User talk:Memnon335bc

Thanks Memnon, I'll get back to you soon. Raymond Palmer 14:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Something like this perhaps added to the end of the article:

Casualties[edit]

David G. Chandler’s, Marlborough as Military Commander and A Guide to the Battlefields of Europe, are consistent with regards to French casualty figures i.e., 12,000 dead and wounded plus 7,000 taken prisoner. James Falkner, in Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles, also notes 12,000 dead and wounded and states ‘up to 10,000’ taken prisoner. In The Collins Encyclopaedia of Military History, Dupuy puts Villeroi’s dead and wounded at 8,000, with a further 7,000 captured. John Millner’s memoirs – Compendious Journal (1733) – is more specific, recording 12,087 of Villeroi’s army were killed or wounded, with another 9,729 taken prisoner. In Marlborough, however, Correlli Barnett puts the total casualty figure as high as 30,000 – 15,000 dead and wounded with an additional 15,000 taken captive.

La Colonie omits a casualty figure in his chronicles; but in his memoirs Saint-Simon states 4,000 plus 'many prisoners of rank’. Voltaire, however, in Histoire du siecle du Louis XIV records, ‘the French lost there twenty thousand men’.

Add German sources here

Raymond Palmer 18:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was quite occupied in the German Wikipedia. Ok, I went to library yesterday. Unfortunately it was closed due construction works until next Monday. Then I can see what I can do. I know that I will find a very useful work there. It is the official history of the War of Spanish Succession in more than a dozen volumes by the Imperial Austrian General staff before WWI It was the biggest and best researched work ever written on that specific topic. It would be of great value for your article. Furthermore I know, that another big library owns some of the very raw volumes of Quincys Histoire de Guerres de Louis le Grand (1726) which is still the best French source on the topic. Even Lynn has often contributed to it. In case, we are lucky, they volume on 1706 will be among the books they have. So, I have not forgotten you, it is just, that the library is not with me right now :-) --Memnon335bc 00:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

War of Devolution[edit]

I have been reading the article on the German wikipedia and most say that I am very impressed, especially with the map. Have you had any thoughts on making a English version?

I also want to note that there is a little mistake in the article, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé was never promoted to Marshal of France. Whatever this was because his part in the Frondes or that he already was a prince of the blood, I don’t known. Carl Logan 14:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thx for the flowers :-) There was some critical voices about my map in the German Wikipedia, so I decided to make a complete new one as soon as I find the time to. Then I will have the raw material on which I could just put English writing. Are you planning to work over the article War of Devolution? --Memnon335bc 21:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Arneth[edit]

Thank you for your reply. I am currently trying to bring Prince Eugene of Savoy up to FA level. The best source for this would of course be Arneth's Prinz Eugen on Savoyen. But I don't speak German and the work has never been translated into English. I noticed that you used Arneth in your Battle of Carpi article. When I have finished the article I may ask for your help (If that's OK). You may be able (if you so desire) to check my work and, maybe, make some additions or alterations using Arneth's work. Thank you Raymond Palmer 14:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arneth's work consists of 2 vol. But it is rather old especially on the military level, it is kind of superficial. The most complete work ever puplished was Max Braubach: Prinz Eugen von Savoyen from 1963 to 1965. It consists of 5 thick volumes and is still known to be the absolute standard-work on Eugen. Both Arneth and Braubach is easy to get here and I have already worked with them. If they help you it'll be no porblem at all to get them. What i don't know is, if there is any translation of the later into English language. See you later, --Memnon335bc 15:03, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raymond Palmer (talk • contribs) 15:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Carpi[edit]

That’s interesting. As you guessed correctly, there is a dearth of English sources on this subject. The map I made is an exact copy of the map I found in Churchill’s Marlborough. The two Eugene biographies I have been using, thus far, (Nicolas Henderson and Derek McKay) also place the battle south of the Po.

If the map is wrong I wont be surprised. I have come across this problem before with regards to the Battle of Marsaglia 1693. The ‘experts’ seem to disagree where that battle took place as well. John Lynn places it between Turin and Pinerolo; Derek Mckay (at least according to the map in his book) places it east of Cuneo.

I’ve sent you an e-mail. Cheers. Raymond Palmer 17:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Memnon, just to let you know I have changed my user name, for various reasons, to Rebel Redcoat (talk) 22:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Krojanty[edit]

Hello Memnon335bc,

I am responding to the article, "Talk: Battle of Krojanty: where you said," In case someone wants to learn more about this, just let me know."

I want to learn more. Like many Americans, I suffer from the handicap of knowing only one language – English. And since the battle in question took place between Polish and German forces, I am unable to do any research about it in the native tongue of its participants.

It seems, in recent publications and Internet pages, that quantity of denials about a September 1, 1939 charge by Polish cavalry against German armor exceeds the quantity of assertions by a considerble number. However, these denials do not seem to have any more basis in solid fact than did the original assertions.

The first denial that I am able to find occurs in the book, "Bitter Glory - Poland and its Fate 1918 –1939," written in 1979 by Richard M. Watt. In it he states,

"It was during this battle for the Polish Corridor that the legendary charges of Polish cavalry against German tanks took place. These accounts apparently create a vivid and dramatic mental picture because they are events which come instantly to the mind of almost everyone who knows anything at all about this war. Actually, the "charges" of Polish lancers upon German tanks occurred in only a very few in· stances and were not really charges in a technical sense. In one case, on September 1, two squadrons of the Polish 18th Uhlans attacked a battalion of German infantry near Krojanty in the Corridor. At this precise moment German tanks and armored cars appeared. Before the Uhlans could get away, they were very roughly handled. There were a few other instances of inadvertent contact between German armor and Polish cavalry. But almost always the Polish "charge" was simply an attempt to break out of a German encirclement. The Polish cavalrymen well realized their inability to attack German armor."

Most of the denials on the Internet seem to trace back to the book "The Polish Army 1939-1945" written in 1987 by Steven Zaloga who tells a similar story with some additional detail.

Because you have studied this battle, I wonder if you could tell me where the authors Watt and Zaloga might have gotten the detailed information on which they based their denials?

Regards, Gilbert

Gjm5025 22:34, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prince Eugene[edit]

Hi Memnon, How are You? I'm, 3/4 of the way through brining Prince Eugene up to FA - see Here. How do you fancy helping me with your German sources - Arneth amd Braubach. If you are too busy or you are not interested don't worry. However, when i've finished the article will be interested in your opinion. Thankyou. Rebel Redcoat (talk) 17:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. It has been a while. I'm fine, thx for asking. Well, of cause I can look over your article. It already looks quite interesting. Maybe I can add something about the one or the other aspect with the help of Arneth, Braubach and some others. If you have questions to special details, please feel free to ask, for it is easier to look something up then comparing one article with 8 complete volumes :-) Alright, first I will read, what you have written so far. --Memnon335bc 10:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Memnon, thanks for your reply. I would be very grateful if you could verify the date of Eugene's death for me. My sources put it on 21 April, but the Encyclopædia Britannica puts the date on 24 April (the current wikipedia article also states 24th). I'm pretty sure that's wrong. If you could confirm the date as the 21st it would be a great help to me. Thanks again. Rebel Redcoat (talk) 20:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"born Oct. 18, 1663, Paris, died April 24, 1736, Vienna" [1]. Rebel Redcoat (talk) 20:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Sorry for the delay. I had not viewed this page for days. The correct date is 21st of April. I made sure I found that date in 5 of my books. Furthermore, a friend of mine is right now working on a table showing the ancestory and family bounds of the prince. It'll be finished tomorrow (so I guess). I tell her to upload an English version as well. --Memnon335bc 23:17, 21 April 2008 (UTC) P.S. This plate is finished. You can have a look on it here. Just tell me, if you're interested in it. --Memnon335bc 22:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Memnon. Thanks for clearing that up for me, that's very helpful. That table looks great. I would indeed be very interested in an english version if that's not too much trouble. Rebel Redcoat (talk) 22:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, again. The English version of the table is done. You can find it here. My friend also told me, that she's going to upload a number of pictures to Eugenes life the next days. --Memnon335bc 18:18, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you once again for your help. And thank you to your friend for the Family Tree diagram which I shall make good use of Rebel Redcoat (talk) 23:47, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Germany Invitation[edit]

Hello, Memnon335bc! I'd like to call your attention to the WikiProject Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board. I hope their links, sub-projects and discussions are interesting and even helpful to you. If not, I hope that new ones will be.

--Zeitgespenst (talk) 20:34, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.oppisworld.de/philo/piratenaz.html http://www.bertsgeschiedenissite.nl/nieuwe%20geschiedenis/17e%20eeuw/piet_heyn.htm http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/detail.aspx?page=dafb&lang=nl&id=6250

http://books.google.de/books?id=A9xIk9ULIGAC&pg=PA153&dq=Henry+II,+King+of+France+1547&hl=de&ei=Nrv0TcrmCojFswau06SqBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Henry%20II%2C%20King%20of%20France%201547&f=false

http://www.bender-verlag.de/lexikon/lexikon.php?begriff=Final+girl

http://www.negativ-film.de/2011/05/wer-will-unter-die-piraten-annaherung.html

http://books.google.de/books?id=zfGrxQBcuXgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.de/books?id=Y8_mapl_JS0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://richelieu-eminencerouge.blogspot.com/2011/05/richelieu-richelieu-musee-municipal.html

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/lg/3/0/304044.jpg

http://www.myartprints.co.uk/a/french-school/the-lifting-of-the-siege-2.html

http://www.myartprints.co.uk/a/picot-francois-edouard/the-taking-of-calais-by-f.html

http://www.myartprints.co.uk/a/french-school/marshal-louis-de-marillac.html