Sharpe - To the 95th Rifles

[hawkeyepierce67]

Thru smoke and fire, shot an' shell,

onto the very walls of hell....

Bernard Cornwell + Richard Sharpe, i salute you!

And besides, i really love to listen to this silly song ;)

[elbones1982]

better inhale the first 12 seconds! especially if you're from europe ;)

[INUIT3333]

I read the book from B.Cornwell, that clip is right that, what I have IN my head, during reading the book, thank You for the film AND the music!

Greetings from Germany

[IrishandFolkmusic]

When Hagman and Harris were killed at Waterloo I shed a tear!

[TheElviniho]

@IrishandFolkmusic

me too mate bloody awful!

[TheDarthB]

Lt Provist: Are those french weapons? WHy are you using french weapons sharpe?

SHarpe: There better

lolz

[DarkBloodstone]

one of the best programs ever

however i mus point out the qoute by voltair at the beginning is wrong. the correct quote is

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the best shots - Voltair

[SouthDownIPLO]

what year did the shape series start and what year was the last one made wellington was irish

[hawkeyepierce67]

@SouthDownIPLO

It started in 1996 or '97 in germany, dunno 'bout other coutries.

And yes, Nosie 's been born in Ireland, but ... just because one is

born in a stable. dosen't make him a horse ;).

[SouthDownIPLO]

what year did the shape series start and what year was the last one made

[darthtac]

Very good video, it brought a patriotic tear to my eye.

[TheXeno2000]

umm i have a question,

whats "trolling"??

[fredsbar1]

song was an actual british army marching song that was popular from the reign of good queen bess to mad king george and is said to have had over 200 verses that were recorded with probably hundreds more that never were

[jones6620]

haunting classic sound of bygone days although glorified in bloody and horrific part of history ,still makes you proud to be british

[simpan278]

we all going home to sweer england some day

or arnt we ladds?

[Carboose957naptime]

Anyone got the full lyics to this ?

[nobaggakid]

Great vid

[clonehero1]

god bless the chosenmen and the 95th rifles the 1st in the feld and the last out of the fray

[magdalengal]

Beautifully done, audio and visual wise, now this leaves me wondering how the hell i am going to get this as a complete song for myself.... grrrr.

[Dickkeel]

There are numerous sites in the nets where you can convert youtube vids into mp3. search in google, there easy to find.

[Makadonska27]

Using the term tactics for what they did in those days was stretching the term. There was surely a strategy and the Duke was good with strategy but the tactical innovation at the time was extremely limited and the way they spent mens lives was appalling.

[peterlesliegordon]

The fighting style was determined by the weapons. A musket was only realy accurate to about 70m so they had to close and fire at that or shorter range. Also massed musketry was more effective than single shots, so that explains the steady advance in good order.

[00ColinB]

dudes do you really not get why they fight like that. wtf read a book or google that shit i mean fuck youve got a comp fer fucks sakes

[iamnuff1992]

i KNOW people really did use tactics like this, but how stupid would you have to be to WALK SLOWLY at some guy whos shooting at you?

[maupe006]

Read the books.

There tells exactly the tactics. (sorry for my english ;-) )

[iamnuff1992]

i know the tactics, thats what i getting at, the tactics they used was stupid.

using most of your troops as cannon fodder is stupid,

even staying off the roads in the grass would have made them harder to hit, but some fool got it in to their heads that walking slowly towards your foe makes you look like your not scared of them... jason vahoores(sp?) style.

[Welch1914]

Orders

[iamnuff1992]

yup... if you run your own guys kill you for being a coward... if you dont the other guys kill you...

just looks incredably stupid

[NinjaCameraman]

@iamnuff1992

Honor was actually a meaningful part of a man's life in 1813.

[iamnuff1992]

honor? what does that have to do with anything?

i was talking about showing that the lives of your men hold some value to you...

throwing them away for "honor" is idiotic and foolish,

there is no honor in war. just death. the point is to kill lots of "them" with the least losses possible.

[NinjaCameraman]

You're thinking about this from a modern perspective. War had rules that had to be followed that were set down by king and country that were punishable by death.

Saying throwing lives away for honor is a foolish practice now is like someone 100 years from now saying abortion being outlawed in places now is a foolish thing because of the overpopulation.Hindsight is 20/20, but don't disrespect people just because they had a different thought process than someone hundreds of years later

[iamnuff1992]

yeah, i guess your right, its just Irks me...

they stand there like lemmings.

[NinjaCameraman]

@iamnuff1992

Today we think "Why aren't they flanking and using camo?'

in 2210 they'll be thinking "Why aren't they using robots?" lol

[iamnuff1992]

well no,

that would be akin to saying "why are they using crappy oneshot rifles"

its the tactics i have fault with, not the weapons,

and its not like they didnt know ducking makes you harder to hit, or bright colours make to a easier target.

[NinjaCameraman]

It comes back around to honor though, they're proud to wear the king's colours and march to his drums. War was essentially playing RISK from a general's perspective.

Also: We have combat-possible robots and advanced weaponry like Rail Guns but money is distributed elsewhere. The tunnling thing is a stretch but it's first think that popped into my head as a tactic we never do now.

[Telamnar]

There was no point in wearing camo for most soldiers in those days - gunpowder produced so much smoke that people would instantly know where you were, anyway.

The reason they stand in long lines and shoot is because muskets were inaccurate - volume of fire was very important. If they split into large numbers of small units they couldn't coordinate an attack, and the concentrated enemy would swallow up all the little seperate units.

Since muskets were so slow to reload, and needed to be...

[Telamnar]

...reloaded while standing or kneeling in any case, some generals preferred (especially when attacking) to just get to bayonet range asap. The france massive columns were scary and hard to break, and if they got close to you they shatter most formations.

The british fought in long lines, and would try to destroy the french from long range.

[ilikepie77bob]

@iamnuff1992 bright colors were used so that units of the same army didn't shoot at each other and also so that commanders and officers wouldn't lose track of their soldiers, it would have been easy to get lost in the gun smoke and wander to close to enemies, personally i'd rather wear the bright uniform and take its benefits, camo wouldn't have been much good since snipers are useless

[Sturmmann]

@NinjaCameraman

its kinda funny how we're neglecting some machines (if you refer to the goliath of germany, remote controlled tracked bomb) ive seen similar models with MGs mounted on them all remote controlled.....and then you have UAVs.....

who knows

[Johnacrefair]

It was then not now!

[iamnuff1992]

not a reason...

even 300 years ago people had more sense than to talk slowly at somone who is shooting you.

nevermind though, it was just a idle observation.

[brendan51287]

@iamnuff1992 I understand what you are sayin, and i wont bleat on about tactics, which you obviously understand, but I will say most of the men wher criminals or fugitives from the law, who where offered or took the army as an escape, so in theory they where already dead. Plus, they where generally more scared of their sergeants, and comrades scorn than the enemy, had a lot of pride, where scared of the lash, and lol most importantly usually drunk in battle. The whole rum ration thing lol

[TheScotsblade]

Aye... Hagman and the poet are fall in battle. Only Harper and Sharpe survive the last battle. Whereby Harper is not even enlisted and a civi horsetrader.

[jselvy2]

But they died at the crucial point on the waterloo battlefield. Can't ask for better

[Mauserkar1987]

Could you tell what is the tittle of this film?

[Patrizier84]

There are several 'Sharpe'-movies but theyre all on youtube (as far as I know). Just browse for 'Sharpe's Rifles and you should find a playlist.

[Pitfossil]

Mouserkar, all the films´ titles begin with "Sharpe´s" - looking through p2p networks should find you all the 17 there are.

[theirishguy3400]

mmmmmmmm... beautifully done man. does anyone remeber what order the series went in?

[redcoatofthe33rd]

btw, half the rifleman in the vid are from the 60th royal american rifles, not the 95th, but still great video :)))

[redcoatofthe33rd]

brilliant

[MrRobbo246]

sharpe is awesome, i used to watch it all the time

[MaxRWF]

I hate the stovepipe shakos, I prefer the belgic shakos.

[Haza119]

whats the difference

[MaxRWF]

The "stovepipe" is a one-piece shako like a tube and the "belgic" is a two pieces shako with the front part higher than the back part. Stovepipe shakos were used during the peninsular wars and belgic shakos during waterloo. You can google-image it.

[jimincairns]

Probably the best ever action series on television, bar none. Superb casting, great storylines, and great attention to detail made the entire series unmissable. The DVD set is now available, and it includes the latest episode of the saga, with Sharpe's return to India.

[Troyat1250BC]

Sharpe Great film, great song...

[jeffair5]

Damn good job.

[mat2209]

i am really upset now,

at the end of this video you showed the part where hagman and harris die...horrible times

[wedgeff7]

Poor Hagman: my favourite character right there ;(

[JulieDoc]

My favorite as well. I almost cried when they killed him.

[Pooshhead]

They killed Sharpe?? Or Dan Hagman?

[JulieDoc]

They killed Hagman. Sharpe and Harper are both still around.

[Pooshhead]

Right sorry That's what I thought. I had misread a previous coment. My apologies.

[zbmagnette]

Simply wonderful: it sums up what was so good about the TV programme.

[Kp1O]

well done

[saktime]

simply wonderful

[jibgt6]

just amazing.

[VanHowle]

Hogan: "Wellsley's going to take the army into Spain...it'll be bugles, banners and bags of glory. Stick with me son, I'll see you right!"

Sharpe: "You'll see me dead sir."

[blobby496]

@VanHowle haha thats my boy...well done harper

[Operaghost74]

I do really enjoy your Sharpe Vids. Thanks for sharing. 5*

[denty23]

chosen men are ace

[RockyC123]

great vid!

[Prewy92]

good use ov all tha different versions of the songs used in the programes

[lenino]

gotta love sharp!

[metalgoth69]

yep :)

[metalgoth69]

thank you

i love sharpe