Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Peter Tsouras, Check Your Sources!

Many years ago I tried tracking down where all the British regiments were in 1862 using regiments.org as a source. I made a mistake and misassigned a regiment. This shouldn't matter. I'm just some guy off the internet.

However, on reading Peter Tsouras' "Rainbow of Blood" I find the mistake repeated in his orbat section. A carried through mistake is prima facie evidence. Ergo he must have sourced his dispositions from me, complete with an incorrect regiment. A reference would have been nice. I don't really mind, but that kind of thing has a name.

Caveat Emptor Peter! Since I did that work many years ago we can now access the Army List online!

I'll correct you soon.

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