Re: [eia] Turkish Naval and Land Orders, January 1806

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake "Kyle H":
>     There is a slight problem with Turkey's March (and February land
> orders).  As you can see in the email below, the Turkish infantry corps in
> Egypt disembarked in the space north of Cairo back in January.  But it never
> officially moved to Damietta.  Turkey's February land orders simply say "1I
> at Damietta holds. (auto)".  There was no Turkish infantry corps in Damietta
> at the time; the Turkish infantry corps was still N. of Cairo.
> Unfortunately, I didn't catch the mistake at that time.
>     It seems safe to say that Turkey intended to move its corps from N. of
> Cairo to Damietta in February.  Joel just wrote the orders incorrectly.
> Since that movement could still have been made with an automatic forage, I
> think we should just overlook the mistake and accept Turkey's March land
> orders as is.  Is there any objection?
> 
> kdh

That would be another case of having made the move correctly on my map but
translating it into orders incorrectly.

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