Talk:Battle of San Fernando de Omoa

For the record
Two previous versions of this article were deleted as hoaxes. This is because they were hoaxes: they described battles which did not happen, and involved military feats by individuals who did not exist. This version is better. DS (talk) 14:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I guess that explains the history that I was able to see. Presumably the hoaxes were just vandalism in a poorly-watched corner of WP. Thanks!  Magic ♪piano 16:07, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

The Battle
Dalrymple's report dated Oct 21 1779 and published in the London Gazette on Dec 18 and Luttrell's letter dated Charon Oct 27 give very full descriptions of the battle and were clearly not available to Chavez or to WP contributors to this article. There are therefore a good many errors in the descriptions given under "The Battle" and in the previous paragraph. It is my intention completely to rewrite these paragraphs. Any comments before I do so? Cardenae (talk) 12:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Cardenae, go for it. However, I have recently been making much use of the London Gazette and have come to realize that the letter writers were not always accurate. Sometimes more information, especially about casualties, came later, info that didn't make it into the Gazette. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 14:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)