Talk:Battle of Waterloo

French artillery at Waterloo: 8,050 vs 8,775

The article gives two incompatible figures for the size of Napoleon's artillery arm at Waterloo, and the infobox and body text differ by 725 men.

The infobox lists the French army's breakdown as: "48,950 to 50,600 infantrymen; 14,390 to 15,765 cavalrymen; 8,050 gunners and engineers."

The body of the article states: "The French army of around 74,500 consisted of 54,014 infantry, 15,830 cavalry, and 8,775 artilleries with 254 guns."

Both passages purport to describe the composition of the same army on the same day. The artillery figure in the infobox (8,050) and the figure in the body (8,775) differ by 725 — nearly nine percent. Neither figure is labelled as an estimate or attributed to a dissenting source in the running prose, and the article offers no explanation for why two sections of the same article give such different figures for the number of French artillerists at Waterloo. Rome (talk) 23:31, 6 May 2026 (UTC)