Talk:Battle of Gorodechno

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Battle of Gorodechno map coordinates[edit]

I think that the map coordinates for the location of the Battle of Gorodechno Wikipedia page are incorrect because in the write-up it describes the battle as being near Kobryn, but these coordinates are about 200 km to the north-west near a town called Novogrudok. The coordinates of the Gorodechno north of Kobryn (which is too small to be named on most maps) are 52°25'19"N 24°18'41"E. I have never edited anything on Wikipedia before and wondered what the process of making this change is? Thanks. Ruthellen1122 (talk) 12:46, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruthellen1122: I guess you're right. Don't know how added these coordinates, but I will delete them, until I will find real battle coordinates within sources. Thank you. MarcusTraianus (talk) 14:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The coordinates I found were on the wiki map: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=52.418754&lon=24.347420&z=12&m=w&show=/16464455/Haradzyechna&search=%20Kobryn%20Belarus I also looked at the Russian wiki page and they had an image of an old Russian map with the correct Gorodechno north of Kobryn. The page name is ВЭ/ВТ/Городечна. https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%AD/%D0%92%D0%A2/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0 Ruthellen1122 (talk) 09:47, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bodart’s force strengths probably wrong?[edit]

Bodart (who is referenced as the authority on force sizes for this battle) is the only source I’ve found who quotes 40,000 for the Austrians and Saxons, and 18,000 for the Russians. Digby Smith (1998 & 2004) quoted 18,000 for the Austrians and Saxons, and 38,000 (which Bodart probably rounded up to 40,000, being an inveterate rounder) for the French, i.e. the other way around. Micheal Clodfelter seems to agree with Smith, not Bodart. It may simply be different views on which of the forces in the vicinity on both sides participated in the battle ... there again, it could be Bodart’s typographical error, since nobody else seems to agree with him. I’m not an expert in this campaign, but this needs to be resolved for the article to be accurate. Wally Tharg (talk) 20:29, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]