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[edit]"half of his supply of gold Spanish coins." Please change to "half of his supply of Spanish gold coins."
Commanding officers
[edit]Shouldn't Baron von Steuben be listed as well? I wanted to add him, but couldn't find the country data for Prussia. SureStrike1943 (talk) 13:21, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- He is already listed. He was not acting as a representative of Prussia. Cinderella157 (talk) 22:36, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Whoops, my bad. Didn't see him. I'm new to Wiki editing, and thought that the flags should symbolize their country of origin. SureStrike1943 (talk) 13:30, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
"German battle"?
[edit]The first sentence of this article states that the Siege is also known as "the German battle because of the presence of Germans in all three armies." There are no sources that establish this as an English naming convention, and I have certainly never heard it myself. It may be described as such in the German language, but as per Wikipedia:Article titles, this should not be included in the introduction. I have no issue with it being mentioned in the body of the article, but including it in the introduction is misleading at best. I would recommend removing it. Any opposition? 15:59, 26 September 2023 (UTC) XenoTalk|Contributions 15:59, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
- If it isn't supported by sources, we don't include. Cinderella157 (talk) 00:48, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
French strength is ignoring its main (naval) component
[edit]It is surprising that French naval commander is mentioned... but not its troops. De Grasse's fleet was made of "37 ships including 28 ships-of-the-line, (large battleships), 7 frigates and 2 cutters" - which is around 30,000 men by the standards of this era. For instance, in 1780, French ship of the line Invincible had a complement of 1,055 men https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/French_ship_Invincible_(1780) ; and French ship of the line Royal Louis had a complement of 1,150 men https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/French_ship_Royal_Louis_(1780)
Strength should be corrected to reflect that France deployed around 40,000 men at the siege of Yorktown - not 10,000. 2A01:E0A:904:D3A0:9453:F6B6:4E8:1A3B (talk) 00:04, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Dot point
[edit]Mr. Information1409, my apologies. I must have misread the edit that correctly removed the dot-point. Cinderella157 (talk) 01:22, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
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