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Another fine article, Djmaschek, I enjoyed reading it. Here's my take on how you could improve it:
You could mention that some authors incorrectly spell his name Boussard.
When using foreign names for military ranks (e.g. leutnant, chef de brigade) put them in italics.
For chef de brigade and other ranks, whose modern equivalent cannot be easily guessed, you could put the modern equivalent between brackets the first time you mention them.
"At the Battle of Castiglione on 5 August, he captured a group of Austrian hussars". He and his men, presumably, not just by himself.
"In the War of the Third Coalition against Austria, Boussart led a brigade in Frédéric Henri Walther's 2nd Dragoon Division. He fought at the Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December 1805." You could mention that he led 13th and 22nd dragoons, which he would go on to lead during the 1806 campaign, which you do mention.
"On 15 July 1811, Boussart commanded 1,876 cavalrymen in three regiments.[24] In September, his command numbered 2,405 in 14 squadrons." Sounds a bit unclear: three regiments, but how many squadrons on 15 July 1811 and then 14 squadrons, but how many regiments in September? If you have a source for it, you could also say which regiments he commanded.
Again "At the Battle of Castalla on 13 April 1813, he led 1,424 troopers in eight squadrons." Which regiments ? I usually say something like (I'm making up the names of the units): he led the 12th Dragoons (4 squadrons), 3rd Cuirassiers (4 squadrons) and 13th Hussars (2 squadrons).--Alexandru Demian (talk) 12:25, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your note. I clarified the Battle of Castiglione sentence and added English equivalent ranks in parentheses. At one time I italicized foreign ranks, but I don't like to do it when there is a wikipedia link. Boussart probably led the same 2 regiments in 1805 as he did in 1806. But Duffy does not specify which regiments the brigadiers commanded and I can only cite what my sources tell me. Gates gives varying strengths, regiments, and squadrons at different times. I only report what he lists. Obviously there were losses, replacements, and reinforcements going on all the time but this must be inferred by the reader. I don't have the OOB for Castalla at the moment, but I should have listed it. Djmaschek (talk) 05:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
