# Talk:Capture of Liège (1702)

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Nominator: DavidDijkgraaf (talk · contribs) 18:08, 13 November 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Djmaschek (talk · contribs) 21:42, 17 November 2025 (UTC)


### Initial review
I intend to review this article for GA class. Djmaschek (talk) 21:42, 17 November 2025 (UTC)


### Review 1
@DavidDijkgraaf: This article was informative and very well-written, except for a few hard-to-read sentences. The mostly minor issues with this article are listed below. Please fix or argue your case for not fixing them. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 05:36, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

@Djmaschek Thanks for the review and the suggestions. I have updated the article accordingly DavidDijkgraaf (talk) 15:12, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Introduction, paragraph 1, sentence 2. Add wiki link: Meuse.  Done
Introduction, paragraph 1, sentence 3. Add wiki link: Bourbon.  Done
Background, paragraph 1, sentence 1. Add wiki link: Kingdom of England, Holy Roman Empire, and Kingdom of France.  Done
Background, paragraph 1. Awkward sentence: "French troops took up positions in the Spanish Netherlands and with help of the Elector of Cologne and Prince-bishop of Liège, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, in Germany too, and were thus directly threatening the Dutch border." Suggest: "French troops took up positions in the Spanish Netherlands and Germany with help from Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, who was the Elector of Cologne and Prince-bishop of Liège. These moves directly threatened the Dutch border."  Done
Background, paragraph 3. Awkward sentence: "Though he failed to take Nijmegen or bring Athlone's force to battle, and with it doomed Kaiserswerth which fell in June, Boufflers had almost taken one of the last Dutch strongholds." Suggest: "Though he failed to save Kaiserswerth or bring Athlone's force to battle, Boufflers had almost taken Nijmegen, one of the last Dutch strongholds."  Done
Background, paragraph 4. Add (regents) after regenten. (I had to click the link to find this out.)  Done
Background, paragraph 5, sentence 3. "they strongly limited" Please state who are "they". Are they the regenten?  Done
The unfought battles of Peer and Helchteren, paragraph 2, last sentence. "To many in the Grand Alliance's" Suggest: "To many in the Grand Alliance" or "To many in the Grand Alliance's camp".  Done
Surrender of Liège, paragraph 1, sentence 1. Very long sentence. Consider ending the sentence at Bavaria and starting a new sentence with "The mayor". End with "from within the city" to make it clear that no siege works were to be started in the city.  Done
Surrender of Liège, last sentence. This would be a good place to mention that the Allied siege force numbered 23,000.  Done
Capture of the Citadel of Liège, last sentence. This would be a good place to mention defender total losses were 5,700. (Side note: What happened to the remainder of the 7,200?)  Done in a different place
Capture of the Chartreuse, paragraph 2, sentence 1. Add wiki link: chamade.  Done
Capture of the Chartreuse, paragraph 2. Sentence 4 says the garrison marched to Antwerp. Please specify the "Chatreuse garrison" if that's the case. Sentence 5 says the citadel garrison was sent to Maastricht.  Done
@DavidDijkgraaf: GA class. All suggestions have been added. I enjoyed reading this. Djmaschek (talk) 04:04, 20 November 2025 (UTC)