Talk:Convention of London (1861)

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A fact from Convention of London (1861) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 July 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that claims from a tailor, a bootmaker, a farmer, a coach-driver and a colporteur were all embedded in the Convention of London that escalated into the French intervention in Mexico?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Convention of London (1861).

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Pray tell[edit]

what does "outrunning the constable." mean? (The language in this article is so loose it outran my patience) 24.28.17.231 (talk) 00:12, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It appears to be a bad translation from a non-English text. I would fix it, but I don't know much about the subject. class="autosigned">— Preceding unsigned Terry Thorgaard (talk) 18:20, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nevertheless, I have done so. I made gramatical changes only, with the excepiton of changing one sentence in " Allied arrangements before taking Vera Cruz", which now reads "The Spanish naval blockade of Vera Cruz should not in any case affect the French maritime commerce". the "not" was added. If this results in an incorrect statement, someone please change it back. Terry Thorgaard (talk) 19:00, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help folks. This article is definitely getting better. Lajbi ^{Holla @ me • CP} 12:48, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]