The Last of the Mohicans [1080p] - (Battle Scene) Magua and His Huron War Party Ambushes the British

[EveofBattle]

00:43-00:45 He went a LITTLE to low...

[ikkenienwel]

1080p way to go

yea, they got owned pretty badly

to much routine to go true when starting a battle...

[LostBoyRebel]

Was Duncan trying to aim for Chingachgook or the Huron when he picked up the gun before Hawkeye put it down?

[deanernet]

@LostBoyRebel I took it as he was aiming at Chingachgook based on Hawkeyes statement "In case your aim is better than your judgement", implying that he might be a good shot but sure as hell made a bad choice in marching his troops in the manner he was into an ambush.

[Grant123CC]

@LostBoyRebel he was aiming for Chingachgook

[spermwaste]

well in any case british weaponry was more deadly then the natives, these were trained soldiers against natives... they use sticks, stones and knifes or a tomahawk which just doesn't penetrate the body as much as a bayonet... the bayonet was way more deadly but against a counter attack it's no use if you can't hold the line

[obiwanfx]

atleast duncan is there to stand his ground an save british honor! the british are portyared as spineless weakilings in this movie, shame!

[TheVenturino123]

"Incase your aims any better than your judgment" HAHA burrnnn

[Snowman20]

Is that Chief O-brien from Star Trek at the head of the column at the start?

[LostBoyRebel]

I want that blue thing

[ugamea123]

How come they all fired at once when in formation? wouldn't they normally have one line fire and then the next while the other reloads???

[dconrad24]

@ugamea123 Depends on the formation of the line, this line used a firing technique, I believe it is called rank firing.

[osirvio]

Is it true that the Indians actually learned the habit of scalping from Europeans? I've read it somewhere but I'm no sure was it true.

[dconrad24]

@osirvio It is true, scalping occured first in the European camps when they began to offer money for indian scalps. Than the indians began to scalp in an act of revenge for the scalping from the Euro's.

[betenivanua]

Similar scene in The Patriot (Mel Gibson)

[Salvus967]

Such an amazing scene. Just read up on 'Pontiac's Rebellion' and you can see how a scene like this was played out many times against redcoats vs the natives of north america. The Battle of Bushy Run, was one of the only clear examples of a redcoat force overcoming a native ambush in the dead of the woods(where the native warriors were in thier element). While there may have been more instances of redcoat victories over the natives, they are not well documented.

[hannibalcaesar3]

@Salvus967

Look at the Braddock expedition in 1755. Absolute slaughter. 30 Indians killed to the 500 British.

[Salvus967]

@hannibalcaesar3 Yes but that ambush was really planned and orchestrated by the French rather than the Indians. Many of France's Indian allies were present at the battle however.

[imawsome206]

betral OVERKILL 5000points nice kill

[CommonwealthPatriot]

2:12

[lion3p0]

Wait to fire at point blank when the red coats reload and thin it out to the point where their bayonet formations are useless and reduced to man on man where my boys are best

[TheDarkwoodster]

the british soldiers in reality would have had there bayonets fixed on their muskets and they would have been harder to defeat than this scene portrays hollywood always makes other countrys armed forces seem retarded, the bayonet in trained hands is a deadly weapon.

[betenivanua]

@TheDarkwoodster That would apply when there is an order for a bayonet charge. Fixed bayonets lessens the accuracy of the rifle.

[TOCR815]

@TheDarkwoodster Even so they wouldn't have had a snowball chance in hell of making it out of that alive. You just can't beat or counter guerilla warfare in the middle of the forest on the native's turf.

[Wolflord13]

@TOCR815 As I recall, native americans were known for being masters in hand to hand combat.

[Rhine40]

@TOCR815 You mean like the rangers or kentucky riflemen or the light riflemen that Washington would reluctantly employ or that the Crown would employ about 20 years after this conflict? The principle reason for this being a slaughter is terrain and not much else. The rest of it is Hollywood fantasy....I mean really? A raiding party of 20 or 25 took out an entire infantry company of the line? Real world...not likely, but here it makes Uncas and company look really bad-ass.

[predpis92]

@TheDarkwoodster you are really dumb, there were no fixed bayonets in that times

[Elsnipecabre]

@TheDarkwoodster So is a muhfucking indian with a tomahawk

[dconrad24]

@TheDarkwoodster You forget history, The british were trained men, they fought one way and only one way, as one, there was no I will fight this way and go that way, They fought in a line, organized, and together. Look at history, Bunker Hill for example, the Americans shot behind rocks and trees while the British walked in a straight line and towards the enemy. So this was not hollywood making the british look stupid, infact they made them look historically accurate.

[Rhine40]

@TheDarkwoodster I agree...or patrols/pickets deployed to protect the flanks of an entire company on the march. This makes them look completely unprofessional...which they were not in the course of actual history but, it does make the heroes of this story look REALLY good when they arrive and clean up Magua's confederates.

[pleal1]

Thumbs up if this is a bad ass battle scene, and Daniel day lewis hits so hard he can bend a tomahawk blade! 2:30

[Aaronduhmoron]

TOMAHAWK

[Boogung]

Chingachgook has the coolest weapon of all time.

[KYKIN89]

Many thanks for loading this scene. Wes Studi is great in this film as was the entire cast.