a common refrain in combat zones

Poor little tadpole!

"Join the army, they said. It'll make a man of you, they said... I don't think it's even gonna make me a teenager, at this rate."

It's a nice touch that after the battles done in the next scene you see Hagman making freinds with him.

It's "They have a Cave Troll".

its just budget helms deep

Nous avons un troll des cavernes!

@Rob But not more accurate.

Now that's Cave - Trollering.

As soon as I saw that guy, I remembered reading about him in Faces of Battle.

Same with the little Drummer boy. He was the only French soldier to survive inside the breach, because the English spared him (for obvious reasons)

@@pmadden1999 Thanks for that info. I didn't know about the drummer boy.

No problem. I actually didn’t know about The large Frenchman until I saw your comment. I found out about the boy after I look him up

Are the axemen like engineers or sappers

The Redcoat officer he attacked is also based on a real person. A colonel MacDonnell, I believe, he’s in the historical notes of the book.

@@incognito9292 they still kill just as many

plus garlic

No match for Sharpe and the chosen men of the South Essex.

There's actually a funny scene in the books where a voltigeur comes across Rossendale's dying body. He steals Rossendale's trousers, then uses Rossendale's body to steady his musket so he can aim and fire it. Then Rossendale begs for death, and the voltigeur is like: "I can't do that, that would be rude!" before giving the man an affectionate pat on the shoulder and going back to rejoin his company.

@@Former_Halo_Fan Haha brutal. Poor old John though, Jane was the cause of 90% of his problems with Sharpe

Still feels that way man

Do you still play

lol i didnt even have to click the timestamp to know what u meant

This attack is actually based on a record of a soldier's journal at Waterloo. In the soldier's journal they describes the courtyard, the attack, including the French breeching the gates and the British managing to close them again and even the little drummer boy. The soldier wrote that he hid the drummer boy in the farm house. Sparing his life.

The age for drummers was quite low since it wasn’t as physically demanding and technically wouldn’t have to fight. They would just have to learn the calls and march to battle

Thats soldiering!

French engineers were specified to be big burly bearded bastards by Napoleon. To be terror troops as well as do sapping work.

Yep, it is mandatory to have a long beard if you want to serve in the sappers. These are men who was picked from the Grenadiers, as the rules to serve in Grenadiers you must be a tall man.

Although his uniform is incorrect, being as he was a Sous-Lieutenant, the mans name is Legros, which literally translates as "the large" and his nickname was "the smasher", he'd been a pioneer sergeant in the Grande Armee, but retired after Napoleons abdication in 1814, and was promoted on re-joining the colours in the hundred days in 1815. Much as is shown here, he managed to batter down the gates and with about 30 men enter the courtyard, Colonel MacDonald, who was the commander of the 2nd Coldstreams, led a number of officers, around the Frenchmen, and closed the gate from behind them, before turning on them, all 30 of them were wiped out, supposedly Legros had multiple shot and stab wounds, showing he didn't go easily, and as is shown here, only the drummer boy survived.

@Godd Howard RIP

"Well, I ain't lettin 'em near any of the King's sentries!"

Got 1000xp for it though

Because the French usually don't do anything in the series

Yes. He was my best sappeur!

Like the "end of level boss" music that came in when Macduff goes for him.

That the big dude in the blood covered apron with the axe? Was kind of hoping he didnt get killed - theres a story to be told about that guy.

daverage47 I think he is based on the officer who led the attack a lieutenant Legros who did wield an axe during the attack and after the closing of the gates was killed along with all of his remaining men with the exception of a single drummer boy.

It could also be a reference to how he killed the Sultans bodyguard.

He'd be the biggest point of attackers morale. Get him down and rest will.loss hope.

I thought that exact thing too. Then remembered that these videos are butchered, so it probably made sense on the show proper.

There’s a few moments like that specifically with Harper in Sharpe’s Waterloo

Teleporting around the battlefield to get a better view of the tactical situation? Now _that's_ soldiering!

Also the drummer boy vanishing in the wide shot, and all subsequent shots, after his close up. But it happens. They didn't exactly have the budget of movies today, nor the need for the same level of continuity-keeping between shots. In probably half of the videos on youtube have some noticeable detail wrong between cuts.

He covered that distance in 11 seconds, Sharpe does it a moment later in 2 seconds!

Yeah lmao

harris and Hagman :(

I kind of hope he forgets that clip. Not sure I'll be able to watch it and not cry.

Noone can stop Gimli. Not an Orc, not an Uruk, and definitely not a redcoat. (Except for Sharpe he can kill him).

I'm not sure the French Sapper was named Gimli, but he would certainly have done Durin proud with that axe, surrounded by enemies. BTW, that scene with the sapper is drawn from an actual event.

@@paulpeterson4216 can you send a link please

@@juancarlosdegoya2757 I am sorry that I can not. I do recall reading the story, probably in a David Chandler book. He is one of, if not the, leading historian of the Napoleonic Wars.

Gimli was killed by Boromir.

They make the same sounds, too.

Oi! The drummer was the sole survivor of the French assault!

the parody name of Panic at the disco

timestamp?

oh hi dumangs

Was finding this comment lol

Yay! Guts and blackpowder comment. Although just to tell you, in the Guts and blackpowder alternate, they ended hosilities in 1813 after leipzig. So they wouldn't have been fighting. But what if Sharpe gets included in guts and blackpowder lol😂

Except his name was MacDonald not McDuff, he was Colonel in the Coldstream Guards not Kings German Legion and was at Hougamont not La Hay Saint

@@Apollo890 Except his name was Sir James Macdonell and he was a Lieutenant colonel

Wrong farm house. This is la haye Sainte, which was about 100m from the centre of the allied front line. Hougoumont was the real key, and where the famous gate thing happened.

Question...Which came first? Caltrops to halt horses and troops, or Lego?

It was in life. Everything depended on Hougamount, La Haye and the third farm NOT falling. Loss of just one would let Napoleon past and win. Wellington had to hold til the Prussians arrived. La Haye fell about 5pm or so. But french only had it for about an hour. Blucher and pressing arrived and together he and Wellington pushed back and won the day. It was a bloody near miss and either side could have won.

Robert Wake Its actually Hougoumont.

@@MRB1157 Now, I thought this, but earlier in the episode the Prince of Orange bangs on about being at LHS and is the only one mentioned in the episode. From that, I could only derive that this is LHS, which actually fell (but isn't depicted in this) as opposed to Hougomont which never fell but I don't think the French ever managed to breach it in the amount shown as above. And that my friend is thought processing.

Robert Wake I haven't watch this series yet, but historically Hougoumont was the first position to be attacked during the opening stage of the battle. The French pushed the Dutch light infantry back from the woods in front of Hougoumont, before their assault. They actually did breach the gate, but they were pushed back. Hougoumont was defended by the Coldstream Guards, while Le Haye Sainte was defended by the King's German Legion. From what I remember Hougoumont was assaulted only once, as a diversionary attack. while Le Haye Sainte was assaulted twice and fell on the second. Well that's what I remember from the top of my head.

I thought Hougoumont started off as a diversionary attack but eventually became a slogging match due to repeated attacks. Rest makes sense, didn't know about the gate breach though. As for the fact you haven't seen the series, I suggest you do, low budget but it's pretty enjoyable as are the books. Also, as an aside, I don't think Hougoumont is mentioned at all in the episode (been a while since I watched it all) hence my thinking that this was LHS as Prince of Orange orders Sharpe there to man the defences. So, logically, based on the dialogue in the episode, I took this to be LHS.

That’s Harpering

Good old MacDuff. He knew about soldiering and supporting the man fighting by him.

*SHOT*

NOICE

always though he should've used the corpse as cover.

Basically use it as drapes for his impromptu window.

ahahah i noticed that too

The guy was massive, can't see him not getting shot by the rifles sooner or later, huge target.

It sounds French. The transcripts say that he says "A cette niche, Frogs!". "A cette niche" literally means 'to this niche', but it could also mean "to this hole". In english the meaning would be something like "go back to your hole" or, more simply, "get lost". Full disclosure: This is my best guess as I don't speak French.

Must have wanted an Eagle for himself, so he came back from.the dead Either that or he wanted to take one pace forward to steady the line like he did at Assaye

*MAJOR LENNOX PAID FOR WITH HIS LIFE!*

Of who ?

He’s not a chef he’s a sapper, and of the imperial guard by the looks of it No wonder he was hard to kill

@@ieatmice751 he looks like a chef cuz he has an apron

Well he got hidden by an Englishman so he wouldn't be hurt. Survived.

is it a war crime shooting at drummers and flute.

@@aron5835 Not in the Napoleonic wars it wasn't

The Geneva conversation wasn’t a thing till 1881

@@aron5835 It was murder, not war crime.

War is hell, skirmishers always aimed for officers and NCOs first. Since volley fire for line infantry was only the way to hit anything with muskets, they'd put a wall of lead down, musket balls do not discriminate in who they hit. They would aim for the front of the column to break the momentum and to keep dropping the front ranks, since a column can only fire from the front ranks. It's how the British broke columns before they could form into line.

Touché, monsieur.