Talk:French Imperial Eagle

Merge proposal

The two articles are about the same thing. French Imperial Eagle describes the things, while Regimental eagle discusses some of the various eagles taken by the British.

It's wasteful to have two articles on the same subject. Should be merged, although more detail should be added - the Regimental eagle article is very much British POV, but by bringing the two together, perhaps editors will be inclined to add details of other captured cuckoos. Carre 13:08, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge done Carre 10:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POV

I've put the POV tag against the Captured Eagles section, since it deals exclusively with the trophies captured by the British. I've amended it slightly, by saying the Barossa one was the first taken by the Brits, since it most certainly wasn't the first taken overall; would like to see information on others taken. Carre 10:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have added some references to earlier captures, drawing from the French and Spanish wikipedias. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.4.112.58 (talk) 09:05, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is about tag cleanup. As all of the tags are more than a year old, there is no current discussion relating to them, and there is a great deal of editing done since the tags were placed, or in some cases it's clear there is a consensus, they will be removed. This is not a judgement of content. If there is cause to re-tag, then that of course may be done, with the necessary posting of a discussion as to why, and what improvements could be made. Better yet, edit the article yourself with the improvements in place. This is only an effort to clean out old tags, and permit them to be updated with current issues if warranted.Jjdon (talk) 23:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First Eagles captured by the British army

The French lost eagles in the Capitulation of Martinique in 1809 and Guadelope in 1810 and possibly more. Simultaneously, the 29th Worcestershire Regiment of foots regimental history records the capture of French regimental colors (but without the eagles, as they had been unscrewed before battle)

Theres no doubt that numerous other regimental flags were captured in battle. Also there may have been other Eagles taken by the British army before 1811 if looked into.(75.118.14.255 (talk) 07:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)).[reply]