La Marche des Cuirassiers/ La Victoire est a nous

[1789Titi]

Paix éternelle pour nos braves aieux, vive la révolution, vive la liberté, vive l'Empereur des Français...

[napojeje]

Vive L'empereur ! Chargez pour l'empire ne reculez pas !

[rylege]

@9911aleksey I was referring to the Allied cavalry's performance during the French cavalry assault on the squares. Barbero about the inability for Uxbridge to get any cooperation from the Cav and that they kept behind the squares determined not to get involved with the swarms of Cuirassiers poured over the ridge. I've read accounts of infantry screaming from the squares at the Cav asking them for help. I think the counterattack after D'Erlon's assault took a massive toll on the Brit Cav.

[rylege]

@9911aleksey I think we agree. If we are talking about the Union Brigade and the Households assault on D'Erlons, then it is true there was a Cuirassier units beaten back. But they were countered by the two Cuirassier brigades from Farine and Travers plus the lancers of Jaquinots which delivered heavy losses to the Household and the Union. British cav was Brave and tough, but poorly led and undisciplined as was attested by everyone including Wellington. They were uncontrollable lot.

[rylege]

@9911aleksey There were multiple consecutive assaults on the allied squares and the allied cav only countered sparingly with mixed success. The household only delayed the next attack. Most of the allied cavalry remained in the rear of the squares. Uxbridge tried to get many fo the them to counter, and many outright refused. Many Allied soldiers recalled years later how disappointed they were in their cavalry as they felt they received no help.

[rylege]

@9911aleksey Not saying that the Household Cav did not push the Cuirassiers back, but the Household was fresh at that time and the French just re-grouped and came back.. In addition, the majority of Allied cavalry allowed the French cavalry to meander and harrass the allied squares with impunity for a very long time. There is even reports of Allied infantry cursing the Allied cavalry for doing nothing as they stayed back.

[rylege]

@9911aleksey Not sure where you got your info, but your analysis is incorrect. The Allied Cavalry were no match for French Cavalry at Waterloo, much less British as was confirmed by Wellingtons own testimony. When the French charged the allied squares the Allied Cavalry did pratically nothing as they were frightened to even engage the French Cuirassiers. And when they did they were cut to pieces! The Alllied infantry saved that situation not Allied cavalry. Read "Battle" by Alessandro Barbero

[Dirkhrod]

Russia and England bought Europe another 100 years. In the end, Napoleon's dream has triumphed and the Old Europe is dead. Only you don't make a new Europe just because a Corsican upstart thinks it is doable. Old Europe is dead and with it Europe as a whole. We are dying slowly reliving our past glories, but no new glories will come. And on saturday, I will think of a green field where 196 years ago, my Old Europe had won one of its last victories. Against the Corsican upstart.

[Dirkhrod]

@horselips: Islam is not the true enemy of Europe. Or better put, not the true danger. Europe has thrived with Islam on its door for 1000 years. The true enemy is egalitarianism and humanism, the "values" promoted by the French Revolution, by Napoleon and by today's democracies. Because of them, Europe is rotten from the inside and will succumb to Islam. The destruction of aristocracy and elites, the destruction of our traditions, championed by Revolutionary France, was the beginning of our doom

[horselips]

If only Napoleon had aimed the Grand Armee at the Ottomans instead of Russia. Already having France, Spain and Italy, the reconquest of the Balkans, Anatolia, the Holy Land and North Africa would have been a cinch - and the Russians and the rest of Christian Europe would have helped him. Napoleon could have truly restored the Roman Empire, and destroyed Islam in the process. Now, Islam is destroying France and Europe. Europeans are amazingly stupid - never able to focus on their true enemies.

[NapoleonCalland]

@horselips He invaded Russia in 1812 because the Russians had tried to invade Poland in 1811 and then tried to get him to hand it to them on a plate. Cf Vincent Cronin's "Napoleon", Ch20 The Road to Moscow, p309 HarperCollins, 1994 edition. Attacking his ally the Ottoman Empire was not in his interest or that of Europe. He had already planned a joint European-Russian assault on India to force London to make peace but the Tsar had other plans, financed by the British Empire (to dominate Europe)

[horselips]

@NapoleonCalland- I too know Napoleonic history & you are right & Cronin is a good source. I find fault with considering the Ottomans allies - they were far more passive than active against France's enemies. A large-scale Ottoman second front against Austria might have made a difference at Leipzig. My post is simply a "what if" born of "wishful thinking." You know - "If the South had won the Civil War" kinda thing. A 19th Century "Crusade" would have united Europe more than anything else tried.

[SuperBradva]

VIVE L EMPEREUR,FRANCE...BAISE LA WELINGTON

[Septimanien]

Vive la République !

[GekkoKamen]

NOW MAITLAND, NOW'S YOUR TIME!!

[tipitjo]

@GekkoKamen  LA GARDE MEURT ET NE SE RENDS PAS !!! ;)

[GekkoKamen]

@tipitjo YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THE HONOUR OF WAR REQUIRES!! *salutes in utter respect* :)

[tipitjo]

@GekkoKamen  * salutes to you to :) ;)

[Sasai57]

@tipitjo THE GUARD DIE BUT NEVER SURRENDER !

[liverpoolmatt87]

@GekkoKamen damn near run thing !!!!

[sticky4rod]

no wellington was a little english shopkeepr who was too scared to fight french alone-always he needed someothers pwoer help .napoleon even defeated that english bastard wqellington in siege of paris when napolean mustered the french auxillaries after he escaped from the captivity and relived french capital of english bastards mashinations and wellington fled like a coward he was and like coward english pairate cum shopkeeprs race always are.

[zenoist2]

They soon found out that Wellington with  british troops are a bit different .

Face to face Wellington wins.

as he always does.

He was by far the better general.

[expertstrategy]

@zenoist2, Napoleon has always been a great commander, but he wasn't as aggressive and smart in battle like he used to be in his earlier years.

Wellington is a great leader, but you horribly overestimate his abilities. It's not exaggerating to say that Napoleon is better than Wellington for a variety of reasons.

[MaxRWF]

@zenoist2

Saying that Britain won the Napoleonic wars is like saying Belgium won the First Wordl war. lol

[WhyPostThisVid]

@MaxRWF Tbh we did though >.>

[MaxRWF]

@WhyPostThisVid

Yeah, everybody knows that England "won" the Napoleonic wars with Prussian, Austrian and Russian blood....

[WhyPostThisVid]

@MaxRWF For god sake 2 things, one it was BRITAIN NOT ENGLAND and also we bloody payed our fair share in blood just we were smart about what we did e.g. 1400 Troops vs 4500 and we won in the first volley....

[MaxRWF]

@WhyPostThisVid

Actually, the British did the least possible they could during these wars. Never heard about the "Golden Cavalry of St George" ? In fact, the British would never have disembarked in Spain or in Belgium if these territories weren't already largely controlled by their allies. Even at Waterloo the British didn't count for more than 25% of the allied forces.

[WhyPostThisVid]

@MaxRWF Numbers do not matter for a start >.>,also of course we would never had ventured that deep into enenmy territory, honestly who would? It would have been near suicide, what i am trying to say is we made one of the biggest contributions in battle without actally commiting many men.

[ventdessteppes]

Vive la France éternelle, ses amis et ses alliés

[ventdessteppes]

Vive Dieu et Vive la France éternelle, ses amis, ses alliés!!!

[sticky4rod]

napoleaon was the greatest general of the westenr world in last 2000 years. he was a great man too. only mistake he did was not to attacke ngland and kill the english race-instead he attacked Russia and destroyed 95% of his grand army. napleaon shopudl have attacked and burn england so that the world wouldntohave to bear the curse of having english race on the earth. we can still do it by making europe stang against enligsh parsite shopkeeprs .

[zenoist2]

@sticky4rod napoleons great mistake was fighting against Wellington.

He should have bowed down before his superioirity but the little bald headed corsican had to persist with his sadly mistaken beleif he was a good general.

he wasn't.

Stamping his feet and throwing his hat to the ground in a temper doesnt change the fact he was totally outclassed.

Wellington beat the French in every single battle he fought and never lost a battle unlike Naploeon.

[TheVoodooMaker]

@zenoist2 FUCKING LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Wellington was defeated several times in Sapin by Masséna. Wellington LOST Waterloo, Blucher won. Do you know what remained of the "English" (with 60% of Germans in their ranks) army? The Welsh corps et the Guard. The cavalry was destroyed, the KGL fled, the others surrendered or escaped. When the Prussians arrived, the French disbanded, after 20 years of war they had had enough

[Rostokouban]

@zenoist2 wellington was a fucking gay aristocrat who fought with difficulties despite the precious help of spanish guerilla against the weak french army of spain which was not the "grand army" who was fighting in eastern europe some more serious ennemies than the brits (like the russians austrians and prussians)... sorry but britain was really good at sea, and for money, but was really shy on land (remember toulon and quiberon landing when the brits were wiped out by french patriots...)

[expertstrategy]

@zenoist2 "napoleons great mistake was fighting against Wellington.

He should have bowed down before his superioirity but the little bald headed corsican had to persist with his sadly mistaken beleif he was a good general.

he wasn't."

Wellington was never Napoleon's superior or even an equal. Napoleon won far more victories than Wellington. You make it sound as if Wellington defeated Napoleon by himself which is laughable, even a twelve year old would know that is false.

[Narjoso]

@zenoist2

well you have a lot to learn of napoleon History my friend and i mean A LOT but its okay to be ignorant and belive that Wellington is a god who cant be matched against a mortal foe:P

they say wellington won waterloo but i say it was the Prussians who won Waterloo and Mother Nature who won the war when the Grande Arme of 500 k proffesional veteran soldiers froze to death.

[8sacramento8]

Vive la France.............

[DiVeronica]

wonderful!

[Communaysard]

Grandes musiques militaires!!

[Communaysard]

Grandes musiques miltaires françaises!

[ventdessteppes]

Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles, uber alles in des Welt. Vive l'Allemagne, notre soeur aimée!

[93Archangel]

Ja die Revolutionäre aus Franrkeich!

Vivé L´Francais

from germany!^^

[horselips]

If Napoleon could see France today, he wouldn't have bothered.

[Waldodo360]

Heu juste pour vous dire que Napoléon n'est pas Italien mais Corse U_u est la Corse fait partit de la France donc Napoléon est Français

[52office]

Cette marche est bien trop légère, pour évoquer les cuirassiers impériaux. On doit se sentir anéanti d'avance !

[maxi3317]

vive l'empereur et vive la FRANCE

[TooShortfeatNWA]

Vive le 12 de Cuir' !

[92rabzouzjihad]

On s'en branle de savoir si Napoélon étaitd'origine Italienne ou Camerounaise, une seule chose est certaine, c'est qu'il a remporté toutes ses victoires à la tete de l'armée française, et que le seul et unique pays qu'il ait aimé jusqu'a sa mort est la France..

[NapoleonCalland]

@92rabzouzjihad La France n'est pas le seul et unique pays qu'il a aimé, et son armée était de plus en plus une armée impériale et européenne, mais vous avez raison de dire qu'il était bel et bien français et qu'il aimait la France par dessus tout. Seulement, si des Italiens, des Elbois et des Polonais (sans parler des Egyptiens et autres) ont gardé un bon souvenir de lui, c'est qu'il les aimait aussi.

[33leggedman]

That's quite easy... more difficult is to teach the vanquished to get a life: In 1066 we convinced the Britons to climb down from the trees and even taught them how to use a fork and a knife. Next time we'll teach them the advantages of decent food and how to make real love... to real women!

[maxi3317]

you're talking about decent food you ? an englih ?let me laugh

[azzerty01]

Vive la France !

Vive la Nation !

Vive l'Empereur !

[herderek95]

Another great march from the french

[killereminenz]

i like german marches^^ but this marche are very great :O 5*

[bh5496]

2 of my FAVORITE French military napoleonic marches!!

[glapomi]

vive l'empereur

vive napoleon

[helmuthoorn]

Vive la France !

And get rid of the muslims

[whikless]

That wasn't racist of you at all.

[whikless]

Its up to them what religeon they are, as long as it stays within hand, which it usually dose. I don't agree with muslim beliefs, but I don't dislike them either.

[Kamfrenchie]

Il n'y a pas une version plus longue de " la victoire est à nous" ?

[swefress]

sweet song! gona put this to empire total war!!!

[Ustasescu]

Vive l'Empereur Napoléon!

Vive la France!

Vive la Croatie!

Big regards from Illirian provinces!

[kentheking59]

VIVE FRANCE,

ecrasons les lignes ennemis avec notre cavalerie lourde!!

[grenpier]

vive les Habsbourgs d'Autriche!!!!!!!

[marcussalieri]

vive charles dix et louis 18

[TheDacian]

yeah god is an englishmen him and duke of wellington were among the few english at waterloo if it wasn't for the prussians and the alliance the english would have been decimated.

[emangi1]

@horselips Just ike George Washington?

[horselips]

General washington was born an Englishman. In fact, that's why Britain lost the Revolutionary War - they were fighting too many of their own people.

[emangi1]

@horselips Oh i c. It all makes sense now.

[tiairisper]

@horselips

Wellington plutôt non ?

vive la France !

Vive l'empereur !

[Gonnakillyou]

You're not seriously suggesting that "nationality" played a role?

[gipcambero]

VIVE l'EMPEREUR !

VIVE LA FRANCE !!!

[MaxRWF]

So what ?

Corsica never was Italian.

[KronprinzAdam]

VIVE L'EUROPE MILLÉNAIRE!

[MaxRWF]

La Corse n'a jamais été et ne sera jamais italienne.

[KronprinzAdam]

Empereur de L'italie, aussi!! Mais on se rappele de lui comme français, parce-qu'il a fait sa carrière d'empereur en France...

[remiposeidon]

Oui, c'est fou ce que le lieu de travail peut influencer sur la réputation des gens...

[SyndromeRDR]

Vaste question, elle ne l'est pas actuellement (les gens y parlent français et corse mais pas vraiment italien même si d'aucuns considèrent le dialecte corse comme un patois italien) et ne l'était pas à l'époque de Napoléon, époque à laquelle d'ailleurs l'Italie en tant que nation n'existait pas. Les quelques connaissances que je compte sur l'île refusent catégoriquement qu'on considère la Corse comme italienne.

[SyndromeRDR]

Napoléon descendait d'une grande famille d'italiens installés sur l'Île de Beauté depuis Francesco Le Maure mais il était corse.

[menkere]

Vive l'Empereur!

Vive la Grande Armée!

Vive l'Empire!

Vive la Grandeur de la France.....

[KronprinzAdam]

L'empereur!! L'empereur!!

[Iltbsm]

Der einzige Franzmann-Marsch, den meine Ohren tolerieren ;)

[Scratator]

Vive l'Empereur !

Vive la grande armée !

Vive la France !

Vive l'Empire !

[MaxRWF]

"LE" roi ;)

Et "la" reine ;)

[sameada]

vive l'empereur!!!vive le roi Eugenè le roi d'italie!!

[inconnuici]

Vive l'Empereur et peut importe la mort car ce en quoi nous croyons est bien plus fort !!!!!!!!

[keltalas1]

Belle vidéo ! Et pour info à zeerot53, les hussards se sont illustrés à la bataille de Wagrame en 1809 en mettant en déroute l'armée autrichienne.

[Zsophos]

Vive l'Empereur!!!

[KingPorusI]

The Black Watch got massacred at Waterloo.

[Haza119]

Did'nt they break out of sqaure formation in the great cuirassier cavalry charge?

[wedge0005]

so did the imperial guard the cuirassers and in fact most of the french army. I must admit that the cuirassers and the imperial guard were fine soldiers. it was unfortunate ney was so ... unpredictable in that battle, they say its "shellshock" or the 19th century equivelant, from the russian war.

Ney did manage to get most of the cavalry killed in a daft charge without infantry support and gruchee (pardon the spelling) didnt even turn up with half the army, We might have lost if they had.

[TheTristan1954]

Maréchal Grouchy is also a bit guilty

[chopinandliszt]

That's what most of those "documentaries" portray. In reality, it was different. The battle was made up of tones of complicated events. After the cavalry charge, Ney brought a well-supported combination of cavalry, infantry, horse artillery to attack Wellington's flank. The squadrons of curassiers who survived the charge forced the allies to remain in squares while his horse-artillery blasted them in close range. This was when Ney requested reinforcements.

(from "Atlas of Napoleonic Wars")

[chopinandliszt]

but, of course, Napoleon was busy committing his Young Guard to attack the Bluchers' Prussians under Bulow at Plancenoit. Ney is so underrated in those "bullshit documentaries". In fact, when he captured La Haye Saint, he again brought horse-artillery there to blast the Allied squares. In the end, the Inniskillings literally lay finished in squares. However, the firmness of the Allied, British infantry was quite admirable and it's true that Ney never managed to break through the Allied centre.

[wedge0005]

you're right sorry I was simplyfying the intricate too much. I know Ney was a fine commander anyway but after seeing all his men die of cold on the russian front must have affected him somehow. You also have to admit he was a tad unpredictable. He was also very brave isnt it true that he had five horses shot from under him in the charge and still carried on? anyway I still have to peg some of the blame for Napoleon losing on Ney even if he did commit himself admirably in the rest of the combat.

[wedge0005]

well he was the the latter parts of the conflict I think. Also I do agree whit you about the documentaries as they are rather one sided especially these over romanticised American ones. Ney also could have attacked quicker at quatre bras but even so he probably does recieve far more criticism than he should. He fought well enough at Ligny and other battles including at Waterloo for a substantial amount of the conflict

[ghost2666]

Pour L'Empereur, et Sa mémoire !

[zeerot53]

Moi j'aurais bien aimée etre un Hussard a cette époque je les trouve vraiment classe

[MaxRWF]

J'aime pas du tout les Hussards :/

Par contre, j'aurais adoré être un Cuirassier, ou un Carabinier à cheval à la limite.

Vive la cavalerie lourde !

[zeerot53]

les Hussard on vraiment un uniforme de valeur et tres beau

de plus dans l'armée de napoléon je crois qu'ils on beaucoup donner :D

[tipitjo]

moi j'aurais aimé etre un Grenadiers à chevals ou un grenadiers à pied dans la Vieille Garde

[tipitjo]

savez-vous les noms des batailles qu'il a participés, car si cela ne vous dérange pas, je ferais une petite vidéo sur sa carrière militaire

[JimSchumacher]

@MaxRWF

Vive la France et le RWF!

[RagingBull2A]

@MaxRWF rien tel qu'un cuirassier....crois moi.....j'ai fait mon service au GE 11 du 11eme Cuirs............qu'and la Cav lourde se mets en marche la Terre tremble...a++

[ThomasMelberStgt]

@RagingBull2A

A part des Hussards, bien entendu! ;)

[hyarke]

CUIRASSIERS FUCK YEAH

[tokra4040]

Vive les cuirassiers plutôt!

FUCK YOU!

[siegfried882012]

Vive l'Empereur !

[FranzNacht5]

osti que j'aimerais etre un cuirassier dans l'armee de Napoleon.. je suis vraiment fascine par ces temps-la.

[x443]

Besides I'm portuguese, I agree with you.

In that time it should be really great to be part of an army!

[Lowie7de]

Alors, tu dois faire de la re-enactment!!!!

[GalaadL]

Vive l'Empereur!!!!

[MaxRWF]

Quelle belle musique "la victoire est à nous" mais c'est encore plus beau quand c'est joué aux fifres et au tambours seulement.

[Stormgebieder]

Ca existe en youtube? Ou a ecouter sur l'internet?

this version, does it stand somewere on the internet?

La musique est tres belle, vraiment!

[MaxRWF]

/watch?v=HXmljXjwZko&feature=c­hannel_page

Les 40 premières secondes uniquement.

[eldottore46]

magnifique.. vous pouriez eventuellement l'envoyer par mail ?merci

nicolas

[Koenig0726]

VIVE LA FRANCE JUSQU'A LA MORT !

[Iltbsm]

napoleon didn't kill any minorities..and hitler was stupid as fuck

[lagrandduc]

VIVE LA FRANCE JUSQU'A LA MORT!!

[Grimgor2a]

Trés belle image si tu pouvais me donné le site où tu les prends ça serait sympa .

Vive la France , Vive l'Empereur !

[frenchrebell]

Magnifique, éblouissante, divine France, Justice et Bravoure ! Vive l' Empereur. Soyons dignes d' être les héritiers de sa Légende.

[bzhManu56]

VIVE L'EMPEREUR

[AthaNapo1994]

AHHHH WUNDERBAR!!!!!

[Fleuriinee]

vive le 7 eme cuirassiers pour leur valeur a la bataille de waterloo

[BravedesBraves]

Vive la France jusqu'à la Mort!!!

[BravedesBraves]

Vive la France jusqu'à la Mort!!!

[BravedesBraves]

Vive la France jusqu'à la Mort!!!

[luxxma1984]

Great video and great music!

Vive l'Empereur !

[perico7001]

VIve l'empereur, vive la France

[Grimgor2a]

De trés belle image , belle vidéo .

Vive la France , Vive l'Empereur !

[perico7001]

Vive la France

Vive l'empereur

[J99Grimbold]

Thank you, great!