Talk:Battle of Smolensk (1812)

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Was there another battle in 1813?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 00:01, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Another battle in 1813, or another battle in Smolensk in 1813? (I made this page).User:Ashdown ^Talk 00:01, 09 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There were several Napoleonic battles in 1813 but nione took place in Russia. By 1813 the field of operations had transferred to Germany (Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden, Katzbach, Kulm, Leipzig, Hanau,...) and Spain. There are however two other battles of Smolensk known to history. They took place during WWII and are consultable in the following articles:

---fdewaele, 12 June 2006, 14:25 (CET)

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Whilst I found the article very interesting, particularly given how often foreign troops attacked the city, I've reworded it, keeping all the original factual content and adding additional links, e.g. co-ordinates, the cathedral etc. and correcting possible mis-tranlations. Please feel free to correct any errors. JRPG (talk) 15:10, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy

I note there is huge variation in the the casualties given, as usual both sides appear to downplay them. I can't read Russian but this needs to be resolved as the summary contradicts the main text. JRPG (talk) 16:21, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The 14000 number certainly doesn't seem to come from a reliable source, a website selling physical references (books and dvds) and not actually a source of information itself. I am, therefor, removing it, as it doesn't seem to fit with what anyone is saying (I'd bet even one of their own books that they are selling). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.112.19.122 (talk) 07:14, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and the artillery numbers should be checked by someone, 'cause it says "Grande Armée, supported by two hundred artillery pieces" but states in the summary only 84, even if they had of borrowed all of Russia's 108 they're short of two hundred.