Talk:Regimental eagle

Origin of the laurel on 8eme Ligne's eagle

I've put a {{fact}} tag on the statement that the laurel on the captured eagle was from the 8eme Ligne's actions at Talavera. The only online source I've been able to find about the laurel is http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/battles/c_capturedflags.html, which claims the laurel was awarded due to actions at Austerlitz, but I'm not sure of how trustworthy that source is - it looks pretty good to me, anyway. Additionally, Bernard Cornwell's book Sharpe's Fury indicates Austerlitz as the source of the laurel, but of course that's a work of fiction and hence definitely not citable, although Cornwell usually researches his novels fairly well. Carre 11:39, 10 August 2007 (UTC)