Talk:Battle of Ekeren

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A few years ago, the local history society of Ekeren did an exhibition about the Battle of Ekeren. Contrary to what is said in this article, they said that after the battle, the victory wasn't very clear at all.

It also appears as if this article was written after only one source; it could probably use some extra sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.144.77.46 (talk) 11:48, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article is biased. I have found two dutch sources who give a totally different view of the battle. Firt of all J.W. Wijn, in het Staatsche Leger and second an article, now published on-line in 'Mars et Historia' http://www.marsethistoria.nl/pdf/Jaargang%2007/Mars-j07-n03.pdf . The pdf file has a very detailed OOB, casualty list, and literature in Dutch and French. Basically the articles blame Marlborough for the isolation of the Dutch forces, who were outnumbered two to one, as Marlborough misinterpreted the French intentions. The States's troops were isolated but managed to brake out, inflicting double casualties on the French and capturing more French flags than the French. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.161.254.231 (talk) 07:16, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]