Talk:Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

How sure...?

How sure are we that this is the "General LaSalle" that Poe refers to in "The Pit and the Pendulum"? I'm not familiar with this historical figure, but the article does not mention the Spanish Inquisition or Toledo, which is heavily important in Poe's story. Not saying this reference is false, but I'm suspicious especially because of the spelling difference. But, what do I know?

That is the right Lasalle...don't know if it's worthy of mention as a posthumous honor, especially as the entire story is questionable history, at best.WQUlrich (talk) 23:26, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Also, the last line in the main section should be edited for WP:NPOV: With the possible exception of Curély, who was in 1809 still unknown, Napoleon never possessed a better leader of light horse. Wild and irregular in his private life, Lasalle was far more than a beau sabreur. To talent and experience he added that power of feeling the pulse of the battle which is the true gift of a great leader. --Midnightdreary 14:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

There were several passages with this problem. They've been deleted.WQUlrich (talk) 23:22, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

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Needs context

The following passage needs to have context added. There is a need to identify the campaign in which the lie about an armistice occurred.Iss246 (talk) 02:32, 23 December 2008 (UTC) "Now Blücher was determined to escape from the French at any cost. Among the French in close pursuit was Lasalle, who had a personal vendetta with the Prussian, for it was to him that Blücher had told the lie about the armistice and this episode had earned the dashing hussar a letter from the Emperor, severely reprimanding him, which Lasalle had not appreciated. Blücher now led his troops in the direction of Lübeck, near the Baltic coast and the Danish frontier. Murat, together with Lasalle, Bernadotte and Soult were hot on his heels. Blücher was forced farther and farther to the north by his pursuers."

I couldn't find any context for that statement, so I deleted the passage. WQUlrich (talk) 19:55, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Exploits-R-Us

I sincerely doubt that much of the article (as I found it) derived from the Encyclopedia Britannica! Whoever wrote the bulk of it,

1. slipped anecdotes in at random wherever they occurred to him/her
2. seems to have confused Lasalle with Baron Munchhausen and
3. was not too concerned about checking his/her facts against other articles, let alone outside sources.

Yet I continue to edit. If I make the article readable, it should be easier to do a fact check. WQUlrich (talk) 20:00, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Vadrozone...

Priding myself on knowing these kind of things, I too was intrigued by the what/where the Vadrozone might be, and Google came up with this, from 1851: Mullié, C. (1851) Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer: de 1789 à 1850, Volume 2 (Google eBook). Poignavant. BTW, without having made an exhaustive check, it would seem that that particular paragraph was lifted as-is from the book...

Googling on, I came across this great gem: Chevreau, Urbain (1717) Histoire du monde (3. ed. Revue, corrigee et augmentee etc.) (Google eBook). Hilaire Foucault, which would have placed our hero in the region of Bothrys. --Technopat (talk) 23:22, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Same referenced by Sonthonax?

Is this by any chance the same Lasalle referenced in the Sonthonax Broadside (1793)? There is no mention of a first name in the Broadside, nor is there any mention of this Lasalle's activity in Saint Domingue (Haiti) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.211.25.3 (talk) 23:03, 3 December 2018 (UTC)