 20:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flag icons

Austrian bi-color incorrect for Holy Roman Empire period when Imperial Standard is used.Tttom1 (talk) 21:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)