Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Action of 13 January 1797

Action of 13 January 1797

An article on the infamous action in which Edward Pellew, commanding two frigates, drove a French ship of the line onto the Biscay coast, destroying it and killing 1,000 French sailors and soldiers. The article has passed GA a while back and I am interested in taking it to FA fairly soon. Please let me know what improvements are needed. All comments welcome.--Jackyd101 (talk) 10:45, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nudve

Looks very good to me. A couple of issues do come to mind:

Dates and times: It seems that the battle went on well into January 14. I think that should be mentioned in the infobox, and probably the lead section as well. Also, perhaps "AM" and "PM" should be added to specific times, to avoid confusion.

The Aftermath section begins with "French casualties are hard to calculate exactly". This sounds weird. Is it necessary?

Cheers, Nudve (talk) 09:42, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, I think I've dealt with the issues above.--Jackyd101 (talk) 12:33, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nigel Ish

Just one thing came to mind on reading the article. In the section on the Battle, it first says "Pellew also knew, however, that the ocean was too disturbed to allow Lacrosse to open his lower gunports without the risk that heavy waves would enter them and cause the Droits de l'Homme to founder" ... but then says "Unknown to Pellew, the French ship was in fact totally unable to open her lower deck gunports during the action". This could probably do with being clarified.Nigel Ish (talk) 17:21, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou, I think I've dealt with this.--Jackyd101 (talk) 13:16, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]