Waterloo - Charge of the British cavalry

"At this crucial juncture, Uxbridge ordered his two brigades of British heavy cavalry, formed unseen behind the ridge, to charge in support of the hard-pressed infantry.

Continuing their attack, the squadrons on the left of the Household Brigade then destroyed Aulard's brigade. Despite attempts to recall them, however, they continued past La Haye Sainte and found themselves at the bottom of the hill on blown horses facing Schmitz's brigade formed in squares.

Napoleon promptly responded by ordering a counter-attack by the cuirassier brigades of Farine and Travers and Jaquinot's two lancer regiments in the I Corps light cavalry division. The result was very heavy losses for the British cavalry."

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[Blighty4eva]

This scene makes me very proud to be British.

[RagnarOneEye]

It's really annoying how the film only shows the start and end of the charge. What happened to the Greys smashing the French columns? And taking the Imperial Eagle.

[MrReco12]

1:36 thank god!

[MultiLusitania]

long live the british and canadians

[Lole220]

@RagnarOneEye yeah didnt have the tech :-/ d'erlons corps dissappeared i guess ;)

[Woodlander65]

According to Colonel Louis Bro of Napoleons 4th Lancers in his memoirs, he writes Donzelots division, preceded by guns marched...driving back a Belgian division and scattering them. The English corps of Picton attacked Donzelots left flank. Macrognets division speeded up but couldnt save a battery that was taken by Ponsonby, who charged at the head of the Scottish dragoons. Our Infantry, split into sections and broke us up. And after that Bro set his Lancers in motion.

[TheMonoman14]

lol my dream to march into battle listening to bagpipes

[nihilus24]

@RagnarOneEye what is the name of the sone played on the bagpipes in this scene

[nihilus24]

what is the name of the song being played on the bagpipes in this scene

[VanHowle]

general picton doesn't even know how to walk in a ballroom!

[harrifer3000]

The French music is so surreal and peppy, i like the bagpipes.

[slizzler1]

@RagnarOneEye

you know- I never even ever thought about that-LOL

- good points!