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@cglilp425

2 жыл бұрын

Still wondering why they didnt shoot the General?

@nenad-seguljev

2 жыл бұрын

i read: "ironic" :D

@Txmoosetim

2 жыл бұрын

@@cglilp425 because the general wanted to Die With Honor and said he had to retire with shame

I love how the French depict Napoleon Total War's AI accurately in this scene

@WNShadow814

Жыл бұрын

our men are running sir!

@DarkLiberatorZone

Жыл бұрын

@@WNShadow814 Shameful display!

@commanderchaos5670

11 ай бұрын

absolutely love both empire and napoleon total war, but my god are the siege's so bad lmao

@joshc1981

9 ай бұрын

​@@DarkLiberatorZoneyou spelt it incorrectly its "A SHAMEFUR DISPRAY!"

@basiwolf9147

8 ай бұрын

​@@commanderchaos5670i just have separate army filled with cannons just for seiges

Using chemical weapons before the Geneva Convention. That's soldiering.

@lastswordfighter

4 жыл бұрын

I think they called it quicklime. Nasty stuff that would burn the skin and eyes. Also would cause choking.

@CZ350tuner

4 жыл бұрын

@@lastswordfighter No it was soap powder. The French are allergic to soap!!

@neilbuckley1613

4 жыл бұрын

Quicklime was used by an English fleet commanded by Hubert De Burgh to defeat a French supply fleet in 1216 off Dover.

@platobach8309

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, the initial Geneva Convention concerned sick and wounded, and the subsequent additions concerned other persons who were hors de combat and otherwise non-combatants. What you’re referring to is Hague Law or the Laws of War. But, still, damned fine soldiering.

@rangergxi

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it counts. Otherwise, Israel would be in trouble for using White Phosphorus on innocent civilians.

"Aim for Officers and NCOS."

@paulpeterson4216

4 жыл бұрын

Being careful not to shoot Calvet, now that's soldiering.

@flankspeed

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulpeterson4216 He's about the one half-decent Frenchman in the whole series!

@NIcholasparker88

4 жыл бұрын

Iain MacLennan I have been of the idea that Calvet was not a big fan of napeolen. That he was just doing his duty to defend his country and that was it

@dantruong2582

4 жыл бұрын

I believe the only rationale is at leave someone with enough sense to call the retreat and easy to single out.

@TheKlink

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulpeterson4216 more like plot armouring.

Sharpe is so tough he can survive being played by Sean Bean

@hunterpowers317

4 жыл бұрын

Hot damn my dude, THATS soldiering!

@zachdickens2636

4 жыл бұрын

mapleleafsfan27 didn’t he die in the end though?

@josephhyland8904

4 жыл бұрын

Great one!!!!!

@Furzkampfbomber

4 жыл бұрын

@ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer It's named "Sharpe's Peril".

@hughmungus1235

4 жыл бұрын

Stolen comment

I really like how they humanized the French commander at the end. I love when stories don't portray the antagonists as slathering, immoral villains

@FungamerGGsidthedog

3 жыл бұрын

Literally the only Sharpe "villain" that wasn't 😂

@britishrex5515

3 жыл бұрын

@@FungamerGGsidthedog wouldn't call him a villain - the villains in this one were the spy and Ducos. calvet is an antagonist though, for sure. Not sure if dubreton would count as an antagonist? (The officer from Sharpe's Enemy). He's obvs on the French side but also helps Sharpe.

@TheCormTube

2 жыл бұрын

The "Peasant General". Not liked by all the French Aristocracy but was clearly a skilled leader and tactician....and cared for his men.

@anujsaxena2861

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that's true. But I also disagree with how the show portrays the French as incompetent and losing every confrontation with Sharpe.

@ariandynas

2 жыл бұрын

"I eat soup with every meal Ducos, because I remember when I had no soup."

Filming a huge battle with a handful of actors - that's budgeting.

@Hell_O7

3 жыл бұрын

@@dixonhill1108 LOTR war scenes really change the way I see war in history.

@jaredellis2754

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing huge about this battle was the french commander

@JeroenDoes

3 жыл бұрын

all battles from this series feel like small-scale skirmishes.

@davecrupel2817

3 жыл бұрын

@@dixonhill1108 300-500 people!!! AAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

@whoami30204

3 жыл бұрын

@@dixonhill1108 well, the napoleonic wars involved massive amounts of resources & one of the largest armies Britain has ever formed

Ah yes, old school acting for deaths, when you just have a seizure and yell AAAAEUG like Arnold Schwarzenegger

@thomasperkins3023

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@yidy1

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Now that was funny!

@martinXY

3 жыл бұрын

"yell AAAAEUG like Arnold Schwarzenegger" or like Wilhelm. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWSKj5SQlNjIhNY.html

@andythoms8130

3 жыл бұрын

That's actor.. ing.

@yidy1

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinXY Wow! Thanks for the clip. I can't believe Hollywood has been recycling the same soundbite for so many generations of films. How Un-original. Shameful really!

The actor playing Calvet looks like he's on the verge of tears there at the end, great acting. Honestly this entire show just has absolutely superb performances, it's a shame it's not super popular.

@karld888

3 жыл бұрын

I love Sean Bean and I remembered watching this series but I could remember the name. KZread recommended this video, problem solved.

@malcolmarchibald6356

2 жыл бұрын

It was very popular.

@callmeishmael2415

2 жыл бұрын

It was back then, probably will be again soon. There's a last Sharpe novel coming out and Sean Bean whose 61 this year is happy to play him. Unfortunately it will be the last as Sharpe is killed off

@jamesw71

2 жыл бұрын

wow you have low standards....that acting was horrible

@theawkwardiguana7710

2 жыл бұрын

@@callmeishmael2415 Is that Sharpe’s Assassin?

Having a barrel with grooves that spin the bullet and therfore increase the stabality , range and accuracy of the round in flight......thats rifling

@Ontos0353

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the issue is reload times. BP fouls badly. Which greatly slows the reloading time. The Minnie ball changed that compared to the round ball. Smoothies were very effective at close range with Buck N Ball. A good rifleman with a smoothie could reach out to about 100 yards.

@evanboyd1541

4 жыл бұрын

Emperor Napoleon derided the rifle as a toy. He preferred the musket for its faster reload time. The British had a far better trained infantry force and a better quality of gunpowder.

@paulmccann447

4 жыл бұрын

@@evanboyd1541 napoleon should have read more Voltiare !!!

@smudger746

4 жыл бұрын

Paul McCann “god is not on the side of the big batallions, but on the side of the best shots”

@evanboyd1541

4 жыл бұрын

Paul McCann can’t expect everything from an artillery officer.

Gotta love limited budgets, making 30 men look like 300

@JevansUK

4 жыл бұрын

That's soldiering

@Tublecain

4 жыл бұрын

I so wish is did look like 300. I would love to see something like this done today.

@jhindley1982

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't been a better show with 300 cgi Frenchmen.

@rang123yea5

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah and they constantly reused shots in mutiply episodes

@judochopmaster8233

3 жыл бұрын

@@JevansUK damnit I was gonna say that

They may be French, but keeping the standard held even though it definitely means death. Now that’s soldering.

@SantomPh

4 жыл бұрын

if they don't, the men won't know where to go. Plus like in Sharpe's Rifles, losing the standard is as bad as getting killed

@mg5347

4 жыл бұрын

Quite weirdly it was usually commissioned ensigns who would usually carry the colours with a tough as a brick shithouse colour sergeant nearby. Colour sergeants are still looked to as tough veteran soldiers with eyes for discipline and duty

@keighlancoe5933

3 жыл бұрын

The French have a bad reputation but it's not a fair one. They have always had extreme bravery and courage and won many victories. In WWII the French army fought heroically, but their leadership was completely inadequate and let them down. Most French soldiers in WWII would have preferred to fight to the death rather than surrender, but the generals had other ideas

@benjaminbierley2074

3 жыл бұрын

@@keighlancoe5933 This, even a small dive into the particulars of why the french lost so early and so hard reveal it was very much on the heads of the upper ranks and not the army or country as a whole. Heck, they're the ones who held the line at Dunkirk so the British army could escape. Even after their defeat the country almost immediately shifted to underground resistance. Dip back even further and it's heavily glossed over how much of a help the French were during the American revolution.

@joshuabutherus2489

3 жыл бұрын

@@keighlancoe5933 the French defense against Germany was inadequate for this new type of war. Germany invading France through Belgium was a stroke of genius and made it near impossible for the French to ever really find their footing to mount am effective defense or counter attack.

For all its flaws and budget issues, one of the most amazing things about Sharpe is the overwhelming use of real flintlocks and powder. Sure, in some shots a few extras have Mosins (Looking at you, Eagle), but still...the battles feel much better with real fire. One of the greatest mistakes the second India movie made was using CGI to imitate the flintlocks firing instead of using proper powder and locks.

@DinsRune

2 жыл бұрын

In fairness to Eagle, I just watched it and didn't notice the Mosins 😅

@NymbusCumulo928

Жыл бұрын

Same difference between Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. They didn't use CGI, but basically capgun pops instead of actual black powder. Just one of many, many reasons that movie sucked.

@esidarasun8151

4 ай бұрын

Harper's gun, the seven barrel volley gun, was always CGI. If I recall correctly, it was felt that loading it wasn't safe. The rest, though, were fired (with, I think, the exception also of when Harper is defending the lock box and deliberately fires the ramrod)

Surviving direct hits by mortars. Now that's Chosen Maning

@flankspeed

4 жыл бұрын

Blabbing your country's illegal wire tapping of the UN to the newspapers and getting a sex change ... Now that's Chelsea Manning.

@lkvideos7181

4 жыл бұрын

@@flankspeed Lmao

@andromidius

4 жыл бұрын

Those weren't Chosen Men, those were from Captain Fredrickson's company. So its possible they weren't even English, but Americans.

@kallumslack4256

4 жыл бұрын

@@andromidius Not by that point, they'd have mostly been British. They were only mostly American when they formed.

@zachsmith1676

4 жыл бұрын

@@kallumslack4256 Sweet William was my favourite character after Harper

Connecting Electrical Components using tin and aluminum. Now that's Soldering.

@jessetheunending9357

3 жыл бұрын

Give me lead (PB) or give me shorts! You can keep your aluminum

@dj1NM3

3 жыл бұрын

Lead-free solder doesn't contain aluminium, but does contain tin. Usually it's an alloy of tin, silver and copper.

@wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg

3 жыл бұрын

@@dj1NM3 Ah, I see you know your microelectronics. 245 deg/260 deg. Also because of RoHS standards nowadays, lead's not used that much nowadays too.

@legatvsdecimvs3406

3 жыл бұрын

Vive le resistors! Vive le 60/40!

Making it worse than Napoleon at Moscow - now that is soldiering!

@paullittle835

4 жыл бұрын

@Jurg Schupbach they're using rifles, it's in the name 😉

@dlxmarks

4 жыл бұрын

"This is just like Moscow all over again. " "You and I remember Moscow very differently."

@ConstantineJoseph

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I think the Spanish campaign was before the Russian campaign.

@thebox228

3 жыл бұрын

Poor Gaston.

@hillbillykoi5534

2 жыл бұрын

@@ConstantineJoseph It did start before the Russian campaign in 1808, but did not end until 1814 to the very end of the War of the Sixth Coaliton with the capture of Paris.

When you see previous soldiers pick up the flag and then get shot and then you pick it up knowing your fate now that's soldiering!

@roberthudson1959

4 жыл бұрын

"Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die." Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

@darekbaird

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Manche That's Senioring.

@alanwong8587

4 жыл бұрын

No thank you😂

@darekbaird

4 жыл бұрын

@@alanwong8587 Just on instinct I read your name as ADA WONG

@tassie57

4 жыл бұрын

Not walking behind the guy with the flag...experienced soldiering

General Calvet is awesome and a badass. Would love to see him and Gaston during the Russian Campaign.

@thotarojoestar3045

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine an entire series by the same cast and crew about the grande armee going through Europe to Moscow, then back to Paris

@isaacforner6256

4 жыл бұрын

@@thotarojoestar3045 There is a show like that! I forget the name, but its a French series following an Imperial Guardsman from Marengo to Waterloo.

@leeds200282

4 жыл бұрын

I d like to see more of General Calvet maybe meeting Sharpe and a Wellington

@SantomPh

4 жыл бұрын

@@leeds200282 next episode, Sharpe's Revenge. He is a major character

@leeds200282

4 жыл бұрын

That be great

"Our guns are empty, sir!" Sharpe (thinking): "Shut up, you bastard!"

@joshuagraham2843

2 жыл бұрын

dont worry the frenchies cant speak english

@belisarian6429

Жыл бұрын

"Our guns are empty, sir!" "True, but that's hardly common knowledge, is it?"

4:11 Advancing towards dozens of enemies with an uncocked pistol? Now, that is soldiering!

@regdor8187

3 жыл бұрын

Got to keep the powder in the flash pan, waving the pistol around might fling the powder out.....

I love how nobody picks the eagle back up after 5 (!) guys died carrying it. Like: "I dont want to be next." And i love how the general takes care of Gaston.

@slevinkalevra2008

4 жыл бұрын

@boomgoesblitzhound I agree. It would get too much. However, from an in-world point of view, the eagle is an important symbol. To lose it was seen as a great dishonour, to just leave it was unthinkable. Goes to show effective Sharps plan was.

General Calvet and his Sargent Gaston are great. They make several return visits and even allied with Sharpe and his men against Major Duco and his allies. Calvet and Gaston are like lucky charms.

Broke Calvet's heart to send all those raw recruits into a horrendous defeat.

Gotta give the French Commander credit he fearlessly walked forward never hesitating

@JackSmith-hx8zh

3 жыл бұрын

C'est de la soudure.

Luckily Sharpe or Fredricksen saw Zulu in the Officer's theatre before they shipped off for France.

@SpiderPigggg

4 жыл бұрын

All the French needed was couple of LeClercs and AMX-13s

@Orangefan77

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpiderPigggg Major Pyecroft would have shown up miraculously with a troop of Gypsy-crewed Challenger 2s and HESH'd the French into retreat.

@kenanacampora

4 жыл бұрын

Bromhead!

@k1er4n544

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpiderPigggg leclerc is a terrible tank

@Ubique2927

4 жыл бұрын

Zulu was required viewing for Royal Engineers in training when I was in JLRRE. It may still be.

Love how Calvet and Gaston are standing what looks like 20 yards from Sharpe and yet he just stands there calmly 😂. Truly titanium testicles

Calvet looks positively heartbroken that his "enfants" were pushed back.

@Yorgar

4 жыл бұрын

Like Sharpe when anything bad happens to his men. Calvet and Sharpe's stories likely wouldn't be too dissimilar.

@TheCormTube

4 жыл бұрын

He shows that he does care about his men, especially Gaston as he helps him limp off.

@alexh3974

3 жыл бұрын

He throughout is a decent officer. he cares about his responsibility to his men and takes it very seriously.

using chemical warfare now considered a war crime? Now that's soldiering!

@Andrewza1

4 жыл бұрын

I truel wonder now if I use ash from a BBQ to blind the enemy attacking will I be a war crimnal

@8TimeTurner8

4 жыл бұрын

Not back then

@mothmagic1

4 жыл бұрын

Probably suffer the same fate as half Napoleons forces in Russia. Drowned crossing the river when the Russias broke the ice with artillery

@wroot1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Andrewza1 that's quicklime they're using, not ash

@Andrewza1

3 жыл бұрын

@@wroot1 my question was a retrotrical question about using ASH as chemical weapon today not about Napoleonic war period

Ordering the men to shoot enemy officers vital to their attack Now that's soldiering

@jamesricker3997

4 жыл бұрын

At the time that was considered a war crime

@brothersofthetrident2647

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesricker3997 committing war crimes to an enemy that eats frog legs and honestly that's disgusting Now thats soldiering

@MrPennywise1540

4 жыл бұрын

@@brothersofthetrident2647 fried frog legs are not so bad!

@brothersofthetrident2647

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrPennywise1540 yes they are :) Burning enemy frog legs to prevent the contamination of normal people Now that's soldiering

@brothersofthetrident2647

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Manche history belongs to the Victor

I always like Calvet's character and how he was portrayed. It feels like one of those situations where he is on the other side, but not the wrong side per se. Just another solider trying to do his duty while also doing right by his men, and take note - he is always leading his men from the front.

I like how that Sargent is the generals best friend. The French Sargent Schultz.

@SantomPh

4 жыл бұрын

Gaston is more of a corporal, but crucially he is Calvet's batman or personal assistant so he has to be there anyway.

@17MrLeon

4 жыл бұрын

@@SantomPh If he was corporal he would be adressed as corporal and not general.

@TheCormTube

4 жыл бұрын

@@17MrLeon Calvet is a General, I think they're saying Caston is a Corporal....I don't know his rank for sure.

@rurikau

3 жыл бұрын

I once met a General (this was the mid 90’s) who’s personal driver had been his section commander in Vietnam. The driver was a Cpl when the General should of had a Staff Sargent driving home. Maybe it was a relationship like that.

@OutspokenSeeker

3 жыл бұрын

@@rurikau perhaps you're right. Especially in a time like the Napoleonic wars, where you'd want to hang out with a person closer in class to you than others. Not to mention that Gaston was at the very front next to the general, above fellow officers, something even Sharpe doesn't allow Harper before he becomes the sergeant major. Either way, the two have a very cool friendship.

"It will be my turn next!" Credit where due. Man's got spine.

As much as they made the budget work, would absolutely love to see a revised version of this scene. In the original battle it was a column of something like 1500 French advancing on sharpe, his rifles and some scattered redcoats, about 400 or so. It was the middle of winter. Also, not only did they use phosphorus(quicklime was its predecessor, also literally a war crime) but had a battery of rockets laid as a trap. Would be an absolutely insane scene to create.

@robbass4186

11 ай бұрын

I believe the rockets were in Sharpe's Enemy, whereas this is from Sharpe's Siege. They didn't use the quicklime in Enemy, but had more artillery (including rockets) and three different fortified positions, versus just one here in Siege, I believe.

When you're playing Holdfast and an incompetent officer tells you to charge the fort

@cl34ve

4 жыл бұрын

Surely if we affix bayonnets and charge the fort, it'll fall back in disorder!

@tybushnell9819

4 жыл бұрын

Back in the days of Mount and Blade NW when the events were truly big the melees that would develop were intense. Charging into a fort wasn’t always a bad idea, especially if coupled with competent artillery.

@sailorkek8672

4 жыл бұрын

You better bot be ine of those who hides on a seige map instead of attacking. I wish I could team kill in that game so much hahah

@MadsenTheDane

3 жыл бұрын

@@tybushnell9819 Those days were the fucking best. 77y forever

Alternative title, Sharpe commits war crimes and gets away with it

@WNShadow814

Жыл бұрын

Geneva convention has not happened at that point in history

One does not simply walk into a fort held by Sharpe

@sebaszwarc6028

3 жыл бұрын

Uruk Hai would do

@MrChisleblast

2 жыл бұрын

Only if winter is coming

i like his character hes funny. just walks off the battle like nothing happens without fear of the enemy pursuing them.

it would be cool to see these battles again but with a larger budget

Discovering a new meme from a show I've never heard of? Now that's soldiering.

comitting a war crime and then shooting the french? Now thats soldiering

@bomber7837

4 жыл бұрын

Not a war crime yet!

@corvusboreus2072

4 жыл бұрын

Not the first 20th century war crime we see on this 19th century historical fiction. The triangular bayonets commonly used by infantry armed with the 'Brown Bess' are now outlawed in war.

@Delogros

4 жыл бұрын

When your outnumbered like 40 to 1 with not enough ammunition, you do what ya gotta do. Much better then falling into the hands of Duco

@Delogros

4 жыл бұрын

@Creeping Death Duco as well as being a fictional character is not after me particularly so the "advice" which wasn't advise fyi it was an explanation is hardly appropriate, besides I am a key worker I have to put myself at risk for others already so it's hardly applicable on that front alone.

@MrCrchandler

4 жыл бұрын

You defeat your enemy any way you can, by any means necessary.

1:11 When you're high school crush comes up to you and says hi

Retreating within 5 minutes? Now thats Frogging!

@TheOutdoorlife78

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@karld888

3 жыл бұрын

It is a French thing! LOL

@bebased1785

3 жыл бұрын

@@karld888 even though they have the most successful military of all time and the best win to loose ratio 🥲

@tibsky1396

3 жыл бұрын

Oh really ... Did you know this show is the pinnacle of British handjob? « These Frenchmen, under the gallant leadership of general Molinié, had for four critical days contained no less than seven German divisions which otherwise could have joined in the assaults on the Dunkirk perimeter. This was a splendid contribution to the escape of their more fortunate comrades of the British Expeditionary Force » - Winston Churchill, The Second World War. vol. II. Their Finest Hour. "Despite our overwhelming superiority in men and hardware numbers, the french troops are counter-attacking in several places. I can't understand how those soldiers, sometimes fighting at one versus ten, can find enough strength to assault us: this is simply amazing ! I see in those french soldiers the same energy than with the veterans of Verdun in 1916. For several days now, hundreds of bombers and guns are pounding the french defence. But, it's always the same thing: our infantry and panzers can't break through, despite some local and ephemeral successes. The french high command has very smartly set up his troops and artillery. I fear that the Dunkirk operation could be a failure for all of us: almost all the BEC will escape, because a few thousands of braves block the path to the sea. That's distressing, but that's it ! Dunkirk brings the proof that the French soldier is one of the best in the world. The french artillery, already dreaded in 1914, demonstrates once more its efficiency. Our losses are terrifying: numerous battallions have lost 60% of their men, sometimes even more ! By resisting ten days or more to our much bigger forces, the french army has accomplished, in Dunkirk, a superb achievement that you must pay tribute to. They have certainly saved Great-Britain from the defeat, by allowing the British professional army to reach the English coast." _ Georg Von Küchler, General of the XVIII Wehrmacht Army, War Diary. May 18th 1940: “The Führer still worries a lot about the southern flank. he's furious and claims that we take the best path to make the whole campaign fail ! The french troops never stops counter-attacking". May 21st 1940: "That day starts in an extremely tense atmosphere: reports indicates a serious pressure on the northern flank of the IVth army. The VIth army faces a solid front." May 22nd 1940: "Our tanks, that are currently fighting in the south, have met a powerful enemy. Our panzerdivisionen suffer too many losses and attack without being required to. Stress is growing. May 23rd 1940: "The losses for the tanks of our ten panzerdivisionen reach 50% ! The french resistance is fierce." _ General Franz Halder's diary, one of the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht

@tibsky1396

3 жыл бұрын

“The prolonged defense of the French garrison played an important role in the reestablishment of British troops in Egypt. From the outset, the Free French seriously disrupted Rommel's offensive. The supply of supplies to the Afrikakorps was severely affected. The increasing concentration of the Axis to pierce this abscess saved the British 8th Army from disaster. The delays brought by the resolute resistance of the French increased the chances of the British to recover and facilitated the preparation of a counterattack. In the longer term, the slowdown in Rommel's maneuver enabled British forces to escape the planned Axis annihilation. This is how we can say, without exaggeration, that Bir Hakeim facilitated El-Alamein's defensive success. " _ British historian Ian Playfair, on the Battle of Bir-Hakeim in 1942.   “You hear, gentlemen, what Koch is saying. This is further proof of the thesis that I have always maintained, that the French are, after us, the best soldiers in all of Europe. France will still be able, even with its current birth rate, to create a hundred divisions. After this war, we will have to form a coalition capable of militarily containing a country capable of accomplishing military feats that will amaze the world, like Bir-Hakeim. " _ Adolf Hitler responding to journalist Lutz Koch, back from Bir Hakeim. "In the whole course of the desert war, we never encountered a more heroic and well-sustained defence" _ Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin after Bir-Hakeim.

French soldier marching: “I ain’t grabbing that mother effing flag!”

@Agent1W

Жыл бұрын

Soldiering without picking up the unit flag...now that's NOT soldiering.

The only thing I wish was that they had the scale of the battles accurate. This show gives a dramatic taste, but in truth they fights would have been MUCH bigger. Sharpe is a great fictional hero. The story deserves a retelling, but with scale to reflect accuracy. Excellent work on the show runners to get what they got with the budget they were given.

I like Calvet. He is a professional. He knows what has to be done and he does it, but he truly cares about his men and takes care of them as best he can. Good officers like that are the best of any army.

@Agent1W

11 ай бұрын

Now that's OFFICING!

Holding back that last volley fire to save men’s lives, even if they’re enemy...That’s true honor, and soldiering!

@napoleoncomplex2712

2 жыл бұрын

'Rifles are empty sir.'

@MrBrachiatingApe

2 жыл бұрын

Chasing off the last of the French, who could still overwhelm you if they turned around, with empty rifles? Now that's bluffing!

@moth4423

2 жыл бұрын

how is dropping quicklime on soldiers and then shooting them while they cant even see you honorable?

@simonwilliamnoelmurray9179

Жыл бұрын

@@moth4423 To be fair they were outnumbered like 10-1

@Synthonym

Жыл бұрын

@@simonwilliamnoelmurray9179 and yet with solid tactics and good discipline Sharpe turned the battle into a firing squad

Taking a rather nasty head wound and then shrugging it off to form a rank and firing at point blank range... Now that's soldiering

Calvet: Poor Gaston. Was it bad? Gaston: *M E G E N A R A R D*

‘Maybe we should run so we aren’t as easy to kill!’ **unhappy french officer noises intensify**

1:23 this was actually what would happen, the older more veteran troops who were experienced and could be trusted to not run as easy would be in the back to keep the more green troops going

@tarz7828

2 жыл бұрын

It also makes sense from a military perspective to put the green troops in front, because you would rather want your veterans to survive.

@bradleya3381

Жыл бұрын

​@@tarz7828 from a military perspective I wouldn't want green troops whose sole purpose is to be slaughtered

@tarz7828

Жыл бұрын

@@bradleya3381 Sure, bit if it was binary, either your veterans die or green troops die, I think the choice would be clear.

@bradleya3381

Жыл бұрын

@@tarz7828 my choice would be better strategy but not everyone's so picky

@patwiggins6969

Жыл бұрын

Cannon fodder. Let the enemy use up it's strength and energy on the new guys who probably wouldn't last very long anyway then let your fresh experienced troops win the victory. Cold but effective

I've been waiting for this part for the last few days! :D

Marching into battle while bearing the company's colours...now that's a death sentence!

I like how Sharpe said to aim for officers but the man who is clearly the most superior officer doesn't even get targeted even though he's at the very front

@BlunderMunchkin

4 жыл бұрын

Plot armor.

This reminds me of a battle I had in Napoleon Total War, where Blucher had a slightly battered army pushing up from Venice to Vienna, and Vienna's army attacked him at the bridge. A few hundred Prussians ended up holding a ford against 600-700 Austrians all charging in, but they ended up routing before they did any serious damage in melee. I love this series for getting me back into that game.

0:53 I love the officer who was so eager to pick up the colours that he tossed his sword. XD

Love the detail that goes into making period pieces! Awesome work.

Start with the officers, then the NCOs, then any poor bugger still left standing. Now that's soldiering

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

And yet they kept shooting flag bearers instead of the fat guy right out front with the big hat.

@michealohaodha9351

4 жыл бұрын

@@odysseusrex5908 Plot armour is very thick in this show.....its a wonder Sharpe and the Chosen Men can walk at all from the weight of it

@Zero59663

4 жыл бұрын

One more comment saying that’s soldiering and I’m gonna shoot myself

@thebox228

3 жыл бұрын

But they dont shoot generals. Now that's soldiering.

Ordering your men to advance with empty rifles into the remnants of a cloud of lime that blinded the enemy Now that's solderiering

@nickspanlopis9342

4 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for recognizing lime.

@damiangaming5696

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickspanlopis9342 Bet on set they used Flour

@iainhewitt

3 жыл бұрын

@@damiangaming5696 bit risky to use flour with all the sparks from the replica rifles. It's highly explosive. I had a chemistry teacher back in the day who reckoned Guido Fawkes could have succeeded with barrels of flour instead of gunpowder.

@damiangaming5696

3 жыл бұрын

@@iainhewitt perhaps Idk what else they'd use

Well of course the attack failed, who storms a maned fort with like 40 soldiers? Pay for the extras on set, guys! Its the only way you'll win!!! :P

1:52 finally a good voltiguer

Oh How this could have been if made in the modern age.. This low-ass budget ITV made-for-TV drama is a bit cringey, but it sure was the best thing about in the mid 1990s. "Sir, we're being attacked by an entire brigade" - "Don't worry, that's about 120 guys and they'll probably just walk at us in daylight for a few minutes..."

@johnsmith-wv4jw

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is a problem but it does allow you to see the true caliber of the directors. In the worst Sharpe episodes it looks ridiculous, with about 20 troops on each side. In the better episodes the director at least tries to give the illusion of a larger battle and more troops. Compare Sharpe's Company and Eagle. In Eagle the battle direction is poor, too many wide shots give the game away about how few extras they have. In Company it looks like they have far more men because the director and editor use tricks to give that illusion. Tighter shots, having the same extra march past the camera multiple times to make the units look bigger. Limited budgets were a problem but better film makers could overcomes those challenges.

@talavera9515

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith-wv4jw But wasn't it the same director - Tom Clegg - for every single one of them? Rifles and Eagle were filmed in the first year, and there are only small actions in Rifles so they would have come into Eagles cold. Perhaps when they saw how Eagles looked at broadcast, they started working out the tricks you mention, ready for filming Company in the second year.

Fighting French soldiers to the end? Now that's soldiering!

@karld888

3 жыл бұрын

fighting French soldiers to the end? Hell one only need be patient and the French will surrender. It is what they do best, after all. LOL

@tibsky1396

3 жыл бұрын

@@karld888 Oh really ... « These Frenchmen, under the gallant leadership of general Molinié, had for four critical days contained no less than seven German divisions which otherwise could have joined in the assaults on the Dunkirk perimeter. This was a splendid contribution to the escape of their more fortunate comrades of the British Expeditionary Force » - Winston Churchill, The Second World War. vol. II. Their Finest Hour. "Despite our overwhelming superiority in men and hardware numbers, the french troops are counter-attacking in several places. I can't understand how those soldiers, sometimes fighting at one versus ten, can find enough strength to assault us: this is simply amazing ! I see in those french soldiers the same energy than with the veterans of Verdun in 1916. For several days now, hundreds of bombers and guns are pounding the french defence. But, it's always the same thing: our infantry and panzers can't break through, despite some local and ephemeral successes. The french high command has very smartly set up his troops and artillery. I fear that the Dunkirk operation could be a failure for all of us: almost all the BEC will escape, because a few thousands of braves block the path to the sea. That's distressing, but that's it ! Dunkirk brings the proof that the French soldier is one of the best in the world. The french artillery, already dreaded in 1914, demonstrates once more its efficiency. Our losses are terrifying: numerous battallions have lost 60% of their men, sometimes even more ! By resisting ten days or more to our much bigger forces, the french army has accomplished, in Dunkirk, a superb achievement that you must pay tribute to. They have certainly saved Great-Britain from the defeat, by allowing the British professional army to reach the English coast." _ Georg Von Küchler, General of the XVIII Wehrmacht Army, War Diary. May 18th 1940: “The Führer still worries a lot about the southern flank. he's furious and claims that we take the best path to make the whole campaign fail ! The french troops never stops counter-attacking". May 21st 1940: "That day starts in an extremely tense atmosphere: reports indicates a serious pressure on the northern flank of the IVth army. The VIth army faces a solid front." May 22nd 1940: "Our tanks, that are currently fighting in the south, have met a powerful enemy. Our panzerdivisionen suffer too many losses and attack without being required to. Stress is growing. May 23rd 1940: "The losses for the tanks of our ten panzerdivisionen reach 50% ! The french resistance is fierce." _ General Franz Halder's diary, one of the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht

@tibsky1396

3 жыл бұрын

@@karld888 “The prolonged defense of the French garrison played an important role in the reestablishment of British troops in Egypt. From the outset, the Free French seriously disrupted Rommel's offensive. The supply of supplies to the Afrikakorps was severely affected. The increasing concentration of the Axis to pierce this abscess saved the British 8th Army from disaster. The delays brought by the resolute resistance of the French increased the chances of the British to recover and facilitated the preparation of a counterattack. In the longer term, the slowdown in Rommel's maneuver enabled British forces to escape the planned Axis annihilation. This is how we can say, without exaggeration, that Bir Hakeim facilitated El-Alamein's defensive success. " _ British historian Ian Playfair, on the Battle of Bir-Hakeim in 1942.   “You hear, gentlemen, what Koch is saying. This is further proof of the thesis that I have always maintained, that the French are, after us, the best soldiers in all of Europe. France will still be able, even with its current birth rate, to create a hundred divisions. After this war, we will have to form a coalition capable of militarily containing a country capable of accomplishing military feats that will amaze the world, like Bir-Hakeim. " _ Adolf Hitler responding to journalist Lutz Koch, back from Bir Hakeim. "In the whole course of the desert war, we never encountered a more heroic and well-sustained defence" _ Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin after Bir-Hakeim.

@tibsky1396

3 жыл бұрын

@@karld888 "The French Army, with its experience of more than 17 months of war, represents the best allied army. The assaults of his infantry seem irresistible despite all our firepower. Defensively, the French soldier has exceptional endurance, able to hold his position until death. During bayonet battles, he turns out to be a formidable killer, of the same value as his ancestor of Napoleon's Grande Armée. _ Ernst Jünger, elite Sturmtruppen, wrote during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

I always liked Calvet, he seemed like a good commander who actually cared about his troops, even if he had to sacrifice many to war.

2:24 when the enemy even sents out the cook

@alekseitheandor

3 жыл бұрын

charging enemy lines with a ladle? now that's soldiering

@Tom-ht5ym

Жыл бұрын

It's an sapper lol

The ending was truly beautiful

War crimes weren't officially a thing yet in this time period. 'Twas called murder or butcher. Very ungentlemanly as it was.

@HvV8446

4 жыл бұрын

Kill or be killed

@corvusboreus2072

4 жыл бұрын

The triangular bayonets issued with the Bess are now considered a no-no.

@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214

4 жыл бұрын

Corvus boreus you can’t stitch a triangular stab wound

@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Manche it Ducktape

I love 1:28 “well our NCO is dead, guess the wars over, back home we go, tally ho!”

Calvet is my favourite frenchman in the series, truly cares for his men and doesn't seem like a fool.

At least Gaston survived

Great stuff ! A great series ! The 95th Rifles and the Baker rifle And enfilading fire Tough to resist and with 3 shots a minute Unstoppable Cheers! 🇬🇧

Helping your steward get back to the lines - now that's just nice :)

Nobody: This whole videos comment section: NOW THAT'S SOLDIERING!!! NOW THATS COMMENTING!!!

That line fire advance reminds me of the similar scene in the movie Zulu, which is freaking amazing and I totally recommend to my fellow history nerds.

@howardjolley2215

2 жыл бұрын

The British usually used the double rank as it spread the line out and allowed the British to overwhelm the French columns. In addition they used platoon fire, which in a battalion kept the firing continuous.

This is probably one of the best scenes in sharpe.

One of my fave episodes. Some brilliant moments and one of the best battles with the final seige

I think what I like most about this show is how shitty it does make everything feel. You think of a fort? Well not every fort had some huge gate or bars. Just a cart trying to block the way. It shows how the everyday soldier may have had to just make due.

True training can be a turning point in a battle

This is a great little series of movies. They did a really good job with them.

Joining two metal surfaces together using a filler metal … now that’s soldering!

1:10 my guy does a whole michael jackson dance on the way down, then an elvis presley stage number on the ground for good measure🤣

Achievement Earned: *Hot Potato* (I’m referring to how they kept having to pass the flag)

@TheCormTube

4 жыл бұрын

Who wants the "shoot me" flag next?

Gotta love a bit of sharpe !!! Awesome box set

0:55 guy throws away his sword to carry the banner lol

Advancing with empty rifles Now that’s soldiering

colour: **Dies** the dude next to the colour: "guess ill die"

This entire show was a lesson in how to fight a peninsula war with just 20 extras.

*"Ah, so this is where Boromir was--" heh heh. Well, it looks like I just found a show to watch. A most phenomenal clip. Thanks lots!*

As a frenchman, I am of course heartbroken to see my people die like this. But, it is war, and it is how it is. My god, that Sharpe fellow. Sure wished he had been on our side.

@warlawd4433

2 жыл бұрын

Bro you had Napoleon

@Leesoldier12

2 жыл бұрын

@@warlawd4433 true, and we are proud. But with sharpe, nothing could of stand in our way lol

@DanBurgaud

Жыл бұрын

​@@warlawd4433 So true. Napoleon was too OP; it took combined armies from 4 countries to defeat him.

@dsiiic_2840

Жыл бұрын

@@Leesoldier12 If any nation had a few Sharpes, Napoleons, or Bagrations, they would dominate the world... In the 1800s anyway.

@Leesoldier12

Жыл бұрын

@@dsiiic_2840 so true

No have words..... Now that's Soldiering

My Total War senses are tingling! "My Lord, our men are running from the battlefield, SHAMEFUR DISPLAY!"

Controlled volly fire at the choke points. Thats sholdering!

1:06 Here you hold it, I'm not doing it, every body that does gets shot.

That ending he saw what he did and helped his boy 😢that line😢 as bad as Moscow 😭his head nodding got him😭

@oleglazarenko8295

3 жыл бұрын

not sure why they used that line. Napoleon got Moscow without a fight and also left it burned but also without a fight

@iustusira7202

2 жыл бұрын

@@oleglazarenko8295 it had been already burnt before his visit

Calvet and his oppo (Garston) are the unsung heroes of Sharpe.

Carry on Sharpe. A classic British comedy

Got to admire Sean Bean, he's no glory hunter. He supports a humble club like Sheffield Utd, and i don't even think they were the strongest side in the city, and he died in tons of things.

- Это было также тяжело как пол Москвой? - Да, мой генерал. - Значит, это было и правда тяжело Крутой сериал. Многие в детстве смотрели

Dumping lime on the enemy with a modern shovel in the 1810's, that's soldiering.

@paladinoestetica1915

Жыл бұрын

they had shovels in 1810

The famous British thin red line, was an awesome thing !

Carrying your nations military colors even if you know that you will get shot. Now that is what I call Bravery and of course Soldiering