Waterloo - Attack of the French cavalry

This is the attack of the French cavalry, led by Ney, against the British infantry squares during the Battle of Waterloo. This is taken from the film Waterloo, released in 1970.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Square
• Infantry
• Cannon
• napoleonic
• Napoleon
• Wellington
• War

[gipcambero]

@24878281

It's like American who think they Won WW1 for the Entente power by just fighting a few months at the end of the conflict

[TalonMercenary]

@frobacca24 actually the war was in it's final months anyway. Learn your history kid

[mdsaxc02]

Ney should have followed his attack with infantry, then once the english was in squares withdraw his cavalry and attacked with infantry while they formed back into lines. had he done that waterloo may have turned out diffrent.

[mdsaxc02]

@gipcambero we did have an impact that led to ending but the english and the french did take the brunt of that war thanks to our allies and hey america is made up of people of ALL beliefs don't take one comment and imply to ALL of us.

[cliffhanger11414]

That blonde guy spoke some wise words.

[MegaNorman007]

@TrollBuster9090 He possibly saw wounded and stragglers heading away from the battlefield and maybe a redeployment and came to the conclusion that this charge was the answer. i've read before that Ney could well have been suffering some form of post traumatic stress disorder as a result of Russia, which also explains his actions earlier in the campaign at Quatre Bras.

[MrStig691]

@raindancer39 It was a little more than 25,000. Try 2/3 of that number.

[bluejacketbugler]

no square was breached

[FeynmanQuantum]

I wonder how these Marshals came alive - charging at the head , dressed like marshals.....wonder why someone would miss to shoot him

[DeuceSixBravo]

@gipcambero Fresh troops are fresh troops. Can't say the Doughboy Soldier didn't help. Just like Americans can't say they won the American Revolution alone. Props to the French for giving us a hand!

[Vampirewolfking]

This happens when Napoleon has to go to toilet.

[Briselance]

@TrollBuster9090

Or so says the French, the Swiss, the Belgian, the Canadians and much of Africa.

Or so says the U.N.O..

Or so says the one who isn't blindfolded.