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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:29, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
... that during the Napoleonic Wars Donat Henchy O'Brien(pictured) escaped French captivity at Bitche and rejoined the Royal Navy at Trieste? "14 Sept. 1808, succeeded in effecting a flight; truly wonderful in Its history, from the famed fortress of Bitche.[1] Reaching Trieste in the following Nov., he contrived, with two friends (one of them the present Lieut. Maurice Hewson), to get on board a boat belonging to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste," from: "O'Brien, Donat Henchy". A Naval Biographical Dictionary. WikiSource. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Reviewed: To follow
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC).
Meets all criteria. Looks good.-Esprit15d • talk • contribs 15:57, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
I haven't provided a QPQ yet - Dumelow (talk) 16:25, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
I don't believe that is mandatory to be approved, just strongly encouraged, except in the case were someone has nominated 5 hooks.–Esprit15d • talk • contribs 16:45, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Esprit15d, please be specific about the individual criteria that you checked in your new review, given that your "meets all criteria" was not correct. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:19, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
I haven't provided a QPQ yet - Dumelow (talk) 16:25, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
The pic is kinda drab. (t · c) buidhe 05:05, 20 November 2020 (UTC)