Le chant du départ dans 'JRC Captain of the Imperial Guard' 1799 - French Republican Patriotic Song

The Captain Jean Roch Coignet really existed.

He represents the new possibilities of social advancement which allowed in Europe the revolution, the French Republic and the Empire, promotion in reasons of its merits and not because of its social status

Poor peasant was born in august 16, 1776 in the little village of Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines (Yonne), entered soldier illiterate in the citizen army of the young French Republic attacked of all share in 1799, he finishes, after having learned how to read and write, Captain in the Imperial Guard of Napoleon and the Empire in 1815 (he was in Waterloo)

Historical character marking of the imperial "Old guard", he is one of largest grenaders of Napoleon and the image even of "Vieux Grognard" as we can imagine them, "grognon" but faithful until the end

He is the first decorated by the "Legion d'Honneur" of the first promotion of the history and by the emperor himself on June 14, 1804 in Paris (in "Invalides")

He took part in all the campaigns of the Consulate and of the Empire and was never wounded in the combats during 16 campaigns and 48 battles between 1799 and 1815 !!!

After the defeat vs the "coalition" of all kingdoms of Europe, he opened a tobacconist's shop in the City of Auxerre

he benefitted from it to write its memories of campaigns which were published later under the title of "Les cahiers du Capitaine Coignet" ("the books of the Captain Coignet")

He died in Auxerre in 1865

"Voilà un brave !!!" ("Here is a brave man !!!")


You see here an extract of a french TV serie of the seventies do in following its books who show grenaders of the Republic (the empire was not founded yet and we are under the Consulate) singing the famous patriotic song "Le Chant du départ", "La victoire en chantant", the song will become the official Anthem of the empire
(special thks to my friend maximumuse for this video)

!!!!!!!!
Singing Victory is opening the barrier for us;
Freedom is leading our steps,
And from the North to the South the war trumpet sounded
The hour for the fights.
Tremble, enemies of France,
Kings drunk of blood and pride!
The sovereign people is coming;
Tyrants go down in coffins.

The Republic is calling us,
Let's know vanquish or let's know perish;
A French man must live for it,
For it, a French man must die. (bis - the two last verses)
...

I put here english subtitles
Sorry for my bad english but i think that you will understand despite that ;-)

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[Challis1989]

Great video and song and as a brit your english is great keep up the good work :D

[cumbas]

@Challis1989

hum... To say a such thing, if you are Brit you are not an English sure for me ^^

PS :

My English is bad I know that

But no problem, I would like to speak very well English & all foreigners (for me) languages BUT I dont count the "intelligence" of a brain on this fact

& it's better for the english-speakers peoples because they are by far the bader peoples who dont speak at least one foreigner language of the world out of his native ^^

[Challis1989]

@cumbas Trust me I have seen worse english from class mates brought up as the first language haha. I'm scottish but my dads side of the families all English not all english people are like the ,majority of tubes on Youtube that hate the french. :D Yea thats the problem haveing english as our first language because many see it spoken world wide and don't bother to have the deceny to lean say french or spanish etc

[cumbas]

@Challis1989

1a)

Seriously, I know perfectly that these suckers retarded with their blind-brain full of xenophobia, lies & stereotypes on the others countries & peoples especially on the French ^^ are not the whole English people & I have English friends on the web or IRL ^^ & it's for that I said "the roastbeef-minds" for these suckers & not "the English" who in my mind are not the same thing

[cumbas]

@Challis1989

2a)

But sorry it's the truth also to say that these persons who dont have a backward-looking spirit full of stereotypes on Europe which did not evolve since the 19th & the half of the 20th centuries are a minority in England...

After, I suspected that you were Scotish to write that & by seeing your channel ^^, the French & the Scotish are old European brothers, the Auld Alliance guy, the Auld Alliance! ^^

[hommechauvesouris]

Vive la République!

Vive la Révolution!

[MrBatou85]

Vive l'Empereur!

[bipbip28]

Pour elle un français doit mourir !

[julienRD1988]

VIVE LA FRANCE !!!!

VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE !!!

[ArchitectPaulKersey]

18 - 06 - 1815 / 18 - 06 - 2010

Guard die but don' t surrender !

[cumbas]

Here it's my playlist about "Songs and Marchs of French Republic and French Empire"

But to see much more extracts of this mini-serie look at in my channel my special playlist on JRC based on extracts of this mini-serie

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