Talk:Siege of Santo Domingo (1655)

I wish England won this war...

I'm thinking of an alternate history about the UK wining this battle. What would be the name and the flag of Santo Domingo if Britain was victorious? Ismael Perez (talk) 16:26, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

C class review

C class. There are some inaccuracy issues and missing information keeping this from B class. See bullet points below. Many times there is not much info about battles that occurred over 350 years ago, but in this case there is a wealth of data in the sources. Djmaschek (talk) 03:50, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

• The article says there were 13,000 English troops landed but I cannot find that data in the cited source (David Plant). Probably it came from Rogers. The David Marley source says 9,000 soldiers were landed.
• The article says 13,000 men were sent to the Caribbean. However the Marley and Plant sources state that at least 5,000 troops were recruited in the West Indies.
• There is a detailed list of forces (7,000 marines, 6,000 infantry, etc.) given in the infobox, but this is not cited anywhere. This data is not listed in the text. Typically, infobox data is given in the text and cited there, so it is not necessary to cite infobox data.
• I suspect that if 7,000 marines were landed, there would not have been enough sailors to man the fleet. All of the warships had 3,000 sailors altogether. This doesn't count the transport crews.
• The sources list a lot more interesting information than is given in the article. For example, (a) the business about Venable's wife, (b) the fact that the sailor regiment held firm when the infantry was routed, (c) Marley lists every ship in the expedition, with its commander, number of guns, and crew. What a gold mine of information!
  • I added the list of British ships. Please fix the other issues above and I will reassess. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 05:53, 14 July 2018 (UTC)