“Battle of…” and “seige of…” capitalization
I edit a lot of military history articles, and I know that named battles use a capital "B" for "Battle", e.g. the Battle of Agincourt. However, when it's a siege rather than a pitched battle, most sources out there seem to favour a lower-case "s", e.g. the siege of Orleans. Could anyone shed any light on why this might be?
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I edit a lot of military history articles, and I know that named battles use a capital "B" for "Battle", e.g. the Battle of Agincourt. However, when it's a siege rather than a pitched battle, most sources out there seem to favour a lower-case "s", e.g. the siege of Orleans. Could anyone shed any light on why this might be?
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I edit a lot of military history articles, and I know that named battles use a capital "B" for "Battle", e.g. the Battle of Agincourt. However, when it's a siege rather than a pitched battle, most sources out there seem to favour a lower-case "s", e.g. the siege of Orleans. Could anyone shed any light on why this might be?
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I edit a lot of military history articles, and I know that named battles use a capital "B" for "Battle", e.g. the Battle of Agincourt. However, when it's a siege rather than a pitched battle, most sources out there seem to favour a lower-case "s", e.g. the siege of Orleans. Could anyone shed any light on why this might be?
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