Apart from the four captured by the Spanish at Bailen a couple of years earlier and also one captured by the portugese….

It's rather powerful symbolism tbh.

if a roman eagle was lost and the legion survived they were dismissed regardless of situation in disgrace

Napoleon greatly admired the Romans.

@@acewatt2737 That is false. The legion was disbanded yes (until the standard could be recovered) but the legionaries weren't disbanded, they were just embedded in other legions. You have to understand a legionary is an immense investment of state resources and he can't be dismissed just like that, the skill and combat experience are just too valuable to let go.

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france must have at least one standard in their museum, (correct me if u want lol :P, im not sure)

tbf france itself caotured allot especially frederick the greats sword and slash but they burned it together with the rest in hotel de ville so it would not fall into enemy hands in 1814

British army had one of these too, they keep it at their military compound(I forget which one).

@@martinmagtagnob771 when the monarchy was restored after Napoleon's defeat the eagles that were still in the French military were melted down

What? NEVERMIND I SAW IT

The first French Eagle of the Peninsular War captured by the British was by the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers At the Battle of Barrosa, fought in Spain in 1811 to quote Sergeant Patrick Masterson "Bejabers boys! I have got the cuckoo!" The second I believe was by the scots greys.

Yea two were captured at Waterloo

@@MackMateCom seems like they were giving them away

@@MackMateComThat’s why it was a decisive battle. Napoleon never recovered from those two eagles he lost.

no white flag...

Manny Kim it’s quite sad

At least he supports that flag and what it represents. It likes me a native Canadian laughing at you if you saluted your flag or sang its honour song

😂😂🤣🤣😅😅I know! That salute at the end!!

When you reenact, you literally become a member of the regiment you are portraying. Everything has to be authentic or a true period reproduction-right down to how you speak. It becomes part of you.

hetrodoxly sonov lol

@Akainu Sakazuki94 Are they French and taken off Napoleon.

Captured by the Scots Greys (now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards) at the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Held in their regimental museum in Edinburgh Castle.

After Waterloo he went to live in Urmston Manchester taught swordsmanship in Salford was buried Probably in Urmston years later Scotland realised that he was a Scottish Hero dug him up and I believe is in Edinburgh castle

A Roman builds a bar. A Frank, Brit, and a Germ walk into it and begin fighting.

italy is not even in the top 10 of countries that have won the most battles, France is #1, what do you mean larping ?

@@AL-kb3cb yea maybe in recent history. The people of Gaul were quite primitive compared to the Ancient Native Italians. That’s why they were conquered.

@@nicklang6925 bro what you call recent history is 1600 years ago. What happened previously to 1600 years ago is very ancient. France as we know it (not as the recent history but in general) is born from the Roman Empire and the Gaul together. Roman Empire is not equal to Italy at all.

Doesn't it make you miss the old days? When the occasional nutter like this was wandering around innocently being wacky? Now they join women's swim teams.

No he is a reenactor who portrays the regiment. They take great care to carry on the legacy of the regiment. Why he feels apart of the regiment.

re-enactment dude

Not to be a d!ck but can "I'm pretty educated on military history" and "This is the first I ever heard about..." BOTH be true? I don't know much about history, let alone military history - and even I knew that. Maybe I'm unusual in that I have seen any of the hundreds of shows and movies and paintings that show Napoleon's troops carrying Eagle Standards around. Go figure.