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Attribution

This article was originally based on material from [1], which is licensed under the GFDL. CIreland (talk) 18:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Inquiry

This page and others make reference to a military action known as “to spike guns,” for which no definition exists in Wikipedia. Clearly it implies some sort of damage to or destruction of artillery, but perhaps someone with knowledge of 17th-18th century warfare could provide a proper definition of the term? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.16.159.79 (talk) 19:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From Wiktionary: To hammer an iron spike into the touch hole so as to render a gun unusable. The topic is briefly discussed at Touch hole. Drutt (talk) 17:39, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cavalry kept spikes in their saddlebags for this purpose. 72.173.169.25 (talk) 15:25, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Name

I changed the name to reflect the fact that there were several british expeditions to cuba througout history.XavierGreen (talk) 21:34, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Force numbers

User:ChristiaandeWet, reverting cited force and casualty numbers is not productive. If you have a reliable source with different numbers, tell us what it is, please. (Oh, and you should beware WP:3RR. You're already over that line.) Magic♪piano 18:04, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

British casualties

I've reverted the recent edits on the British casualties. The four thousand-odd men added to the numbers given by Marley died either in battle or of disease between 7 June and 18 October, two months after the battle had concluded. As only 560 men were killed by enemy fire, presumably the 2,764 casualties cited in Marley's book include those caused by tropical diseases during the battle. (1) --Sir Ignel (talk) 17:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rename?

Wouldn't Siege of Havana be a better title? This was basically a siege action with a handful of skirmishes thrown in. Lord Cornwallis (talk) 19:24, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree that this should be named as a siege rather than a battle. ChristiaandeWet (talk) 18:40, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 :From Wiktionary: ''To hammer an iron spike into the touch hole so as to render a gun unusable.'' The topic is briefly discussed at [[Touch hole]]. [[User:Drutt|Drutt]] ([[User talk:Drutt|talk]]) 17:39, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
+Cavalry kept spikes in their saddlebags for this purpose. [[Special:Contributions/72.173.169.25|72.173.169.25]] ([[User talk:72.173.169.25|talk]]) 15:25, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 == Name ==
 I changed the name to reflect the fact that there were several british expeditions to cuba througout history.[[User:XavierGreen|XavierGreen]] ([[User talk:XavierGreen|talk]]) 21:34, 6 November 2008 (UTC)