Talk:Hougoumont

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From the second paragraph: ... second battalion of the regiment of foot guards, part of General Byng's Brigade of Guards ...

An earlier version capitalized foot ("Foot guards") in the first portion, and then guards ("brigade of Guards") in the second portion.

The phrase "foot guards" seemed to refer to a type of regiment, not a particular regiment, so I decapitalized the word foot in my recent edit.

Brigade of Guards may be a proper name; I capitalized brigade in my recent edit, but that may also be incorrect.

Someone more familiar with the forces that participated in the battle would be better-equipped to determine which of these should be capitalized, if any. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Warpflyght (talk • contribs) 02:49, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

The edits seem fine to me and as the original author I am glad that at least one other person has read it :-) --Philip Baird Shearer 08:31, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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The farm is called Hougoumont. Thundercloud 14:54, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I am rereading Victor Hugo's 'Les Misearables' In his description of Waterloo he indicates that the origins of Hougumont were by an old saxon lord Hugo. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.187.10.31 (talk) 04:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)