User talk:Filiep

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Contents 1 Military history of Puerto Rico 2 Battle of Saragossa 3 Battle of Beachy head edit 4 WikiProject France

[edit] Military history of Puerto Rico

Even though the Battle of Zaragosa was a French victory, General Antonio Valero de Bernabe was considered a heroe and was condecorated by the Spanish Crown for his actions in said battle. Therefore, please do not delete anything from this article. Thank you, Tony the Marine 10:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

However, according to http://www.paris.org/Kiosque/aug02/history.aug.html the French armies were defeated by the Austrians in the Battle of Saragossa on August 20, 1710.

[edit] Battle of Saragossa

I am puzzled what battle this might be. It can't be the battle you refer at, because it was fought 100 years earlier. I will let you know if i find something.

[edit] Battle of Beachy head edit

Hello Filiep: You added this - "The ‘white’ squadron was commanded by Victor-Marie d'Estrées" to this paragraph:

"The French Admiral divided his force into the customary three squadrons – white and blue, white, and blue pennants respectively. Tourville, aboard the Soleil Royal, commanded the centre, or ‘white’, squadron.[16] The ‘blue’ squadron in the French van was commanded by Château-Renault. The ‘white’ squadron was commanded by Victor-Marie d'Estrées."

The addition of this last sentence contradicts the second sentence ie:Tourville commanded the White squadron. Did you mean d'Estees commanded the 'white and blue' squadron, or have I got it wrong? Cheers. Raymond Palmer 18:55, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. I was very pleased with the links - I looked myself to find Chateau-Renault and Everstsen but couldn't find anything.

The third Allied commander I discover from 1911 Brittanica was Ralph Delaval. This seems to verify the fact (although I don't speak dutch):

'Beide vloten waren verdeeld in drie eskaders. In de Brits/Nederlandse vloot commandeerde luitenant-admiraal Cornelis Evertsen (1642-1706) op de Prinses Maria (92 stukken) de voorhoede, Torrington (Sovereign - 100 stukken) de hoofdmacht en vice-admiraal Ralph Delaval (St. Andrew - 100 stukken) de achterhoede. Aan Franse zijde leidde luitenant-generaal Francois-Louis Rouselet de Chateau-Renault (1637-1716) op de Dauphain Royal van 100 stukken de voorhoede, Tourville op Le Soleil Royal (100 stukken) het centrum en vice-admiraal Victor Marie D’Estrees (1660-1737) de achterhoede.'[1]

There's no article for him (at least I couldn't find one).

Keep up the good work. Raymond. Raymond Palmer 18:07, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Filiep to replying to my not so subtle hint about Ralph Delaval. If we can't find enough info to write a stub for him, well nevermind. He shall stay a red-link. Thanks for your help. If you you need any help in the future don't hesitate to ask - I have quite alot of books on the period. Are you Dutch? Your English is excellent. Raymond Palmer 15:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Filiep, someones written a Ralph Delaval article :) Raymond Palmer 18:04, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

It looks like Sir Ralph Delaval, 2nd Baronet is not our Admiral Ralph Delaval. There's a reply from another user at the bottom of my talk page who seems to know about these things. It's all very confusing at times ;) Cheers for now. Raymond

[edit] WikiProject France

Hello! We are a group of editors working to improve the quality of France related articles. You look like someone who might be interested in joining us in the France WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you in our project :-) STTW (talk) 18:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject France is a relatively new and we need new members to help is various departments one of them being Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Assessment. If you feel interested you could add your name to the list of members. Happy editing, STTW (talk) 20:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)