You know some shit is going to happen when Captain Fredrickson takes off his whig, eyepatch and false teeth.

@rollingrock5143

2 жыл бұрын

Much love to Fredrickson. A life ruined by injury. However, he is humble and kept his place with honor and distinction. I only hope to emulate a man like him.

@AlexanderDunetz

2 жыл бұрын

@@rollingrock5143 : fredrickson be a bullshit artist. He speeded his souped-out Citroen into a stone wall , no seat belt. The remainder drove around thirty years before seat belts became mandatory ...... Ridiculous !!

@dr.lexwinter8604

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet William was one of my favorite characters!

@domoarigato3000

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet William is a friend, Bald William is to be feared.

@reidycruise

Жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderDunetz ok buddy

Making one of the most polpular tv series ever on almost no budget and a group of extras who can be British, french and Spanish in the same episode. That’s soldiering.

@Delogros

2 жыл бұрын

I think my record for seeing the same extra die in one episode was 3 times :)

@roseanneroseannadanna9651

2 жыл бұрын

@@Delogros I think he also was his own pall bearer in one scene. Well..... when you have the same small crew for a while it can either be a drag or loads of fun. Me thinks this crew was having a ball doing the series!

@Delogros

2 жыл бұрын

@@roseanneroseannadanna9651 Oh the production value and so reuse of extras never bothered me, loved this series when I was little

@roseanneroseannadanna9651

2 жыл бұрын

@@Delogros LOL! I grew up on TV like this. This was a fantastic take on a few novels!

@allways28

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this comment more times than the same extra

It was always hard to hate, or even dislike French General Calvet. But after watching him fearlessly lead his men into Sharpe’s meatgrinder, with not even a spot of complaint or hesitation, seeing him exhibit both discipline and compassion as his troops break and run, and then help his beloved Gaston, wounded, off the field, it became impossible to not admire him. Dude didn’t need to have food in his mouth to make his screentime invaluable.

@cbhlde

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Clavet is the enemy you wish to have. :)

@catriona_drummond

Жыл бұрын

There are facets to him. Apparently he has been to Moscow and back and lived to tell the tale. A certain disillusionment about the war business is always present, especially during his dealings with the spies and agents trying to abuse his troops for their schemes.

@lindildeev5721

Жыл бұрын

He's a man of honor, like Sharpe. He's just not from the same side.

@I_Don_t_want_a_handle

11 ай бұрын

i suspect many of his officers would have enjoyed his plot armour too.

It always catches me off guard when the dad smacks his daughter Jesus lmao

@jad4945

Жыл бұрын

Weren't a mild reprimand neither, proper went for it.

@lyndatuttle

Жыл бұрын

Birth control

@daveschouweiler8952

Жыл бұрын

The dad was wrong and confused by the battle. A sad, complicated moment. Amazing episode.

Picking up the colors after watching the last 3 guys carrying it get shot. Now, that's soldiering.

@Gothic7876

2 жыл бұрын

It’s the whole, the colours shouldn’t touch the ground while there is still a man capable of carrying them.

@JohnCooper-gm6mn

Жыл бұрын

*YOU LOST THE KING'S COLOURS MAN!*

@theoneandonlygrod

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnCooper-gm6mn It was Major Lennox's fault, sir! He should answer for it!

@JohnCooper-gm6mn

Жыл бұрын

@@theoneandonlygrod *MAJOR LENNOX ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE!*

@davemcmahonj3457

Жыл бұрын

0😂😅 13:24 say 😊

This show never had the budget it deserved, but they did quite well with what should have been big set pieces. That gate battle was brutal.

Best of General Calvet and Gaston next, please.

@ChaseMcCain81

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I second this

@backrowbrighton

2 жыл бұрын

I third this.

@generaladvance5812

2 жыл бұрын

So, every Calvet and Gaston scene then?

that dude really smacked that woman lol

@SirTweaksalot92

2 жыл бұрын

i thought it was a bit much too :P

@finaladvance5085

2 жыл бұрын

Did I miss a scene? When did that happen?

@remoman

2 жыл бұрын

0:14

Calvert is the one antagonist that I can never hate.

The looks on both Sharpe and the father when the girl said yes spoke volumes.

Great series, authentic uniforms for the most part, and the actors caused me to feel like I was in that century

The way the dad clobbered his daughter under the table did me in :D !!!!!

"Was it as bad as in Moscow?" "Well, no: I'd say it wasn't quite as Moscow. We damn near froze our arses off in Moscow."

Biding time, waiting for the right moment to pounce... that's soldering!

Sharpe: "Wait, hold fire, they've had enough!" Frederickson: leads his line outside the fort "Form on me, fire!" 😄👌

Perfect tactics, Sharpe.

Sharpe basically uses the ambush, it's his most used tactic, best napoleonic ambush i've ever seen.

@I_Don_t_want_a_handle

11 ай бұрын

Now that's skirmishing!

0:15 is a right wallop, that took me aback!

Volley fire was possible the biggest advancement in military tactics and no one did it better than the British.

@kuro_neko5863

2 жыл бұрын

Volley fire was necessary because of how poor the accuracy was on smooth bore muskets. I would say British use of rifles in war, while not exclusive, was a big advancement.

@barangaysalapan5422

2 жыл бұрын

Prussians are better.

@englishmaninfrance661

Жыл бұрын

Like a machine gun in many ways :)

@jdlamb4212

Жыл бұрын

That's kind of backwards logic. It was just a carryover from how ranged units were already managed.

@coenbaan1874

Жыл бұрын

except for the french, there's a reason why Britain needed a coalition with 4 other major powers to beat them.

This is one of the only times we see the French's own rifles and skirmishers rather than just a huge infantry column or line

@JM-dy4ty

9 ай бұрын

The French didn’t use riflemen surprisingly. Napoleon thought they were of little use

I think my only problem with this series is the occasional mood-shattering guitar of the soundtrack.

@kel117

Жыл бұрын

Havn't watched Sharpe in years but i can still hear that exact guitar riff your talking about in my head.

@jamesboulger8705

Жыл бұрын

@@kel117 roflmao, the bug bit you

8:26 "Pocket sand!"

Amazing what can be done on a budget of £3.61p. Even better when you get a £4.99 rebate.

Achievement Earned: *The Blonde Gorilla*

Frederickson: Girl's happy Sharpe: But the father isnt!! Classic 😂😂😂

I do love the death scenes. The frogs seem to die from a scratch

@AlexanderDunetz

2 жыл бұрын

I would never retrieve a fallen colors. Chanting "Vive le France" against Sharpe's Riflemen provides no immunity.

@ajax54

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderDunetz carrying the colors seems to be a death sentence

@AlexanderDunetz

2 жыл бұрын

Nous, les grenouilles, sommes toujours prêts à repousser les envahisseurs russes, germaniques et anglo-saxons. On ne meurt jamais. On gratte les yeux de nos ennemis ! Vive la France !!

@AlexanderDunetz

2 жыл бұрын

I isn't carrying no colors. Poke me in the ass with your sword , mon Capitán. i aint carrying no colors.

@infinitecanadian

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderDunetz Didn't help you during the Second World War or the Napoleonic Wars, now did it?

What did Harper do to Robinson to "teach him that he does not make free with the french girls?" I would assume it was a beating or a flogging or something.

@Southern_Crusader

2 жыл бұрын

Flogging him with a baguette.

@talavera9515

2 жыл бұрын

It would be a bit of a beating. As I understand it, floggings were always carried out publicly "pour encourager les autres", whereas Sharpe is a great fan of the privately-administered corrective beating, which allows the culprit to keep his dignity with the other men.

@benedictjlarkin9296

2 жыл бұрын

Well the Irish way would be to beat him with a hurl.

@robfreeman9911

2 жыл бұрын

In the book he beat him up so badly that the next day he couldn’t walk and had to be carried in the ammunition wagon.

@robfreeman9911

2 жыл бұрын

Also Robinson deserted and ran away with her, after she followed them back to the castle catching them just as they were blowing up a bridge.

2:28 Now that's pirating!

@Southern_Crusader

2 жыл бұрын

He would make a terrific privateer!

"no no, you can shoot better than that" xD

poor Gaston

damn... papa hit HARD 🤣

"He does not make free with the French girls!" French girls be like 😉😘🤪!

How was Harper holding the box of powder while also commanding the third rank? A sergeant being in two places at once? That’s soldiering.

Waiting for this channel to upload a new Sharpe video..... that's soldering!

6:03 quite a timely look there, with the soldiers wearing masks.

@andrewames247

2 жыл бұрын

Considering what they are pouring on the French, the masks would be WELL necessary! Quicklime, or more properly, calcium oxide, is caustic, and would cause nasty burns, especially if it came in contact with the moisture in a man's eyes, or if inhaled.

cheers!

Thanks from a land far away 🌵

Damn those rifles are accurate

@shugotenchi

Жыл бұрын

Back then all guns were hitscan weapons. ;)

Over and over you can see how the machine gun revolutionised war.

@nebunezz_r

8 ай бұрын

Just faster bullet cycle really, even in WW1 the advent of bolt action changed the Infantry dynamic so much.

1:11 allgleeyaaaa! the classic Sharpe death scream

And I thought Horatio Hornblower was good. I've subscribed.

@Tahkaullus01

Жыл бұрын

Hornblower only exists because of Sharpe.

Apparently the quinine in the jesuitz bark helps with malaria n a ton of other health issues.. i was so confused during that scene XD

@tradtke101

Ай бұрын

And a mean gin and tonic

Sharpe using chemical weapons three times a minute! :)

Where's Adrados? That's a classic.

00:16 That slap was real! Haha.

Sharpe Tactics: Shoot the Colours

@darthverminates9708

Жыл бұрын

The soldiers start getting confused once the officers are gone.

Why would the lady run away and be screaming if she into it XD Never understood that one haha

@independentomega2701

Жыл бұрын

She's French. They are screamers.

@DSFARGEG00

9 ай бұрын

Playing around a bit, I guess.

I want to watch this series from beginning to end, is it possible?

@theshortsandthings

2 жыл бұрын

They are all on you tube in parts. Search “Sharpe’s Rifles Part 1” and the auto play should take over from there

@unknownlegend7867

2 жыл бұрын

@@theshortsandthings thank you very much!

Letting the young girl know breeding will be later…..that’s priority soldiering.

What was in the box at 3:29? I can't quite hear what he says.

@victorlay5282

Жыл бұрын

Quinine.

Poor Gaston.

Ya know, a remake of this great series wouldnt be bad. Perhaps animated?

i always laugh at the bit everyone elsei s looting silver and harris is just like look books

3 lines firing is literally taken from the movie Zulu.

Napoleon Bonaparte may have lose the war but he had a noble ‘cause. Infact, in most part of the world, countries do have government and no more monarchy.

@PaulMurrayCanberra

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, 'cause Napoleon was definitely not a king. /s

@walesdoesntsuck6635

2 жыл бұрын

Are you saying monarchy is a bad thing?

@Delogros

2 жыл бұрын

Weird then how of the top 10 happiest countries in the world 6 of them are constitutional monarchies... :S Napoleon was also a Monarch by the way who put his family members on various thrones in Europe and wanted his son to succeed him has de facto dictator of France so I honestly have no idea what the hell your on about :S

@brokenheroes1463

2 жыл бұрын

@@Delogros before you reach to what I said, research ignorant!

@Delogros

2 жыл бұрын

@@brokenheroes1463 If you meant something else maybe you should learn to write a sentence properly. Napoleon had no noble cause, he was a Monarch and most of the happiest countries on the planet are Monarchies which you seemed to be suggesting was a bad thing... Unless you live there apparently. Enroll yourself in some English classes kid.

"They hate the bloody flag!!"

French are literal bots in this series

Could almost feel sorry for the French. Almost. But then I know what they did in Spain.

Being an oblivious French Column... Now that's soldiering.

the first scene was awesome but i didnt like how some of the riflemen didnt have the baker rifles only some of them did where as the rest had a mix of obvious probs and brown bess muskets. At least make the riflemen have the rifles the regular army can have whatever. Its a small complaint but I find it off puttting when i spot a riflemen without his baker rifle

@wiva4707

2 жыл бұрын

I also find this a bit off putting; however the team had no choice. It was either they sacrifice quality on the small things like this or on the larger things since they didn't have a large budget.

@AlexanderDunetz

2 жыл бұрын

Alan , i do appreciate you comments , sincerely. Nobody questions your erudition of subject matter. However , please retain one overriding production rule : LOW BUDGET !!

@alanwong8587

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderDunetz you can chill on the blatant sarcasm jackass from a yt comment. I can comment whatever I want. Reiterating what another guy said to me a month ago doesn't make you smart

@hectorgravesantiagonil2118

2 жыл бұрын

They had a TINY TINY budget though, I can accept it tbh, but yeah

TIL about "Jesuit's Bark." I can see why it would be extremely valuable for 19th century soldiers in the field, especially guerilla fighters.

It bugs me that they so freely drop their weapons. Sword, musket, rifle, it doesn't matter, it is never out of your possession. When I was a soldier we used to sleep with our rifles and blades in our sleeping bags, they were always in our hands.

I don't get what is in the wagon, does anyone know?

@jimfonzie2887

2 жыл бұрын

It looks a lot like cinnamon sticks. I have some at home. As this series was not broadcast in France I cannot put it in context.

@africa689

2 жыл бұрын

It contained Jesuit's Bark, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit%27s_bark, which itself contains quinine. Quinine is used as a treatment for malaria.

@Superiorform4

2 жыл бұрын

In that episode, Sharpe's wife is mortally ill, and that bark is the key ingredient to the antidote.

@ryangibson5462

2 жыл бұрын

Jesuits Wood. When it was first discovered it was thought to be one of the most valuable things on the planet. Worth more than gold or silver.

Why is Sweet Willie removing his teeth?

Was that lime or lye?

that's domestic abusing

There's keeping it out of your face and then there's 8:24

The reaction of those French to an ambush in the first scene was slightly better than what we can see from Russians in Ukraine these days.

@connorkenyei348

Жыл бұрын

Они всегда такими были

Why are the french never shooting jus keep walking and not shooting back

@eldorados_lost_searcher

2 жыл бұрын

When in column, only the first three ranks can fire; but in order to do so, they'd have to halt the whole formation. Doing that leaves the entire formation vulnerable and outgunned, so they would keep pressing forward to try and break the enemy's line with weight of numbers and bayonets. Alternatively, they could try to shake out from column into line, which the British would usually fight in because of the fire advantage (but it's also more difficult to manoeuver in, as the line needs to keep itself dressed so it doesn't lose cohesion). But moving from column into line is difficult, and doing it under fire is even more so. The best way to do it would be in a mixed formation, with two units in line on either side of the attack column to provide fire support while the center unit presses the attack home, and a fourth unit is in reserve to exploit the breakthrough or provide cover during a retreat. But the truth in this case is that they probably didn't have it in the budget.

@Kamfrenchie

2 жыл бұрын

@@eldorados_lost_searcher it's not just budget, they make the french soldiers look basicly stupid, even ridiculous. They wouldn't just repeat "vive l'empereur" every 5 econds, just like the british would yell "long live the king" every 5 seconds. Dont even get me started on them staying perfectly in place while blinded, and not crawling to the side.

@talavera9515

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kamfrenchie Did Cornwell make that up then, about the chanting? I always assumed it was genuine, and that they did it to hold the conscripts together and keep them moving forward.

@Kamfrenchie

2 жыл бұрын

@@talavera9515 Who is Cornwell ? And since the napoleonic wars were big, i can't discount it happening at some point, but really...listen to it... just "Vive l'empereur" on repeat, especially spoken like that wouldn't be very motivating. I'd expect drummers and musicians would fill the role much better. Listen to "la victoire est à nous" for example... what those scene shows here feels very off from what i'd expect.

@talavera9515

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kamfrenchie Bernard Cornwell wrote the books on which the series is based. Aside from budget issues, the series is by and large closely based on the books, so if you're saying they didn't really chant "Vive l'Empereur", you're saying Bernard Cornwell made it up, or got the idea from someone who had made it up. So I'm asking what is your source for that. And what *did* they actually do? You say you "would expect" drummers and musicians, but are you able to tell us what they *did* have?

The French weee much braver these British troops are fighting the remainder of the French forces after 20 years of constant fighting in seven war of the coalitions

Warfare back then was so dumb. Literally just walking into bullets....

@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen

Жыл бұрын

You could reliably expect those bullets to not hit. The reason they fired in ranks was because infantry muskets were smoothbore and wouldn't hit their target at anything other than spitting distance. The reason Sharpe's men are so accurate is because they're using rifles and thus the amount of carnage we see on-screen is higher than usual.

Robinson almost had a woman and a drink

@Dizzyruptor

2 жыл бұрын

And a broken neck too.

@adamhauskins6407

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dizzyruptor if she had only led and be on top

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