Talk:Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Champs de Mars massacre
"Lafayette rode into the Champ de Mars at the head of his troops to restore order, but they were met with gunshots and stones. When a dragoon went down, the soldiers fired on the crowd. Martial law was declared"

Where does this version of the events come from? The French article says (and sources) "the national guards enter the Champ-de-Mars, preceded by the drums of the national guard playing the charge, without the legal summons, ordering the demonstration to disperse, being pronounced. A shot is fired, of disputed origin" and "the national guard suffers 9 wounded, 2 die the next days." Also, martial law was declared beforehand. 2001:861:4002:AF30:3963:F6BC:BD1E:33B8 (talk) 16:01, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Rifles
I think it unlikely that in 1777 he provided 5000 rifles for the American revolution. I don't think any army of that time was using rifles consistently. They existed (the Ferguson rifle comes to mind) but were not in general use. More likely, Lafayette took a shipment of fire locks i.e. muzzleloading smoothbore muskets.

No source is given for the statement, so some digging is needed. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 13:31, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * This seems to be the source for the statement.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:55, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The word in that source is fusiles and in elementary dictionaries I have consulted a fusil is a portable longarm, including a rifle or a musket. More historical digging still needed. Errantios (talk) 07:31, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 June 2022
under: == Grand Tour of the United States == please add "to Buffalo, New York" to " From there, he went generally northeast, to Buffalo, New York, viewing Niagara Falls " thank you 50.75.181.178 (talk) 13:40, 25 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Aaron Liu (talk) 07:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Battle of Gloucester
This article mentions the Battle of Gloucester, but the link for the word Gloucester redirects you to Gloucester County, instead of Gloucester City, where the battle actually took place. To be fair, Gloucester City was apart of Gloucester County in 1777, but then again, Gloucester City was known as just "Gloucester" (or Gloucestertown) in 1777 as well. Jcraiger (talk) 06:12, 1 August 2023 (UTC)