You need to watch the full episode, it will make sense

@@bigdaddy1400 he did... you didn’t read his comment in the full context.

That true?

How polite to remain those lines in readable english. At least those french officers weren’t completely arrogant as often portrayed. Thanks for charing Mister.

Not an officer a sergeant

Well I mean yea, he is still Irish. Even Hogan given half a chance would scream it himself.

Come out ye black n tans.

​@@patriotenfield3276america is a disease

​@@patriotenfield3276bring back the black and tans....to drive islam back to the devil worshipping deserts 😉

Go Sabhála Dia Éire!

It helps that after the initial clashes, the spanish theatre really was mostly about smaller actions, with few of the massive field battles seen elsewhere during the napoleonic wars.

@@GaldirEonai yeah, sharpe really focuses on skirmishes rather than big battles

@@ThePostalGril Series is at its best when it does. Rather not remember the Waterloo episode.

@@HDreamer yep exactly. the rifles were a skirmish unit so it just makes sense to focus on those. i love sharpe

Mr Ross, pray you count me that cocktail crew over there. Looks to be forty odd men, what are you getting at Sharpe? WHERE'S THE REST OF THEM, DAMN YE! Come on Sharpe we're doing our best, this isn't bloody Lord of the Rings.

What a lad

By god lads are you give him a cheer 💯👍🏻

I hope he didn't have to sleep his way to the top.

As soon as you meet him, you know he will go far!

I think he even became "engaged" to a young widow of a soldier. After the battle Sharpe tells him if he gets him some tea, He'll make him a Sgt.

Harper is FILTH

YOU is filth

SAY IT!

Now that is soldiering!

@@ForgottenHonor0 GOD SAVE IRELAND

NCO, please. Next time you'll even try to call him "Sir"? I dare ya^^

@@golem5809 I was talking about the "colonel"

@@gasmonkey1000 Fair enough.

to be fair, he was already traumatized by the time sharpe had even met him.

Not superior officer, merely a higher ranking one.

i missed this when i watched it the first time xD

In the books he was deliberately put in command of tough Irishmen who would have taken care of him

I love the part where they just tap him lightly in the chest and he falls as if he was stabbed.

@@timonrolleman54 no budget for CGI and even then it was limited technology. Doing their best

Now that's soldiering

That's not cold blood, that's in the heat of battle, basically, there are two types of killings, warm blood and cold blood, warm blood killings are typically when in a rage or other un-controllable situation (as seen here), an example of a warm blood killing would be a husband walking in on his wife doing things with another man, and then killing that man, cold blood is when you did it in a situation that was under your control entirely, so this is not a cold blood killing.

@@konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Sorry, I thought it just meant efficient and ruthless, you have taught me something new, cold blooded cruel, warmblooded efficient and doing the job. In a soldiers context.

@@konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Knowing the difference of cold blooded killing and warn blooded killing? Now that's soldiering

I actually like it that he killed him with efficiency, but takes a moment afterwards to realize what he just done. In WAY too many films and series (basically every single one) characters are way too casual about their first kill.

@@benedictjlarkin9296 in proper English it would be "Hot Blood" not warm blooded, describing Killing in a "Passion" or high excitement. "Crimes of Passion" are "Second Degree Murder" (or Homicide, a lesser crime such a during a fight). Implying a person would not have killed, if they were not so emotional. "Cold Blooded" Murder is Premeditated. With Malice aforethought.

@@SuperAd1980 The Regiment was of Irish decent if I'm not mistaken

It's called Fragging and it has happened in every army. Terrible officers need to be handled.

@@hagamapama I would bet good money that you are right about that

​@@WNShadow814 He I've seen it first hand.

and a bad sergeant is worse than a bad officer!

not really. They knew those who try to turn back would be punished severely In fact British Army was one of the lenient ones where even Wellington tolerates routing in the face of much superior forces as long as these routed men only ran as far as the next British regiment lines to regroup

​@00_rei90 I think they show this in one of the episodes when Wellington is like " I don't care if they run as long as they come back"

@@MrJpc1234 yes when Sharpe shoots the Prince of Regent

@@Fishbowl50 Prince of Orange

Actually not. Brutal and unpopular officers (of all nationalities) were quite often killed by their own men in battle.

First time I watched it I thought it was David Suchet, the actor of Poirot from 1989-2013.

@@davidpulanco2715 I thought that too but it is played by Mark Lambert

Very witty indeed

😂

And they made Hastings the commanding general!

He also changes his name from Sean to John.

Stupid question, but did the french get him or his own guys?

@@skvader4189 his own, they just killed him behind the lines so they could say the French killed him.

@@darman12able wow that sucks

@@skvader4189 it's one of Sharpe's more brutal acts of revenge but not undeserved. Though when one of his captains D'Allombord figures out what Sharpe and Harper did he's not too happy about it even though he doesn't say as much.

He was to take the pack. French packs were superior to the British model.

@@wdtaut5650 It's still looting when you take the pack & contents haha. But interesting to note about the French packs being better, thanks.

The idiomatic term "Jerry Can" still exists for a container of gas/petrol, because the German containers in WW2 were of superior design and durability, and so would be "appropriated" at every opportunity by the Allies. "Looting" is a fundamental part of every conflict.@@jonathanbaron-crangle5093

@@jonathanbaron-crangle5093 'looting' military supplies is different from looting civilian goods and possessions...but since it's Napoleonic battle, they did that to, it was considered part of the pay.

@@justicar5 Most armies of the Napoleonic era looted civilians; the British didn't. At least, not officially. It happened, of course, but British soldiers caught looting were hanged. During the Peninsular War, Spanish civilians were astonished that the British army paid for everything, but the Spanish army just stole.

The writing is even better

Then they would have a proper sized regiment, and not a platoon pretending to be one.

@@gawainethefirst It's really hard to suspend your disbelieve in the later Episodes. Watching Waterloo fought by like 50 guys. lol

Well it wouldn't be as good. Corporate money and good art are sort of like pil and vinegar.

The low budget is part of the charm.

"badassery" hahahahaha

Weld done...

Braze yourself for more comments

That was a fluxxing good comment.

Outstanding. Simply outstanding.

It took me longer then it should have to get this.....

what timestamp?

@@91stsinker21 3:16

@@91stsinker21 3:18

Oh, I thought he was advancing lol

I mean he hadn't started moving backwards so technically not retreating, I think that's straight murder.

FILTH!

Keyboard soldiering*

That's Sharpering.

That's YouTubing!

That's memeing

Harper is loving that bit followed up with harassing Lynch.

@TheHonestDutch/Irish/Italian guy "needs to be turned into a meme"? Have you looked at the comment fields of ANY Sharpe video?

There is no way to do it safely with a reenactors semi sharp (as is used in France and Spain) or the Eastern European nations and even with an English reenactors blunt (which look shit on screen especially as curved sabres) they aren't a particularly safe move because burrs and such.

As Cornwell likes to say in his books, the point always beats the edge.

Stick em with the pointy end

@@lscarlet2475 There is with trick photography or non-metallic weapons etc.

You realise that its actually pretend, and nobody gets shot either, right......

Watching all of them, reading all the books and having a RGJ corporal named Sharpe priceless

now that's budgeting

They do the character stuff right though. Honestly, I'd much rather have this than a show with ten times the budget and bad writing.

You forgot to mention 'now that's soldiering'.

@@wetlettuce4768 Forgetting to mention "now that's soldiering" ...?

@@LayneBenofsky now that's soldiering

*The Martian* Mitch Henderson, Flight director at NASA: Survived He drove a desk so not much chance of him dying to be fair but would be a touch ironic if a satellite fell on him.

@@tomstech4390 He gets forced to resign, I consider that to be an economic death.

Now THAT’S Soldiering!

bobsickle or a career death...

Not dying in Sharpe but almost died IRL whilst shooting the series (almost get trampled by a horse afaik)

To borrow a line from Cinemasins "Roll Credits."

It's a nod to Cornwell's books. Every book except "Sharpe's Waterloo" ends with a title drop.

Don't worry, he soon left and did some of his favorite hobby, bus surfing.

@Dav serban good officer to be fair.

@@CaesarsLegion1 complete tosser

@@littlebigman6957 How dare you

@@CaesarsLegion1 colonel girdwood !!!!!!. NOT your good self

Niiiiicceeeeeeee!

No. The Prince of Orange (aka the Young Frog) insisted at Quatre Bras and Waterloo that his men should be in line, not a square.

Yeah Sharpes Peril! Funniest scene seeing shape not having a bugger idea what to make of simmerson at the end lol I really hope that the channel owner keeps up the videos into the two later episodes also as they have plenty of story to tell as well!

Hope,if they upload peril, they upload the full version-I want to see simmerson marching along singing loudly!

@@AttyDouro22 I think I also recall Simmerson playing with some children.

@@AttyDouro22 I'm sure it's on netflix.im sure I gotnitnon my list hope his helps

That would be soldiering

Nah, Bean couldn't pull off the aristocratic attitude.

That's Soldering

More like censoring

He did though...and THAT's soldiering.

the Nock gun he uses is incredibly heavy, he is strong enough to use it on his own, hence the same shot each time

That's nothing on hageman dual wielding muskets at waterloo

Did Alfred Molina portray Girdwoods because I keep getting this Snidley Whiplash vibe from the character.

He didn't do the opposite. Girdwood wanted to show that he was in charge by telling Sharpe he was in the wrong place and should be 2 steps back to be in position. Sharpe moved the regiment forward so he was now in the correct position, whilst also showing that he was the one in control of the regiment, and making Girdwood in the right place. He effectively did what Girdwood asked.

@@mavsworld1733 Exactly.

@@mavsworld1733 in fact, you can say it's a certain action

FILTH!!

Better hope nobody saw them do it, that's a shooting charge (though I doubt that anyone other then Girdwood would care about Lynch).

@@konstantinosnikolakakis8125 there would be witnesses for that and the rule book would demand that justice be handed out for that if not by courtmarshal and all then the family of the decied would demand that.

I guess you could say he got .... Lynched ..... I'll see myself out.

@@TheManofthecross Yep in the eye of the law at the time, he is considered a coward and not obeying an officer's order so he's deserved to die, the coward!

A mate of mine...well okay, it was me, in a dark hut and freezing while trying to sleep off a massive gutful of booze, opened up a cupboard and found a blanket. Early next morning I woke and found I was wrapped up in the Regimental colours...and covered in spew. Never before was I so silent and stealthy as I was in that moment. *Now that's soldiering!* In my defence, this was the Royal New South Wales Regiment, linear descendant of the New South Wales Corps aka The Rum Corps, established for guarding convicts and the only unit to have: a. Overthrown the government of Australia (the Rum Rebellion 1808) b. Ruled for two years as an illegal military junta, with rum as the actual currency c. GOT AWAY WITH IT, because i. The Governor was William Bligh, starring in his second mutiny, and ii. If they hanged the perpetrators they would end up with the convicts in charge, and iii. The French would have laughed their derrieres off. And this ends my Show And Tell presentation on my family history.

invalidated and left to rot somewhere, probably. With Simmerson implicated in the scam by Fenner he wouldn't want anything to do with Girdwood now

In the books, he brought Girdwood because his incompetency meant Sharpe had effective control of the Regiment, rather than having another Regimental Commander who Sharpe would actually have to serve.

In the book; on the trip over Girdwood stays locked in his quarters loudly composing epic battle poems to the point other officers make mention of it. On the march. Sharpe allows that dogs are to be considered suitable companions for the Regiment, Girdwood is terrified by dogs. The battle is a frontal assault against fortified trenches, and the book goes into how Girdwood completely unprepared for the smoke noise and chaos, as he considers war to be perfect formations and maneuvering. When he does snap he's sitting in a trench surrounded by the dead, talking to them, weeping and trying to recite poetry while a dog chewed on a corpse next to him. One of the other Officers states that, back home, they could charge a penny for people to view him. He's carried away quietly and never mentioned again,

He wasn't all that horrible. He was in most tho. For example he remembered all his soldiers names and trained them hard for combat.

@@fredthemanish that’s a pretty decent thing to do. Still doesn’t excuse the awful things he did though.

​@@Gothic7876 that's how all armies were in that Era. Even in the US I had hands put on me by my drill sergeant in 2005. About the only bad thing was the whole hunting people thing

I think you may be confusing Sharpe TV show with Lord of the Rings "One does not simply walk into Mordor"

Actually, not as uncommon, as you think. They are long, thin pieces of steel on a stick, what do you expect?

@@7jum7 Irl they would just penetrate the clothing and kill the guy, I think this one must've been plastic though ;)

@@Beowulf-eg2li Irl, if it penetrated the body. it would probably meet some bones. In addition, it's never a direct thrust - there's always some twisting and bending. Plus, the steel wasn't so great. So yeah, it would pierce a guy or two and kill them, but after that it's likely to bend.

@@7jum7 you're just talking out of your arse aren't you?

@@VerkingKerng No. He's not. Real british bayonets were dull and thus it was hard to penetrate with them and there's real historical pieces where the bayonet bent upon contact with possibly bone or someone's canteen.

That extra got off easy. I was watching a clip from a different Sharpe Movie, and Sean stabs with his sword, and kicks the guy in the cods while pulling out the sword. I hope that extra got an extra Fiver in his pay packet.😉😁

Imagine if he'd turned around to see who had died and just got yeeted.

May I ask, what did you hate about it? Was it because it was "boring grown-up stuff", or simply that your parents insisted on watching it, possibly when you wanted to watch something else? (Ah, those pre KZfaq and iPlayer days!)

@@talavera9515 I was a kid And found it boring But Because I am now really into history I like it

Did he pull the same move on another occasion? I thought I remembered this happening with Sharpe and the senior officer both on horseback.

One hell of a flex to show who really has the power.

@@Oryxification colonel Girdwood... do you feel in charge?

as a rule you cannot have both

SantomPh even though it made him defenceless

The colour was more important.

In that era of warfare the flying colours was to be held at times to boost moral and to allow others to identify your unit of men. In alot of war movies of this era you'll see a flag bearer go down and the nearest solider would drop his rifle pick up the flag and run tonthe front of the line don't forgot you also got drummers and other instruments being played in battle that's to help keep a beat to march to. Although I don't believe they where picked up after the man was killed or wounded. Look up movies like the patriot. Or war and peace They have examples of the flag being picked up

Now that's Soldering

3:22 "Filth!"

Cheers for that, Austin Powers 😉

But he looked like a Frenchman sir

Happy birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, It is Soldiering if your British.... Soldiering auf Deutsch ist KILLING all to the front, Leaving none for the rear.

Thank you my fellow Sharpe "now that's soldiering" fans

You might want to use one as a life preserver. That would be soldiering.

FILTH!

Now that is soldiering

The filth did the dirty on him.

In Vietnam he would have been Sergeant Fragg.

They lynched him honorably, they never stabbed him in the back but when he was cowardly enough to show them his front they made took him up on the offer.

Tv artillery is pretty much like using Stormtroopers from Star Wars, they couldn't hit a barn door in a month of sundays, and the one or two hits they do manage makes you wonder why they employed it in the first place. Never mind Cannons don't fire like that anyway. Cannons were shot below the intended target, so as to bounce and skim across the ground, ploughing into ranks of infantry or cavalry, and doing horrendous damage hacking off limbs or heads, and moving on into any units marching behind too. The accuracy would always be off for the first few shots in the beginning of a battle, but as the cannons warmed up the gunners would always find their aim. It's why cannon was so feared on the battlefield, especially if a battalion was formed up in square to avoid a cavalry attack. One cannon ball could sweep away a whole side of the square if it was aimed right, taking out 100 men or more. For this very reason, and to hide where his troops were, Wellington kept his battalions below the ridge at Waterloo, although it didn't stop the odd perfectly aimed cannon ball bouncing just right on the crest and arcing over into the men below. It must have been terrifying, especially knowing that if you did survive a cannonball you had to face the gruesome prospect of the surgeons behind the lines, with their bone saws, pincers and poor hygiene.

Andrew Bedford Is that what the boy was doing? I had trouble hearing what they said.

@@GaryGrumbles Pretty much.

@@LandersWorkshop 'Get his pack Charlie, It's what you stopped him for isn't it!

@@GaryGrumbles In the books it's explained that the French packs are much better than the British ones. And their trousers and boots iirc, which is why Sharpe gets mistaken for a French soldier every time it suits the plot.

Well, if you want to see full size units entirely consisting of real extras engaged in Napoleonic era warfare, watch Waterloo (1970). Other than that, it's either CG formations or small scale. Waterloo was made using essentaily slave labor of thousands of men during their compulsory military service as extras. That would not fly today and nobody has the money to actually pay 17 000 people (not to metion those soldiers already knew how to march and stuff, civilian extras would need to be trained) so a movie like that will likely never be made again.

@@smolkafilip I believe they contracted the local army for Sharpe as well, but not enough money...

@@smolkafilip Really it is a one of a kind film amazing that they managed to borrow 15,000 soldiers from the red army, even more impressive that they could bring American and British actors onto Russian soil for filming during the cold war.

Sharpe is not used to riding horses, being a rifleman he usually marches in formation and leads his men on the skirmish lines. He only really rides in this episode and Waterloo.

@@wetlettuce4768 It wasn't Russian soil but one of their spheres of influence like Poland wasn't it?

I'm not sure he's a coward. he's just a despicable jerk.

@@tonyennis3008 hunting down unarmed men for sport. Now that's cowardice.

@@johnspringate9386 It's worse than cowardice, but not cowardice.