Sharpe is pretty damned smart: he mentioned earlier that the noise and sound of the rockets would wreck havoc on the morale of an undisciplined infantry force, and the first thing he does is has his Chosen Men aim for officers to lower morale and control.
Sharpe is a season veteran of several battles and campaigns of many years, he probably knows about warfare and tactics than most of the British army officers as he has actually fought on the battlefield with the soldiers, giving him a better understand of soldiers, than most officers
at mongrepug, the 'VS' badge stands for ' Valiant Stormer' an award created by the commander of the 52 reg. of foot during the peninsular war for valour displayed in siege warfare
I have to admit despite the limited budget, there is something compelling about the Sharpe series as a whole. It's well acted, well written and with decent production values for Television series for the time. What's there not to like?
good acting and being smart with limited but REAL effects can make or break things where multi million cgi budgets can do little but highlight flaws and wasted acting
Yeah. Probably, because he was shocked to the core. When he finally meets Hakswill's son in India, it's like he gets a berserk switch turn on and tries to beat poor lad to death.
Does Major Ducos carry around a spare stock of glasses? Didn't take him long to find a fresh pair, must be carrying around half of Specsavers in his pocket?
The amazing thing is that the rockets actually existed, and that they really didn't work just yet in the Napoleonic Wars, so for Sharpe to find someone who gets them to work is just a small stretch.
is the captain of the rocket troop played by one of the stoners from lock stock and 2 smoking barralls? please tell me cuz its bugging the shit out of me
Generally speaking, a force that's 10 greater then your enemy would not have been stopped by 3 volleys of rifleman and 1 volley of rockets. Rocket don't have killing power, they are only used to confused and disorient, but wont rout a massive force outright.
so wait, why was the second rank of french infantry holding their bayonets down? Wouldn't they likely stab the men in the front? Don't they normally hold their muskets with their shoulders?
That was actually why they did it that way, it was in case the man in front of them stopped without orders they could stab the coward and continue the fight and moving the musket to the shoulder to fire wasn't a very hard task so when the soldier needed to fire they could do so.
The book had a far more detailed battle sequence vs the French, using the actual convent buildings. The latter had mortars, unlike in the film. This makes it seem very one-sided, which it was not. Also, Ducos didn’t have replacement glasses to hand.
He was too valuable to Wellington for important missions, Sharpe and his men where like special forces to wellington, he needed him, besides Sharpe had no interest in going home, he had been a soldier for most of his life
There is a common misconception that a blindfold is given as an act of mercy to the condemned. Think about that a sec . If they were going to show The Condemned Mercy, they wouldn't shoot him. You're condemned to a firing squad nobody gives a shit how you feel at the very end. The blindfold is for the firing squad so they do not have to look at the condemned in the eye and also one of the rifles shoots a blank and no one knows who has the blank. So in this clip him refusing the blindfold only shows the misconception of the use of the blindfold.
Nice of the script people to foreshadow history's fad with rockets. " one of these days you'll get to the moon with your damn rockets!" Werner Von Braun would be happy. Apollo Shoehorn! ( to me!)
The way they killed Teresa felt cheap honestly. She could have shot Hakeswill before he even had the chance to pull the trigger. But to keep that nuisance alive they show let her die instead. He was a well portrayed villain in Sharpe's company but he should have died at Badajoz. Seeing more of him is tiresome.
I wish this series was made in post 2005. The problem with these early shows is that they make the bad guy "evil" for the sake of being evil. Its almost comical. If this was made in 2020, we'd understand Count Duccos point of view am empathize with his feelings, but not so much his actions.
Hakeswill would never have been allowed to join the British Army after his desertion in India This is what happens when a author starts his series in the middle and knows nothing about Army retribution
The bloke who played the French General also played a French merchant Captain in Hornblower.
Blown up by a rocket? Now that's smouldering
Seducing your juniors wife with peas? That's soldering!
That deservers a LOL!
I see what you did there
So nice to see Sharpe and the French soldier get along. Goes to show how war is between the politicians and not the common man.
"I'll be damned if we don't reach the moon some day with one of your blasted rockets."
155 years later...
"This is one small step for man..."
And yet they only reached the moon because of Nazi scientists spirited away and absolved of their war crimes.
@@BattlestarDamocles You sound very bitter.....
@@Albertanator Probably because he got shot down in the orbit of New Caprica.
"but one giant leap for mankind."
Why is Neil Armstrong so justly famous?
Because he was the first Scottish-American on the moon.
Most strategic pea-eating clip I've ever seen.
@ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer You slimy slug go somewhere else
@ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer bro wtf
@ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer and you can clearly see how others would find it distasteful
@ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer real comedic genius you are
@ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer Well your idea of Humour and mine are clearly worlds apart.
Sharpe is pretty damned smart: he mentioned earlier that the noise and sound of the rockets would wreck havoc on the morale of an undisciplined infantry force, and the first thing he does is has his Chosen Men aim for officers to lower morale and control.
Sharpe is a season veteran of several battles and campaigns of many years, he probably knows about warfare and tactics than most of the British army officers as he has actually fought on the battlefield with the soldiers, giving him a better understand of soldiers, than most officers
Yeah, the character is written that way. LMAO
8:28 he did make it to the moon, Sean works for NASA, he helped co ordinate a rescue for Matt Damon from Mars.
at mongrepug, the 'VS' badge stands for ' Valiant Stormer' an award created by the commander of the 52 reg. of foot during the peninsular war for valour displayed in siege warfare
I love how they represent a hundred riflemen with like 22 guys
a crack company has something like 50 people. Sharpe is part of the Light Company, which numbered about 300.
They wore green jackets. I assume it camoflages the rest of the army.
One arch-villain exits, enter the new arch-enemy.
I have to admit despite the limited budget, there is something compelling about the Sharpe series as a whole. It's well acted, well written and with decent production values for Television series for the time. What's there not to like?
good acting and being smart with limited but REAL effects can make or break things where multi million cgi budgets can do little but highlight flaws and wasted acting
For a man who just lost his wife to a guy he really hates has surprisingly kept cool really well :s
Yeah. Probably, because he was shocked to the core. When he finally meets Hakswill's son in India, it's like he gets a berserk switch turn on and tries to beat poor lad to death.
This is such a creative depiction of a battle on a limited budget. And apparently the budget for peas was even smaller than the budget for extras.
8:00 Sharpe: I,ll be damned if we don't reach the moon one day with one of your blasted rockets.
Here's to ten years
@@Rambonii 12 hours
All you need to stop a French colunm:
Riflemen and rockets.
@assassinlexx French rifle for sale, fired once dropped twice
First time I've ever seen a sheepskin covered saddle. On Duco's mount. Looks comfy.
wow..now thats an accent...i couldn't even make out what Sharpe was saying in french...had to read the subtitles!
So funny at 7:46 "I Take full responsibility."
'I Have your signature say gudbye to your rank. Major duco"
Madame Dubreton: Dude, your peas are so fucked *nom nom nom*
Does Major Ducos carry around a spare stock of glasses? Didn't take him long to find a fresh pair, must be carrying around half of Specsavers in his pocket?
I like the pea analogy
Calvet is a bastard, but a classy bastard. As is pointed out in Sharpe's Rifles: A proper bastard
holy rockets red glare french batman
Gotta add Sweet William to my favorite character list. So now its Harry Tuttle and Sweet William
Sweet William is one of the best, never fuck with a guy who has to take his face apart before battle.
We have cavallery and artillery!
No, they have not! meeep ... bad mistake!
Oh I can remeber this scene after more than 10 years, great, thank you!
I so have to read these books one day ^^
The amazing thing is that the rockets actually existed, and that they really didn't work just yet in the Napoleonic Wars, so for Sharpe to find someone who gets them to work is just a small stretch.
Say...any more of a stretch than a common soldier finding Lee's plans for Pennsylvania strapped to the back of a couple cigars in a wheat field?
@@jeffmorin5867
oink?
Ah yes, the march of the nerds.
@gt2e
True that, but without his rifles the rockets would be a lot less useful.
THESE PEAS ARE DELICIOUS! I THINK I'LL HAVE MORE!
One does not simply attack without artillery and cavallery!
is the captain of the rocket troop played by one of the stoners from lock stock and 2 smoking barralls? please tell me cuz its bugging the shit out of me
Yes
i think Sharpe was the happiest when he and Teresa were together
Generally speaking, a force that's 10 greater then your enemy would not have been stopped by 3 volleys of rifleman and 1 volley of rockets. Rocket don't have killing power, they are only used to confused and disorient, but wont rout a massive force outright.
What does the badge "VS" on Sharpe's sleeve mean? 1:42
Valiant Stormer. He was the first to storm through the walls of Badajoz. But this jacket was later lost, and the badge was no longer seen.
Sometimes craziness works!!!
When I read a book about French people inmy language, they speak to each other in my tongue. Go figure...
5:38 Yes my lady, women, don’t have ideas above your station, let the men do the thinking. 🤪🤪🤪
so wait, why was the second rank of french infantry holding their bayonets down? Wouldn't they likely stab the men in the front? Don't they normally hold their muskets with their shoulders?
That was actually why they did it that way, it was in case the man in front of them stopped without orders they could stab the coward and continue the fight and moving the musket to the shoulder to fire wasn't a very hard task so when the soldier needed to fire they could do so.
Seems like they lost a man at the burial.
like all wars? 3 useless heads decide the fate of hundreds of well meaning men
How sad The Rocket Troop is a mere HQ battery these days.
Wait. I thought Ducos only had one pair of glasses.
4:00 CYA (cover your ass) is an old tradition in the army!
Peas Of Doom!
Captain Gilliand is probably 6 inches taller than Sharpe who is 6'2, 6'4 or something in this
If only they played basketball back then
She might be married to a Frenchman but she is still English
damn, what i wouldnt give to be a part of that firing squad, lucky bastards
The book had a far more detailed battle sequence vs the French, using the actual convent buildings. The latter had mortars, unlike in the film. This makes it seem very one-sided, which it was not. Also, Ducos didn’t have replacement glasses to hand.
the show did it best with what it had
I can just imagine what the french are saying" F*** this I'm outta here!!!
where is the 7 barrelled gun in this episode?
how on earth those rockets can be so accurate?
Shape should have immediately been sent home
He was too valuable to Wellington for important missions, Sharpe and his men where like special forces to wellington, he needed him, besides Sharpe had no interest in going home, he had been a soldier for most of his life
There is a common misconception that a blindfold is given as an act of mercy to the condemned. Think about that a sec . If they were going to show The Condemned Mercy, they wouldn't shoot him. You're condemned to a firing squad nobody gives a shit how you feel at the very end. The blindfold is for the firing squad so they do not have to look at the condemned in the eye and also one of the rifles shoots a blank and no one knows who has the blank. So in this clip him refusing the blindfold only shows the misconception of the use of the blindfold.
@Songsmirth whats the point of the story about lee or washington ???
That idiotic moment when the top comments are exactly the same.
ah, so he is. My mistake :D Thanks
Nice of the script people to foreshadow history's fad with rockets. " one of these days you'll get to the moon with your damn rockets!"
Werner Von Braun would be happy. Apollo Shoehorn!
( to me!)
what happened to one of the chosen men, Tounge?
The way they killed Teresa felt cheap honestly. She could have shot Hakeswill before he even had the chance to pull the trigger. But to keep that nuisance alive they show let her die instead. He was a well portrayed villain in Sharpe's company but he should have died at Badajoz. Seeing more of him is tiresome.
The whole "pea" analogy is top notch cringe...
@roflrocketrofl He's a colonel and doesnt have to participate in the battle.
lol 7:35 the random guy running away
@Hawktotalwar
They're not -that's why they fire them in bunches.
irony!
Read the works of Homer.
@TheBType standard tactics for the time
@suelizjohnson we AMERICANS did! LOL!!! XP
@smellybearrr Yes, well spotted!
It's funny how the french speak in english to each other...
yes do the seires is good but they take liberties
@ltflak WE know :P. But it's sharpe innit
I wish this series was made in post 2005. The problem with these early shows is that they make the bad guy "evil" for the sake of being evil. Its almost comical. If this was made in 2020, we'd understand Count Duccos point of view am empathize with his feelings, but not so much his actions.
The locations are terrible. That region is heavily forested. It's not central Spain!
It's not suppose to be this battle takes place in Northern Portugal and Spanish boarder, which is very mountainous
Hakeswill would never have been allowed to join the British Army after his desertion in India This is what happens when a author starts his series in the middle and knows nothing about Army retribution
really? copying comments?!
your very pickey arnt u lol :)
where is the 7 barrelled gun in this episode?
That be the knocks volley gun you are asking about. Harper gets it later on or if he has it in this series he may have just chosen to use the rifle.