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December 15, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
January 9, 2010	WikiProject A-class review	Approved

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 23, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that after fighting in six wars throughout Europe and Russia, General Hotze (pictured) was killed within 32 km (20 miles) of his birthplace on 25 September 1799 at the Second Battle of Zurich?

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First sentence

The first sentence should immediately establish notability, but it doesn't. How about mentioning that he was a Swiss military man upfront? Hekerui (talk) 16:19, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Fixed. Auntieruth55 (talk) 18:18, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]