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where is the citation for the officer pushing Bonaparte off the bridge?

I added a request for a citation. Chandler’s The Campaigns of Napoleon. pg. 108. Does state an unknown officer ran up to Napoleon and warned him not to go any farther for his safety, and in the confusion Napoleon fell into the river. But does not say Napoleon was pushed. --Bryson 23:38, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I cleaned up the sentence so that it does not say Bonaparte was pushed, but ended up in the ditch, not the river. The river would have been on the Austrian side of the dike. I am about to remove the Popular Lore section since it is uncited. My reason is that I would like to prepare the article for B-class submission. Djmaschek (talk) 04:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - The problem with this whole article is that it recites the napoleonic propaganda which doesn't have much to do with the real events. Therefore and despite its length it is starter class at best. 217.235.232.98 (talk) 12:21, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - I removed the uncited Popular Lore section which was the part that claimed Bonaparte led the charge across the bridge, which is simply not true. According to one (cited) source, Bonaparte was about 55 paces short of the bridge when he stood up in the open on the dike. Bonaparte was no coward and the act nearly got him killed. His number wasn't up however and Europe had to suffer through 19 more years of his megalomania. Djmaschek (talk) 03:58, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - As far as the "whole article" being propaganda, it relies mostly on Martin Boycott-Brown and David Chandler and is cited. While Chandler was a fan of Napoleon, it is not clear to me that the same can be said for Boycott-Brown. In any case, these two authorities are among the best English language sources for this particular battle. Djmaschek (talk) 04:13, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

217.235.232.98, the article is sourced to reputable, neutral, mainstream authors. Could you please explain what you are talking about as, for the moment, you are not making any sense?--Alexandru Demian (talk) 06:31, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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can you change the title to Battle of Arcole? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexander Gellos (talk • contribs) 16:30, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. If you need help with a pagemove you can also ask at Wikipedia:Requested moves. -- Euryalus (talk) 13:19, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]