The Charge of the Light Brigade (Over The Hills)

[D1688MANBEARPIG]

The greatest respect to the british soldiers past and present! Disciplined, brave, galant and always keeping their tail up. My great-/grandfathers were full of praise for their forced adversaries in both world wars... "without the british we could have won the war!". And i can only add to that: i`m proud for the opportunity to have served alongside those warriors in Afghanistan! No need to call me or my forefathers "f***in germans"... we were or are just soldiers just like so many others!

[TheBluebear32]

buts ye john tams is hagman



[archibaldgregory]

Is that Hagman from the Sharpe series doing the singing? Whoever it is though, it's beautiful.

[nolicnotrut]

Sorry, Bobslay, I have some problems with this.

The Crimean war was a Victorian conflict ... 'King George commands' doesn't fit.

This quasi-traditional song was used for the Sharpe series of Channel 4 films.

It was arranged and sung by the very excellent John Tams, who also played Hagman. He deserves credit for this magnificent music.

Well spotted, Samdogdamndog2!

[CaptainWatson234]

Is it "Fifes and drums" or "Pipes and drums"?

[ColdRicki]

@CaptainWatson234 Fifes and drums, me laddie boy

[CaptainWatson234]

@ColdRicki Thanks

[99IronDuke]

The major US war aim in the War of 1812 was to invade, and take over, Canada. The stuff about stopping the impressment of US sailors into Royal Navy Warships was a minor point that was made much bigger after the failure of repeated invasions of Canada. Read the history.

Not only did the US fail to take over Canada, but by the end of the war all US Warships were blockaded in port or captured and US overseas trade was at a total standstill. The War of 1812 was in no way a victory for the USA.

[99IronDuke]

War of 1812 USA invaded Canada, and just about everywhere they were beaten back by British and Canadian troops. US Troops burnt Canadian towns, Britain burnt Washington in retaliation.

US Most certainly did not win the War of 1812, since it's major aim was to take over Canada.

[Lumotaku]

@99IronDuke

Major goal was to stop the impressment of American sailors into the royal navy.

[axelfalk1]

ausgezeichnet!

[mtpj9654]

Battle of new Orleans.......

[bobslay12]

@mtpj9654 No the battle of new orleans was in the war of 1812 which was another British won war and this battle was in the Crimean war.

[Lumotaku]

@bobslay12

The british lost the war of 1812 dummy



[bobslay12]

@Lumotaku

How did the British lose seriously tell me?

[Lumotaku]

@Lumotaku

we sent them packing and raped them at the battle of the new orleans



[SmokeytheBear66]

@bobslay12 british did not win the war of 1812 america did just beacause the brits were tired of kicking butt. America won because we never gsve in and finally the brits were just like fuck it whatever

[bobslay12]

@SmokeytheBear66

Britain did win the war of 1812 because of the american army being defeated at every turn and even running away from their burning capital not even the president was there to see show as he was too busy galloping away on his donkey.

[Lumotaku]

@bobslay12

Couldnt take baltimore could you dont cry

[bobslay12]

@Lumotaku

The american capital is worth more than some stinking town no one has ever heard of and how do you know we were trying to take it?

Maybe we had no intention of taking it.

[Lumotaku]

@bobslay12

well you little simpleton you were trying to take it because one baltimore privateer single handedly blockaded london. Baltimore is bigger than 99 percent of your little villages limey.

[magog001]

he light brigade is a concept that was created by sir john moore from his exsperinces fighting the first peoples in the american war of indepence

On July 17, 1803, the Corps of Light Infantry was formed from brigading together the 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment, the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the newly formed 95th Rifles

[magog001]

a light brigade is trained to fight in open order and not in the more traditional lines of men (who are heavy infantary) they were encouraged to show greater initiative, were taught to live of the land better, how to fight in guerilla fashion and remember this all who have/are served/serving in the army at some time how you were/are trained everything you have learnt is becuase of one man Sir john moore! remember him on the his death day 16 January 1809!

[EastGunzSide]

Can somebody tell me what is Light Brigade? does Heavy Brigade exists too? bkoz there are so many unit in British army with so many names that make me confused

[oarfrost]

@EastGunzSide "Can somebody tell me what is Light Brigade? does Heavy Brigade exists too? "

The original idea was that the heavy cavalry were mounted on big horses and were used for pitched battles, whereas the light cavalry rode anything with four legs and were primarily scouts and skirmishers. By the time of the Crimean war that distinction had effectively ceased to exist among the British and French, although less so among the Russians.

[EastGunzSide]

@oarfrost thanks q for the answers!!! (^___^)

[nukeboy1994]

@EastGunzSide The light brigade was a brigade of cavalry made up of light cavalry (as the name would suggest); so that would be units like light dragoons, lancers and hussars. Their purpose was to chase down skirmishers, attack isolated enemy units (such as unprotected artillery), and chase down fleeing enemies.

[nukeboy1994]

@EastGunzSide In answer to your second question, there was a heavy brigade, which was a brigade of cavalry made up of heavy cavalry (again, you probably guessed that); so that would have been units like cuirassiers (though Britain didn't use those; Britain's heavy cavalry didn't have armour, just the big damn swords) and dragoons (which by the Crimean War had mostly stopped being used as mounted infantry and were now just used as heavy cavalry).

[nukeboy1994]

@EastGunzSide The heavy cavalry's purpose was a more traditional cavalry role:

Charge anything that moves!

[EastGunzSide]

@nukeboy1994 tQ!!!

[nukeboy1994]

@EastGunzSide No problemo ^^

[mtpj9654]

Glorious !

[tonygould1]

THE VICTORIA CROSS HIS MADE OUT OF THE RUSSIAN GUNS THAT WAS CAPTURED FROM THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGARDE AND ROUKES DRIFT DUNKIRK THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN DESERT RATS BURMA AND D. LANDINGS RELEAF OF HOLLAND AND GOING HAS FAR BACK TO WATERLOO MY FAMILY FAUGHT IN ALL THOSE OH YES EVEN ONE FAUGHT AT THE ALAMO HAS FAR HAS I KNOW HE WAS THE ONY ONE WHO NEVER RETURNED TO YORKSHIRE ONE EVEN SMUGGLED MONEY FROM WOKEY HOLE TO BRISTOL TO HELP THE JOHNNY REB FOR THE SOUTH IN THE AMERICAN WAR 1860 1865

[samdogdamndog2]

John Tams performs the music...used in the "Sharpe" series.

[AJRS1]

@samdogdamndog2 He also acted in it.

[dave1949a1]

Great Vid , lovely english folk song who performed it please.?

thanks for sharing.

[TylerMaple3009]

Who the Hell care who won what, The meaning part is a lot of brave men died for what they believed in!

[zorro15226]

The British Generals misunderstanding, stuberness and pride between themselves that costed the end of the Light brigade, finest brigade in the whole world for that time

[colonelchris92]

1:57 SOTTISH HIGHLANDERS... HOOAH!!!

[theAteamgirl]

Hi,

a Great vid,

Great Britain at her Best- just like Rorke's Drift and when we burned down the american white house and all of washington,

thumbs up

xx

[bobslay12]

@theAteamgirl

Hi

This war took place a long time after The War of 1812 and rorkes drift shortly after.

x x x

[RattytheSecond]

Don't want to sound pedantic you are right the Battle of Balaclava was fought in 1854, 42 years after 1812. But Rorke's Drift was fought 25 years after Balaclava in 1879, a little longer than shortly after. It's only a small point I know. Plenty of less well known battles fought and won between the two & after. The last battle fought by British troops in red was Ghinnis in Sudan 1886. The troops wore Khaki; but their General insisted they changed into their red uniforms! They won it anyway.

[Vendettare1]

@bobslay12 Before rorkes drift. Afew years before the American civil war.

[caderly123]

@theAteamgirl

You lost that war, you know.

[theAteamgirl]

@caderly123

If you check wiki answers,

you will see that Great Britain WON,

why ?

we achieved our objective of kicking America out of our colony- Canada,

today Our British Banker Lord Evelyn Rothschild,

owns your Federal Reserve = your economy,

the Americans still pay taxes to our Royal family,

I do not necessarily agree with the above- but, its true !

Great Britain has lost battles, but, Never a war !

[caderly123]

@theAteamgirl

HA! What do you call that little itty bitty incident where American Patriots beat the crap out of the British forces and they left the country? Hmmmm... Not that I have anything against the UK, far from it, but I daresay you lost that war.

[theAteamgirl]

@caderly123

type in on wiki answers " who won the war of 1812 " GREAT Britain did,

oh just 4,500 of our troops made the entire American army run away,

our soldiers got heat stroke chasing after them,

we then, burned down the White House, all the govt buildings and the docks,

president madison ran away to virginia, we did NOT harm any civilians,

also, I have relatives in New Haven, Connecticut,

I have been there for 2 months, 2 years ago,

I like Americans : friendly, helpful and generous !

[caderly123]

@theAteamgirl

I was NOT refering to the War of 1812 is my second comment, I was refering to the Revolutionary War :)

[theAteamgirl]

@caderly123

Great Britain has lost a few battles, but, NEVER a war,

we conquer countries by having countries economies at our mercy,

as I said, Lord Rothschild owns the federal reserve,

this is your Economy,

so we hand pick your 2 presidential candidates,

then you choose one of them,

again, I am not saying I agree with this,

but, that is the status quo,

[caderly123]

@theAteamgirl

Um....ok? We will agree to disagree :) Before you leave the house, don't forget your tinfoil hat.

[theAteamgirl]

@caderly123

I don't wear a tin foil hat,

I'm more likely to wear my anonymous mask,

Supporting the Wall St. protesters ,

[theAteamgirl]

@theAteamgirl

Yes,

I wear my Anonymous Mask in a few of my vids

[uafchris]

@caderly123 No, it was the French/Spanish that won that war. The "American Patriots" lost almost every battle.

[caderly123]

@uafchris

Whatever you say man

[Lumotaku]

@caderly123 no we won it sorry. sent your asses packing.

[133caboose]

@theAteamgirl

Great Britain at her best... Genocide and murder...

[theAteamgirl]

@133caboose I cannot change the status quo, Lord Evelyn Rothschild controls your Federal Reserve = your economy, your t.v. networks, your newspapers, Hollywood, the Music Industry, your C.I.A. Your Presidential candidates, Americans still to this day, pay taxes to our Queen, all the above are Facts, but, that does not necessarily mean that I agree with it,

[133caboose]

@theAteamgirl

Not that I want to start a flame war, but is there a website or book I could look at about this?

[Lole220]

@theAteamgirl yeah :) shame we had really shite commanders tho, fighting like the army did 50 years before :P

[coalyard1]

@theAteamgirl Great Britain the little isle

[theAteamgirl]

@coalyard1

Hi,

yes,

but Great Britain controls half the world - Lord Rothschild !

thank you

[Obergefreiter352]

@theAteamgirl Burning Washington in the War of 1812 was like pistol whipping a blind kid. Not exactly a mighty accomplishment.

[theAteamgirl]

@Obergefreiter352

Great Britain had only 4500 troops,

the entire american army ran away

[SmokeytheBear66]

@theAteamgirl you should be glad your allies with us now because we could walked right in and the fucking president himself could burn down parliament.

[theAteamgirl]

@SmokeytheBear66

Lord Evelyn Rothschild - a BRITISH banker,

OWNS your federal reserve = your economy,

your t.v. networks and a LOT of other things,

obama, like ALL your candidates are hand picked by Rothschild,

check these Facts for yourself,

so america cannot do anything, until told to do so

[Lumotaku]

@theAteamgirl

are you a lerouschian what a fucking idiot.

[theAteamgirl]

@Lumotaku

you are a dumb yank,

one that gives americans a BAD name everywhere

[SmokeytheBear66]

@theAteamgirl alright we can do what we want we fucking rebelled against britain and won because we thought they were unfair and in our civil war it was brother against brother families were split neighbors killed each other.. all over what was then "property" we kill arabs for some black dinosaur bodies that pollutes our air.. so what the fuck do you think we would do to you if we would nuke civilian cities in japan so that some of our soldiers would not die. We. are. fucking. crazy.

[theAteamgirl]

@SmokeytheBear66

Yes

America has the world's largest lunatic asylums !

see : Rothschild and the federal reserve vids on utube,

oh, we showed you how to build the bomb,

we'd had the blueprints for almost 10 years !

type in on google,

" the British mission "

[Lumotaku]

@theAteamgirl

Americans can only have a good name everybody else is just jealous 

[aquabumblebee]

@theAteamgirl Was that a joke saying Rorke's Drift was when we burnt down the White House? Cuz that was the War of 1812, just not sure whether you were being sarcastic or not.