Le Pas de Charge de la Marine Impériale / Aux Champs

[trenchraider1]

Vive L'Empereur!



[anacharsis311]

keske c que 7 image à 33', Napoléon au Louvre entouré des ses maréchaux, c pas le Napoléon des 100 jours, il n'est pas encore ventripotent... c'est pas l'adieu à Fontainebleau, ni l'arrivée à l'Hôtel de Ville, c'est koa, qqu'un saurait me dire ?

[freddy9879]

@anacharsis311 les tableaux sont douillés : pour lui donner de la puissance il est representé plus grand qu'il ne l'était (compare au drapeau de la seconde 35 qui est sensé faire 1m 90 on a l'impression qu'il fait 1m 80) et il est moins enchère ( un empereur gros comme un bidon de lait ça impose pas trop le respect)

[JustinShaedo]

Great tune. Played to some great French victories, including over the British and also to some great French losses, again including under the British. This rubbishing of the imperial powers ability to fight is childish. There were great battles won by many great nations in the Napoleonic wars. The truth that the British and Russians were powerful just makes the French victories the more impressive. Admitting that the French were night indomitable does the same for those victorious against them.

[kovona]

Great beat for mowing the lawn.

[Dimi10b]

Vive l'empereur!!!

[absolutlica]

pour Napoleon la bataille n'était qu'une transposition de la bataille terrestre, ce qui en dit long sur le fait qu'à la bataille de Trafalgar, entre Villeneuve et Neslon, le pas de charge fut joué, ordre d'ailleurs personnel de l'empereur lui même. Un pas de charge pour un personnel militaire de marine, étonnant! d'ailleurs la stratégie appliqué par Napoléon en dit long dans sa qualité d'officier d'artillerie de l'école de brienne (formation terrestre)

[gobearcubies]

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HeavyDream7]

god bless my emperor !

[Draksen]

Vive la France, vive L'Empereur!

"Sire, vous manquez à votre pays."

[Draksen]

Le anglais et leur propagande revisioniste, ou comment cacher un manque de courage et une perfidie sans nom en faisant se battre les autres pour eux puis revendiquer la victoire. Ils se racontent des histoires, et à force de les raconter, finissent par y croire eux-même ;)

[Draksen]

Allez en francais pour que tout le monde en profite: tous les fils/vidéo sur Napoléon c'est la même chose: les anglais viennent nous parler de la seule bataille dans laquelle ils ont fait un petit quelque chose, oubliant que le reste du temps, à part sauver leur cul à Trafalgar pour empecher de se faire obliterer par la Grande Armée, et une campagne d'Espagne des plus mauvaises, ... ils n'ont rien fait d'autre que payer les alliés.

[bh5496]

anyone who does not respect France is a MORON! XP

[Tiwaz81]

@bh5496

Anyone who doesnt respect GB, Ireland, Russia, Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain and pluckly little Portugal is also a moron. There was bravery, honour and proffesionalism displayed by all of them

[ivaflimkien]

Damn good soldiers who conquered all Europe, its not hard to see why the eagles trashed the russians, austrians, and prussians.

[Tiwaz81]

@ivaflimkien Almost all of Europe. And technically, I dont think Russia was conquered. The barely penertrated a fraction of russias land, didnt even take her capital city, and Russia was able to chase them out, especially after bashing them about at Borodino. But they were, as you say, some of the finest soldiers in Europe, I particulary like their Light Infantry regiments.

[ivaflimkien]

@Tiwaz81 the French won at Borodino, the only battle in that campaign. Yes almost all Europe-except russia and portugal. ((well portugal a short while only)

[Tiwaz81]

@ivaflimkien

Sweden? GB? And yes Borodino was a close victory for the French, but the casualties she suffered were immense and her army was left weakened, making any conquest of Russia impossible.

[ivaflimkien]

@Tiwaz81 Britain and the british is the only place where no Frenchmen could ever go. britain has been invaded the last time successfully in 1066-i think it would take a better army than napoleons to beat a redcoat army. thats why portugal never fell too-as for sweden, yes of course it was French-the french general commanding it defected and sent men to leipzig against napoleon.

[Tiwaz81]

@ivaflimkien The swedish approached Bernadotte and invited him to be king, Napoleon gave him permission, expecting then sweden would be his vassal. But Sweden was independent and never invaded by the French.

[Tiwaz81]

@Tiwaz81 Your Maltese? I was in Malta doing a Napoleonic re enactment in 1997. A big renactment of the French invasion and the British liberation. I remember the parades through Valetta and Gozo. Had a good time.

[ivaflimkien]

@Tiwaz81 yes in fact the anniversary of the end of the insurrection by Maltese insurgents and the Royal navy was a couple of weeks ago

[bh5496]

@ivaflimkien if boney had somehow managed to preoccupy wellington and the rest of the good british generals in spain and had won trafalgar, (all of which would have been implausible if not impossible) i do believe that napoleon could have beaten them. besides, the british were almost defeated at waterloo and won because the prussians arrived

[Tiwaz81]

@bh5496

Almost defeated is meaningless. The British (and dutch/belgians/germans your forgetting) to win had to hold their line until the Prussians arrive. Napoleon FAILED to do this. The Allies held. The Prussians arrived. So The allies win. No Almost about it. Napoleon was crushed.

[Tiwaz81]

@bh5496 Ill be honest, if this was happening in 1805-1809, with Naploeon at the top of his game, Wellington could have lost, but the French army in 1815 was not as good, and Napoleon was poor compared to his peak, his staff choices were not the best and the French fudged up so many things. If the Allies and the Prussians stayed together then Napoleon had no chance. Blucher was Prussia best choice, in this. Blucher would never stop until he had kept his word and smashed Napoleon.

[ivaflimkien]

@bh5496 but you cant deny that british infantry was better trained than french infantry and the british army in spain better led than the french armies in spain

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien Brits did almost nothing during the napoleonic period outside a quite pathetic peninsular campaign and waterloo in which they were only 18% of the troops in presence. The real heroes of the Napoleonic period are the Austrians, Prussians, Russians and of course the French. But the briish propaganda and brain washing system makes brits believe otherwise. It's sad to live in a feel-good pseudo reality all your life.

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien Before the 100 days, at the time of the Grande Army brits would have been crushed any day, they were not good. Proof? They were hiding on their rock like the cowards they are. But the mighty brit propaganda transformed their lack of balls into some kind of glory :P

[ivaflimkien]

@Draksen wtf?? er have you ever heard of bussaco, barrosa, vitoria, salamanca, c.rodrigo, badajoz, talavera, torres vedras, toulouse, trafalgar, aboukir, sicilian campaign, why the hell did the british win all those battles if they were no good?? they trashed every french army in the peninsula-the british line blasted the french coloumn every time. read a history book mate

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien Non sorry, they retreated when Napoleon came, which mean that the final result of the peninsular war is... zero. They fight usually only when well hidden behind a few allies or when they know they can retreat on their island. Their military contribution was pathetic. Brits were a second class country in the napoleonic wars, sub par. Though the financial contribution was impressive ^^

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien But it's perfectly fine for me if they were half cowards. They have always been after all. Perfidious and cowardly it's in their nature I guess. Thank god they have an awesome propaganda which make them believe they were worth something else than drinking tea hidden behind the Austrians, Prussians and Russians.

[ivaflimkien]

@Draksen hmm u do need to open a history book. britain won the hundred years war, the seven years war, and not to mention battles like the battle of britain, el alamein, operation compass, mons, ypres, vimy, messines, arras, lys, amiens, and hundreds of others. its the biggest boast alive to be able to say 'im british', no one can beat us, and i think ud better open a book before showing us ur ignorance of the matter

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien HYW: England lost, kicked out of the continent *forever* by France :)

Britain's best general: the famous general Channel, whitout him, no hiding behind the rock, no "tactical retreat" (understand: fleeing like rabbits). Brits are mediocre. And have always been. The only field in which I recongnize some kind of glory is the naval one. For the rest, yes, mediocre at best. If not really bad. And as for the napoleonic period, they were not only bad, but quite perfidious and false.

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien But dont be angry, we're not making too much fun of you because your ancestors were cowards and were lacking honour. You're just too entertaining, and so deliciously ugly :D

[ivaflimkien]

@Draksen man stop making a fool of yourself, france surrendered after 6 weeks in 1940, half france was overrun in 1914-8, france lost the seven years war, countless battles in the hundred years war. dont get me wrong i love the french, i studied french history and the french language, ive been there. still, the last successful invasion of egland was 1066, france 1940 (not to mention 1870)

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien Je pense que tu as séché tes cours d'Histoire, est c'est mal. Tu es après tout juste un anglais, un gros blaireau britannique. Sur ce je ne t'en veux pas, tu es completement dominé par votre lavage de cerveau à echelle nationale, elle même stimulée par votre complexe d'infériorité.

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien Mais voyons: France-Allemagne: 1800-1815, la France gagne haut la main. 1870, la France perd, 1914-1918 la France gagne, 1940 la France perd. Ca fait un beau 2-2. Et tout ca sans avoir la Manche pour se chacher :D

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien Mais dis moi, qu'est-ce qui te rend si malade avec la France? Le fait que toute votre histoire vienne de la France depuis 1066, que vos rois, vos nobles, tout ce qui fait votre pays soir FRANCAIS au moyen-age? :D

Ou le fait que les francais ont durant la periode napoleonienne dominé l'Europe avec qu'il vous a fallu crier maman et vous cacher comme les couards sans couilles que vous êtes, derrière la Prusse, la Russie et l'Autriche?

[ivaflimkien]

@Draksen sacre dieu j'ai deja dit que j'aime la france et les francais autant que l 'anglais -.-.

j'ai jamais dit que l'angleterre a vaincu les guerres de nepoleon sans les autres pays europeenes

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien D'accord :) Le fait que tu fasses un geste et surtout que tu viennes poster en francais me fait plaisir. Merci. Sorry if I may have offended you. I tend to react strongly when I read "Waterloo-spamming", especially considering that it tries to put in the shadow 20+ years of French military glory, deeds which have no equivalent in the past 1000 years in Europe. Allez, a nice touch of entente cordiale and we'll all be fine ;)

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien "During the century and a half after the Conquest, there is no English history. The French Kings of England rose to an eminence which was the wonder of all nations".

Thomas Babington Macauley

ROFL

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien So let see. Apart from saving their butts at Trafalgar and prevent an invasion they wouldnt have been able to handle. A crappy campaign of Spain and Waterloo in which they brought 18% of the troops, what did they do during these 20 years of warfare? I guess that... well... nothing. So if you dont mind if we have to discuss grandeur, we'll do it among men, autrians, prussians, russians, french. If we need girlies we'll call the ugly brits :P

[ivaflimkien]

@Draksen if you need men call on the french, if you need Gods call on the british

[niggabooful]

@ivaflimkien yeah bouy!!

[MaxRWF]

@ivaflimkien

Britain won the 100 years' war ? lol, you're funny. Never heard about Joan of Arc ?

France conquered Europe from Lisbon to Moscow, while Britain never conquered a single civilised nation. That tells a lot... The French flag waved over Vienna, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Moscow, so sad the Union jack never waved outside the third world...

[ivaflimkien]

@MaxRWF france conquered those european states in a war (like germany 1939-45) not as part of the colonial struggle between the great powers-and it was only a temporary occupation. britain never tried to upset europe's balance of power and never tried to invade all of europe. in any case, today Canada, an ex-colony, is a member of the G8, my own country Malta is a member of the EU, even the usa started off as a british colony

[MaxRWF]

@ivaflimkien

After the loss of all their continental possessions during the 100 years' war, the English knew they could'nt set the foot on the European continent as long as France was there. That's why they prefered to slaughter primitive tribes with machine guns, all around the world, it's easier... France built the second biggest colonial Empire, but that was just a side job for the French. Britain always tried to upset the French hegemony in Europe with Russian, Prussian and Austrian blood.

[ivaflimkien]

@MaxRWF dude wtf -_-' i dont give a rats fuck that france built a strong colonial empire or whose blood was spilt. wat colonial possessions did england lose during the 100 yrs war lmfao?

[MaxRWF]

@ivaflimkien

I wrote that England lost its ''continental'' possessions in the 100 years' war, that includes Normandy (homeland of William the Conqueror, Aquitaine (homeland of Eleanor of Aquitaine), Anjou, Maine...

[ivaflimkien]

@MaxRWF true-but calais was theirs until 1588-it was always their gateway for raids into the north. my previous point to which you commented was not that england lost the war, but that certain miltary victories in that war were simply overwhelming and unbelievable-crecy, poitiers, agincourt. you might be a french patriot and i salute your country's bravery in war-but the uk always had the best-equpped navy, and a very efficient and well trained, albeit small, army.

[MaxRWF]

@ivaflimkien

I don’t give a rat fuck about the equipment or training of the British navy or army. My point is that English are still so traumatized by the 100 years’ war that they really believe that they won it. Wake up ! The French kicked you out of the continent forever ! My other point is that Britain never conquered a civilized nation, only primitive tribes armed with bows and arrows (or tiny little island). End of story. Don’t overestimate British military history...

[ivaflimkien]

@MaxRWF the ones who were traumatised, dude, were the french nobles who were cut down again and again by a pack of english peasant longbowmen. or maybe soult and jourdan when they lost spain to wellington's army-or villeneuve while watching hisex-navy from a british man-of-war after trafalgar. tiny little island huh? let me tell you smt dude my tiny little island kicked out the french and asked the british to come over and rule. dont overestimate the 1st empire it only lasted ten years

[MaxRWF]

@ivaflimkien

It may have last only a decade, but that was a decade of continuous war, alone against almost the entire Europe. The only time Britain faced alone a (very small) coalition, it completely lost the war (American war of Independence). I see nothing glorious in surrendering you own country to the Brits because you were not able to defend it yourself...

[ivaflimkien]

@MaxRWF the maltese people rebelled against the french because they ended up pillaging villages and robbing houses-so the peasants rebelled and the french were forced to go away. as malta was a small island with 100,000 people they needed a strong naval power to make sure the french wouldnt come back. britain had just won aboukir, so they were invited to come over and protect the islands.

[niggabooful]

@MaxRWF Who won? who died in exile? who was lord govenor of france? who was boning boneys wimmenz? who chased you outta flanders portugal and spain...huh...baby gonna cry,tears won't rewrite history bitch.

[MaxRWF]

@niggabooful The allies won the Napoleonic wars thanks to Austrian, Russian and Prussian blood... and British money... Even in Waterloo, the Brits didn't count for more than 25% of the coalised force. Brits were too scared to fight alone with the French, they had to pay huge amounts of money to push Austria, Russia and Prussia to fight for you. Don’t overestimate British military history, they never conquered a single civilised nation alone, that tells a lot.

[niggabooful]

@MaxRWF what that tells mon amie is that we fought for trade and religious conversion.what you say is only partially true,wellington only had an ad-hoc force at waterloo,due to the peninsular army being disbanded.only a small percentage were veterans.

Britain and russia are the only nations you mention that weren't eventually cowed,and we didn't have old father winter on our side!

[MaxRWF]

British soldiers fought for the oligarchy that ruled them, nothing else. You didn't have Winter with you but you had father Channel, which is an obstacle that requires a huge logistical preparation. A preparation that the French couldn't complete, as Austrians and Russians were eager to die by thousands for English money. At Waterloo, British soldiers had much more experience than the teenagers which filled the ranks of the decimated post-Russia Grand Army, and were saved by Prussia this time

[niggabooful]

@MaxRWF lol u mad? yeah you mad!

can i ask you one question and i wan't you to answer honestly,did the french win the peninsular war?

[MaxRWF]

@niggabooful

No I'm not mad. Not they did not won the Peninsular war. What's your point ? You can't argue anymore ? Well, I'm done teaching you history.

[niggabooful]

@MaxRWF hahahaha loser! loser!

I don't talk to losers.......bye!

[MaxRWF]

@niggabooful

Are you 5 year old ?

[niggabooful]

@MaxRWF Are you a five year old?

[MaxRWF]

@niggabooful

You are retarded...

[niggabooful]

@MaxRWF so you have started with the petty name calling?

[niggabooful]

@niggabooful so you have started with petty name calling?

[Draksen]

@ivaflimkien "bussaco, barrosa, vitoria, salamanca, c.rodrigo, badajoz". Wow nice. You do know that Austrians, Prussians and Russians can bring here 10 times more battle than Britain even fought during that period. You do know also that France fought 120+ battles during that period and won almost all of them. You do know also what Brits did in Spain when they had to fought against the Grande Armée and not N's brother? I help you: they dropped their guns and ran like rabbits. BRITISH MEDIOCRITY

[niggabooful]

@ivaflimkien vimero,not to mention wellington beat every french general he met in the field,including boney.

[niggabooful]

@bh5496 what everyone forgets about waterloo is that the war was over,the peninsular armies disbanded. wellington only had an adhoc force at watterloo whereas napolion picked up all his vets as he moved through france in the hundred days.

[bh5496]

@Tiwaz81 didn't napoleon march into moscow only to find it abandoned and mostly burning?

[tipitjo]

@bh5496 when he entered the city, it was abandonned, but the night after, the 15th of September, some russians who were still in Moscou burned the town

[choconibletbeans]

if people love the richard sharpe books i recomend the hornblower series in the brittish navy

[sbd650]

Majestic!!! **********

Best regards from Belgrade

[Napoleontas]

Is there another version of pas des charge anywhere?

[thelordnazgul76]

On dirait une sorte de mixage du "champ de l'oignon" et de "la victoire est à nous"jusqu'a 0:48. C'est très entrainant =)

[Briselance]

Les pas de charge de la Marine Impériale ? Mais je n'vois pas un seul marsouin, dans c'te video ... O_o

[James1803]

Prince of Macedon loves these uniforms they get him off.

[Gonnakillyou]

They do the same to me. So irresistibly sexy.

[vowwarlord]

dsettleascii# but it happend

[stemvis]

hello, im trying to learn french and am also reading the richard sharpe books on the napoleonic wars (much recomended!) and they are always mentioning the 'pas de charge' playing as the french attack. what does it translate into english as? also, is this music here what they played in the 1800's? thanks!

[Xepa105]

@stemvis I am a huge Sharpe fan and the second part of this audio (begining @ 0:48) is similar to what was played on the battlefields at the time, every pause after three drum beats was when they chanted 'vive l'empereur'. I can't help you with the translation though.

[Polorutz]

@stemvis Also a huge Sharpe fan here... "pas" in french means "step", it could be roughly translated as "beat". So pas de charge means "charge beat". It's the tune you'd hear if a french column was advancing.

[stemvis]

@Polorutz Thanks a lot for this, it suddenly makes sense! I was looking a 'pas' as the same was 'ne pas' if you see what I mean so I though it was 'not of charge'! cheers!

[elgor89]

il est certain que les images ne s'accordent pas à la musique. Il n'y a pas beaucoup de marins

[tipitjo]

@elgor89 Je sais malheuresement, j'ai cherché lontemps, mais j'en es pas trouvé, mes escuses

[dsettleascii]

wish waterloo never happened

[Tiwaz81]

@dsettleascii

yes, althoughs men killed for no good reason except Napoleons ego. If only he had stayed on Elba, or gone to the Americas, he could have been a champion of the south american rebellions...

[tenirpaslager]

where did you ge tthe paintings

[tipitjo]

i all found them on Google

[MaxRWF]

Dommage qu'il n'ay ait pas d'images des marins de la Garde Impériale...

[tipitjo]

je sais malheureusement, j'ai cherché durant lontemps, mais je n'en n'est pas trouvé

[MaxRWF]

J'en ai trouvé quelques une sur google-image en tapant "marin garde impériale". Peu de bonne qualité malheureusement...

[no123body]

where is the real pas de charge? plan rat a plan rat a plan?

[dobspau]

true the french army was good but in every battle they outnumberd the redcoated british infantry by 3to1 and still lost

[tenirpaslager]

thats because the british always stood not like the spanish and russians who fled, russia never beat napoleon it was the winter that beat him, just like it beat hitler

[Tiwaz81]

@tenirpaslager No one always stood. The British usually stood because they were well trained, supplied and motivatted. They could run. the 33rd and 73rd ran at Quatra Bras (because standing would have been suicide) the 89th ran at Fuengirola, Any troops can run under the wrong circumstances.

[Tiwaz81]

@tenirpaslager

And the Russians were hardcore. In their army you werent allowed to cry out in pain when you were injured... the French thought that they were inhuman because of how tough they were and how hard it was to break them.

[IuniusPalladius]

Actually it's pretty much the reverse. Usually the French were outnumbered by the Brits. Pretty much all the major battles in Spain Wellington had a decided advantage in numbers. At Waterloo Wellington again had an advantage in numbers on the field. (the French outnumbered the allied army by 5,000 there but Napoleon held 25,000 men in reserve to fight the Prussians he knew were coming, so in terms of men fighting, the Brits had a considerable advantage in numbers)

[suuntzu]

@IuniusPalladius : "Usually the French were outnumbered by the Brits." maybe because UK handled the whole Europe against l'Empereur? =)

[hawkmoon03111951]

@IuniusPalladius At Waterloo Wellington also detached 17,000 troops as a flank guard. They took no part in the battle. The French actually had more troops. The 'Brits' only made up 36% of the allied army. The only other reliable troops Wellington had were the 'Kings German Legion' 10% of his force. In Spain the sides were roughly equal in most battles, again though his British forces were normally only half or less of the army.

[IuniusPalladius]

@hawkmoon03111951 And Napoleon sent Grouchy with 30k men after the Prussians. What's your point about the 17k? That would have brought Wellington up to 85k but it's neither here nor there. I'll repeat. French forces on field of Waterloo--72k, Wellington, 68k but Nap had to hold back 25k because of the impending Prussian advance, leaving him 49-50k to fight Wellington who thus had a sizable advantage. Chasse's Dutch forces were quite good, being largely responsible for the repulse of the Guard.

[hawkmoon03111951]

@IuniusPalladius My point is that the British army was vastly outnumbered. The entire allied army was outgunned in the artillery department. The British army had also been dismembered after the cessation of hostilities in 1814, usual British government tactics, so was not the army of the Peninsular. On top of which many of the allied units were unreliable. Napoleon should have won, Wellington knew that he could only win if the Prussians came in support.

[IuniusPalladius]

@hawkmoon03111951 Wellington was not vastly outnumbered. The Brits were a minority, yes (75% of them were Peninsular vets, it's a myth they were green) but Wellington had some excellent troops under him, e.g. Chasse's Dutch, as I noted repulsed the Guard. The contribution and ability of Wellington's allies have been downplayed and obviously weren't unreliable. Nap's army was not of the quality of the Grande Armee. & you're right, Napoleon would have won but for the arrival of the Prussians.

[mintoffjan]

@IuniusPalladius man wellington had the best bastards of the british army with him and the divided marshals only had half trained conscripts the only time napoleon had some proper troops there in 1808 he sweppt the redcoats to the sea at corunna

[Tiwaz81]

@mintoffjan gardly. He was trying to crush them and they beat him off. Youve been reading the bulletins too much.

[Tiwaz81]

@IuniusPalladius only about 35% of his British had peninsula experiance. And even in regiments that had been in spain, maybe only a third of the men had been there. His British troops were no where near as good as his previous armies in Spain and India.

[Tiwaz81]

@hawkmoon03111951 outnumbered in Cavalry and Artillery, the allies had more infantry. Add to that the Prussians....

[hawkmoon03111951]

@Tiwaz81 The Prussian element was the whole reason that Wellington fought the battle. He was well aware that he had a polyglot army, most of whom had never fought under him before.

[Tiwaz81]

@hawkmoon03111951

of course.. against Boney, you dont want to take any chances, you need a sledgehammer and hope to crush him.. going against him 50/50 with a mostly untested army... could be a little bit risky.

[Tiwaz81]

@Not sure about the usually, I have the French outnumbering the British about as often as the british outnumber the French. Unless your including the 3 seiges of Badajoz, aswell as Cuidad Rodrigo and San Sebastian. But I figure the beseiged is always outnumbered so thats a given.

[slimes23]

I can't find a recording of 'old trousers' anywhere. I sort of have it on CD but it's impossible to find online.

[TheMinistryofFish]

That's just plain not true mate! Citenly not about Spain!

[drew23ish]

VIVE L'EMPEREUR. VIVE LA FRANCE

[TheMinistryofFish]

By god so that's what the 'old trousers" sounds like!

[brendan51287]

lol I read sharp and wondered bout old trousers myself. Its good, but much prefer Our own "Royal grenadier"....much more rousing lol.

[TheMinistryofFish]

I was a bit disapointed!

Sounded much more menacing in the books...still it is french so what can you expect!

[IuniusPalladius]

No, I don't think this is "Old Trousers." That was a drum beat, the Pas-de-charge. This is the Pas de charge of a unit of the the Imperial Guard Guard. The English only fought elements of the Guard once, at Waterloo and only the Middle Guard, not this unit and that expression dates from the Peninsula. The pas de charge is on youtube under La charge as I recall. I believe the poster of this video has a copy of it, if not then Cumbas does.

[slimes23]

It's not old trousers. Old trousers is just a drum beat. It's used very well in 'Wellington's Victory' by Beethoven. I'd post a link to the CD on amazon if I could but it's not allowed.

[IuniusPalladius]

I have Wellington's Victory (and there are recordings of it on youtube). Do you mean the drumrolls at the beginning as the armies march on the field?

[slimes23]

Yes.

[didier62901]

a la baillonnettes

[teemanthefirst]

vive l' empereur

[Lancier10eRegiment]

Vive L'empereur!

[valeyck]

Magnifique ! ça donne envie de charger et combattre . . .

[Gladiator0719]

Imperial French Marines

[cumbas]

très bien mis en images

5*****

PS :

Le pas de charge de la Marine impériale (que je ne connaissais pas, un des rares) s'inspire beaucoup du "Chant de L'oignon" apparemment ^^

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