Talk:Battle of Nivelle

If anyone could find and insert/leave an address for that picture on this article that would be greatly appriciated.

Hamilton
Who is the Hamilton referred to in this article? There have been very many people with that name, but I haven't yet found one who was a commander of Portuguese troops in the Peninsular Wars. --Russ (talk) 11:44, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook. StAnselm (talk) 22:38, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Field works
Some time ago I discussed the field works involved in this battle on talk:Trench warfare. I am copying the quote here so that the information is available for the further development of this article.

At the moment the article is terse on its description of the fortifications that were involved in this battle: "Arrayed in front of the course of the River Nivelle whose route was marked by a series of hills on which the French had built strong defensive positions or redoubts." Yet the fortifications were very substantial and are crucial for understanding the battle:


 * According to this source Wellington attacked with about 85,000 men and Marshal Soult had about 70,000. The front stretched from the sea to Ainhoa, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the Atlantic which is a distance of about 12.5 mi.
 * According to this source Wellington attacked with about 85,000 men and Marshal Soult had about 70,000. The front stretched from the sea to Ainhoa, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the Atlantic which is a distance of about 12.5 mi.

-- PBS (talk) 17:22, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Biased POV on terms for designate the Allies
The articles cites extensively only "The British" as the definition for the Allies. The army was composed of three countries, so using the term British is imprecise. These armies fought from Portugal to France as Allied nations. The sources are correct, but the words should be revised, and the Portuguese forces were official troops, not rebels. IF the editor was the one who changed the words (And not the original sources labeled it that way), that needs immediate improvement. In other articles the term Allies is used, this is the only one i saw that kind of situation.177.36.190.42 (talk) 17:50, 27 September 2021 (UTC)