How Pirates Fought On Land | Pirate Tactics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- Whilst most pirates throughout history earned their hardtack by taking ships at sea, there was one group of pirates so numerous, well-armed and professional that they were able to take cities by land: the Buccaneers. In this video we will cover how the buccaneers became outstanding soldiers, their battlefield and siege tactics, their enemies and the tactics used against them, and how cities were plundered.
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Sources:
The Sea Rover's Practice Benerson Little
The Buccaneer's Realm - Benerson Little
The Buccaneers of America - Exquemelin
The Truth Behind Pirate Myths - Benerson Little
Bartholomew Sharp's Voyage - Bartholomew Sharp
A New Voyage Round The World - William Dampier
Piracy In the Early Modern Era - Kris Lane and Arne Bialuschewski
Two Voyages to Campechy - William Dampier
Wafer's New Voyage - Lionel Wafer
The Republic of Pirates - Colin Woodard
Fortress: The Spanish Main - Osprey Publishing
The Buccaneer King - Graham A. Thomas
0:00 Introduction
0:23 The Buccaneers
5:37 The Spanish
8:56 Caribbean Natives
10:20 Descents
11:20 Land Campaigns
16:08 Attacks by Stealth
17:12 Battlefield Tactics
20:07 Siege Warfare
23:25 Plundering the City
26:38 The End of Raids
28:25 Outro
#pirates #history #warfare
The US Marines who fought in the banana wars in the late 1800s and early 1900s picked up the tactics used by the Buccaneers and the endogenous people of the Caribbean and central America. These tactics were very effective against the Germans in WW1 and the Japanese in WW2. I had never put the pieces together until I watched this video.
You can definitely see the DNA of the combined arms fireteam.
When the Marine Corps landed on New Providence Island, (Nassau) Bahamas, the pirates had only been "stopped" less than 70 years prior.
Do you mean indigenous?
The US Marines were the pirates of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, analogously speaking.
AARGG! ME MAYTIE!!!!
Spain: *enacts strict gun control*
Cut to a Spanish Colonial Farmer sitting on a couch with a half dozen pirates, buccaneers, Comanches and American long hunters standing behind him.
this is a real freakin embarassment
@@GoldandGunpowder XD
Meanwhile, the Portuguese colonial farmer in Brazil turns on the Doom soundtrack speakers, as he engages in Home Alone defense tactics against French marines, English pirates, the Dutch, the entire army of the vice royalty of Rio de la Plata, African raiders and native warbands:
@riograndedosulball248 haha I love these kinds of comments
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Once again, I am surprised how well researched and executed Sid Meier's Pirates actually is. They just don't make 'en like that anymore..
Love that game..not played in at least 5years. Learned it on the nes
@@phredphlintstone6455 It really does hold up. Of course, the graphics aren't impressive.. But to me story, complexity, and most of all replayability are much more important. And then I keep finding out that all the in-game mechanics aren't just there to make the game interesting but actually have foundations in history. Best ten bucks I ever spent!
@@witerabid ever try, uncharted waters? Its 1502, you're portugese, one little boat with a crew of 20. Dads old first mate, and you are supposed to restore your family honor. It gives you like 27 years to do it.
@@phredphlintstone6455 I haven't but I'll look it up. But generally what is most interesting about Pirates to me is setting a challenge for myself and not necessarily following the main storyline. For example, my current playthroughs are based on
1. sticking to a barque as my flagship
2. starting in 1600 and eliminating all nations except for spain (controversial, I know 😋)
3. not attacking anyone, so only making progress through trade and escorting missions (most difficult so far)
@@witerabid oh. Then uncharted might be great for you.
You can sail...anywhere really...
That was on like...super Nintendo?
Have 2 have enough food and water, some lumber for repairs.
Easiest way to Japan? It let's you sail north of Russia. Lol.
Battle is turn based. My favorite cargo ship is the caravelle, custom build, 20 berths. No cannon. 100 food and 100 water its something like 180days full rations. Still have room for 180-300 barrels shipping.
Its been awhile. Sailing is by screen? You show up at one side of the screen and sail across it, then the next. Each screen is 5°
This is why I love pirates:
They had impressive ship and land logistics, social and trade structures, and military tactics that offten outpaced the empires they hailed from and fought against for at least a century, sometimes more.
So fun fact during the 17th century armor was indeed bullet proof. It wasn’t abandoned due to ineffectiveness but more so due to the fact that it was prohibitively expensive and when monarchs starting fielding massive modern armies, they just couldn’t afford to give everyone armor. Also, while it wasn’t 100lbs it still was heavy and was hard on the troops when trying to do quick marches or large maneuvers. I think the reason it wasn’t so popular in the Caribbean was more-so due to a lack of funds as these were colonies on the edge of the earth, and those armaments and much of a kingdoms wealth was being poured into the 80 years war.
Also, i'm pretty sure if you were wearing that at sea In the middle of a battle and fell overboard, you would just sink to the bottom. When you factor in that most of the caribbean conflicts took place on the water, it starts to make even more sense why they didn't bother to use armor like breastplates. Kind of becomes a question of do you want to survive floating until you find an island Or passing ship or do you want to sink to the bottom and die quick. most people didn't know how to swim even though they were sailors because they thought it would be better for a quick death at the sea than being stuck Stranded at sea. At least that's the theory i've heard. But it seems to be the most sound. Especially when The armor factor is added into things. But I wouldn't doubt that you probably if you could have the money But find a blacksmith on the islands that would make you a decent Armored breastplate. However, again, considering the most conflicts took place on the water, it kind of becomes moot point considering how often you would be able to use it without risking drowning. But that's just how I see it.
Some colonies that were under attack by native Americans were commonly sent obsolete armor, chainmail and hardened leather. Metal armor was still used widely by Calvary who could easily use it with the strain on the horse rather than a single human. When you can protect a single conscript with a piece of armor, or issue four men a weapon with the same amount of metal, it's just simple math. Blood is cheaper than steel.
Tell that to the plethora of breastplates with holes in both sides of them
The climate also sucked for armor. I remember reading firsthand accounts from Jamestown and some man wearing metal armor died because “his fat boiled inside his armor” while scouting in the summer. They were trying to say that he died of heatstroke. Down in Florida and the Caribbean it was just impossible to safely wear armor because it got so hot.
The field armies of Europe have a constant "small war" as the large bodies of men manouver around eachother. Their scouts, foragers, raiders and sentries run into eachother which sparks smaller-scale but just as real fighting.
Marine infantry was largely trained as normal infantry, but placed under the navy in organisation. Marine infantry just used normal infantry tactics when they were landed.
I think The Black Pearl had military grade cannons for bombarding forts because Jack Sparrow was technically a rebel, not a pirate.
On that note I have no explanation for why the protagonist in Sid Myer's Pirates had military grade cannons for sinking ships and blasting forts. The game is designed to end when pirates were suppose to lose as though your character knows. But if they had fleets of heavily reinforced hulls with military grade cannons they would not have. It is almost like Sid Myer's Pirates is just a History-Fan-Fiction.
You need to remember that the character in that game constantly meets with a governor while having a literal military complex to supply him with guns and balls.
Dude's a privateer, not a proper pirate. There's a massive difference between state sponsored militants and local bandits.
They are not the same.
@@vondantalingtingyup. And I suppose both Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbosa fall under that category?
@@vondantalingting Always remember that the difference between Privateer and Pirate is a fine one, depending on the side you're on and the situation.
"To the Spanish, he's a villain of the worst sort. To the English he's a renowned hero, to the Dutch, he's a vague annoyance, even a nobody."
Henry did get a letter of mark from the king allowing him to be a privateer. But I don't think jack ever received one. Even if he did, he probably would have burned it after seventeen seconds Because jack always did have a problem with the english crown. Henry however just sought as a way to get more gear for free. Because as soon as he had blackbeard ship he tossed away the mark Going back to being a full fledged pirate. Which was not that uncommon. Once a war ended and there were no more legal ships to Plunder Many privateers went on to just go back to being pirates. Why stop doing what you're good at just because the war is done. Doubly, so if the only thing that you know how to do as a life skill is basically be a pirate or a privateer.
That was a super interesting episode, I guess there’s way more to pirates than most thought
It is an often neglected topic that should be discussed more! .)
I like how you make history interesting and very enjoyable. I was wondering how much of the caribbean islands were inhabited by native Indians before the early Buccaneers settled there with farm animals and crops?
I'm not sure, the Spanish killed off most of the island natives rather quickly, but they persisted for very long on the mainland and have survived to this day. Surely there were some Indians around to teach the early boucaniers their techniques, but they might have picked it up from any tribe in the Caribbean. Natives in Darien used the boucan frame, for example.
@@GoldandGunpowderthe spanish never killed natives the spanish protect them and mixed whit them remember "la ley de Burgos " was Made ti protect the natives the spanish killed native whit the smallphox and other diseases but that was unintentional .
In the Caribbean and south pacific near that area most modern pirates speak Spanish, and act like fishermen until they get close.
You forgot the added benefit of skeleton buccaneers. Pirates often were able to enlist undead servants which greatly aided in subduing Spanish firepower and decreasing enemy morale.
Massive oversight ☠️
Nyar
Dont forget that the skeleton pirates could turn regular pirates into skeletons, but the pirates couldnt turn skeletons into regular pirates! Big disadvantage!
@@DG-iw3yw Another double standard for the time that definitely would not hold up in today's political climate, that's for sure
I am really amazed at the lack of views and subscribers you have. These videos are quite informative and pirates are a topic not touched upon by a lot of people on this platform.
Whatever the case, wish you and your channel well.
P.S. would there be a chance that you can cover pets on a pirate ship? If there are any records of crews bringing cats, dogs, or turtles to maybe eat?
Thank you for the kind words. I will do a video on pirate pets in the future - it's actually quite commonly requested .)
Agreed. Instant subscribe!
don't forget the spaniards had their own "pirates" mostly Flemish, also catholic but similar to their related dutch neighbours in equipment. there were Italians and even Poles on the catholic side as well. the french and spanish ocassionally worked together, but despite sharing religion, they were too great of enemies over geography in Europe. Belgium and Italy belonged to the spanish habsburg empire, but the austrian habsburg empire was mostly landlocked, with only a small coast line in the adriatic.
With my clan, they used Viking tactics when they plundered on land and sea and probably as well in war's they fought in.
scotsmen with viking tactics sounds terrifying
The islanders of the western isles have both Celtic and Norse culture
@@GoldandGunpowder reavers. There were many Scottish pirates.
Hello! I enjoyed the video.
I know that there were pirates in the barbary states what is now called Morocco. There was trade with the Netherlands too, al be it on a so so basis. The book was about Dutch Moroccan relations. Sometimes cities were under the rule of what you could consider pirates. They held Dutchman hostage too. They had war with Turkey and they had war with Britain and Spain.
They usually captured ships of the coast and forced them into the harbor where they would hold the ships for ransom or ransacked the ship, and take the crew to prisons, sometimes to be sold off as slaves.
In some other times there was trade with Morocco, that trade consisted mostly of weapons sold by the Dutch to the Moroccans.
Of course there were land battles too.
I dont know of other piracy acts in other places, because i did not specifically read on it.
Greetings,
Jeff
cheers jeff
I got a pleasant laugh when I realized you had used the land assault theme from Sid Miers pirates!!! 😆
Love your content, especially the fact about star forts at the end, reminded me of my first time playing the period total war game and wondering why my cannons were having such a rough time taking down a star fort.
I enjoyed your most excellent commentary I thought I had heard/read most things about the Buccaneers. However I learned some more that I didn't know so I thank you for that.
Martin D Jones UK 🏴🏴☠️
An excellently researched video on a topic and period of time I have heard very little about. Bravo!
Man I was always curious on how Spanish the Spanish colonies really were. The early famous explorers like Columbus and Vespucci are Italians. The Spanish crown became Hapsburg as well so i always wondered if all the conquistadors were from Spain.
I was surprised to learn from this video that many of the men were Greek Orthodox. Never knew that and I would like to hear more about them in the future.
Joeyweelrii. Verás era español cualquiera qué viviese en sus colonias. Eso sí , los mejores claro!!!! Lo mismo en UK y Inglaterra. Griegos, rusos italianos, de toda Europa. Cuantos apellidos italianos ves en Francia????? Millones, pues si ,son de origen italiano,lo mismo en Argentina.....
Y así. Recuerda que los españoles no somos Sudamericanos!!! Estamos en Europa. Los americanos estáis un poco ATRASADOS en historia. Lo he visto en películas. Valencia la ponéis en Sevilla 😲🌿🌿😃😃👋
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I really have been enjoying your videos on Pirates, many thanks!
I feel as if I was a pirate in a past life!! Such a great life of adventure and plunder with your fellow comrades/ sea men
Really fantastic video! Thank you for your work!
Amazing level of going deep in details
Thank you for your work
Great video. 👍 thatnk you for your channel and the work you do for each video. God bless you and your family.
Fantastic video, cant wait to see what else you got.
Excellent quality video, I really like the pacing of it
im glad to hear its something im always working on
Pretty amazingly good channel for your size and probably will watch all in the next few days you made. Also like your style remembers me of SandRhoman History where you maybe could do kinda the same paper cut like animations of historic stuff which seems for someone whit no experience rather easy to make and i just kinda like. Just hope you get a bigger audience and some luck.
I think I have a few animations on this channel, I did them more extensively in the early videos on my 2nd channel however
Huh, didn't know basques where good mercenaries in the caribbean. The more you learn! Milesker!
Edit; Biscayers seems to come from.the basque province of Bizkaia (Vizcay). Wonder why
I've been watching your videos and find them amusing and somewhat accurate compared to what i have known. Black Beard is the pirate that i know best, im from the outer banks of North Carolina.
I don't know how or why this video that is 1 year old endes up in my feed, but I am gøad it did. 5 or so minutes in I decided to subseice, excellent work
Hey dude thanks for making this
Phenomenal video, Thank you!
Thank you for this!
Just stop and think about the tactical differences between a matchlock which is always glowing and smoking, unless the slow match goes out and a snaphaunce flintlock, which is loaded and quiet until you're ready to fire.
Great stuff!
Love your work
It defently seemed like pirates were pretty progressive in tactics at the time and i can see tactics being adopted later down the line
excellent work thank you! Eli Langer
Great video dude
I will quibble with one thing in this video: the bow and arrow reamined a match for the musket until the early nineteenth century. At that point, the accuracy and ease of manufacture finally made the bow (either used as a mass volley or in the quick, close range style of the Indians) obsolete.
The muskets (flint, match, arquebess or otherwise) only had advantage of being easier to learn quickly and not having a parabolic arc like the bow.
Otherwise, an amazong video. Love the channel, love all your work. Keep it up!
great video
I recognize those sid meier's pirates sounds and music. Awesome game and i still play it a lot 👴🏼
Your content is so good
I think the Asian pirates were the pinnacle of piracy
Amazing stuff
Good video g
At about 19:30, did anybody else pick up on the Sid Meier’s Pirates music?
At the very beginning it's also the land battle music, I can't believe I recognized it after like 15 years
The land battle mini game music from sid meiers pirates took me back to the good old days. 😢
hooo a channel about pirates!! :) how cool
Great essay, well done.
Immediate Sub and Like.
great episode
thank you steve
Thanks going to use this advice in Sea of thieves
good luck
I'm digging the subtle use of Sid Meier's Pirates music... =)
love the SMP tunes!
Yeah okay pirate lore go hard
Good Watch while playing SoT
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Really cool channel. I leave this comment as an offering to the algorithm. May it bless you with many views and subscriptions.
thank you
Great video! Where did you get all this awesome art?
pinterest/google images. a few, like two of the images, are scanned from physical books i own
Another great video! Long enough to eat my breakfast in peace
thats a nice and long breakfast haha, what did you eat?
@@GoldandGunpowder depends on the leftovers from the day before, today was rice, beans and nopales coated with sauce, a banana and a big glass of green apple juice
that sounds very good
subscribed!
I remember the Cid Miers Pirates land battle sounds when I hear them
very cool thank
Thank
Those Forlorn Hope / Advance Guard folks - were they armed any different to the rest of the buccaneers behind them? Do you think they would be using the mighty buccaneer guns or would these be too cumbersome for advancing ahead? (watching this great video again!)
since it was their duty to take fortified positions, walls, etc, they needed grenades(for clearing the walls), grappling hooks(for scaling and even pulling down palisades) and axes(for chopping down doors, walls, etc)
@@GoldandGunpowder Tough guys!
Very informative. Is there a difference between a flintlock and a fire lock?
firelock is any ignition mechanism for a gun whereas a flintlock is a specific type of ignition mechanism
7:47 I'm sorry, "leather breastplates?" No, leather wasn't an effective or cheap enough armor to ever be used. You'd actually be better off wearing wood. As for the breastplates, some of them could actually stop some musket shots. Granted, late in the 17th century, most armies had figured out that heavier guns punched holes through even bullet proofed plates, and had thus adopted the heavier guns as the standard, especially as uniformity became more common.
Also, the bow (depending on the make and the user) could actually outcompete several musket models in many fields. Better accuracy and range, namely. Muskets were simply more common because of cost effectiveness. You have something that will put out a lot of damage and the replacement shooter can be taught how to apply the basics in about half an hour.
Good comment, thnx
And what kind of defense lowpaid solder could use?
@user-sr5sj4uv4c Depends on the time period and the pay. In this period, the 1600s, you wouldn't wear armor unless you were a lord or officer, which were usually the same thing.
In the medieval period, you would normally only have a cheap helmet to start with, but people who survive long enough would buy padded gambesons or chain hauberk.
>This armor was largely relegated to pikemen (piqueros), although some soldiers in the field, both mounted and afoot, did wear steel or leather morions as well as leather or mail coats to defend against arrows.
Little, Benerson. The Buccaneer's Realm: Pirate Life on the Spanish Main, 1674-1688 . Potomac Books. Kindle Edition.
@@GoldandGunpowder Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifying.
@@GoldandGunpowder Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifying.
Bet you thought no one would notice the sid Meier's pirates land battle theme. But I noticed
This isn't a coincidence that You Tube recommends this at 01:05 AM.
From what movie did you use the clips from?
K imma aplly those tactics if I ever want to play vampire coast in warhammer total war
Breastplates did have a good deal of bullet resistance at the time. Of course it depended on the armor, gun and most importantly: distance.
I saw the video title and my first thought was they fight on land poorly
Damn. BREASTwork. Took a pirate vid to learn the origin of that term.
Garrr! Arggh!
7:58 Victoria 2 battle soundbite?
Number one place where I go to look up pirates facts
So what about women pirate was that as often as everybody thinks it is
no there were like 2 or 3 women active on pirate ships afaik during the GoSR. most women involved in piracy were prostitutes, wives or managed somesort of business
I know a lot about the Buccaneers!
I would like your take on Grace O’Mally
not a colonial
I'm certain some of the background music used in this video was taken from Sid Meiers Pirates, one of my all time favorite games. 😁
I hear that sid meiers pirates! Music.
I love your accent.❤
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The music at 08:47 is from Sid Meier's Pirates lol
i love the idea of a bunch of pirates on land hopped up on essentially cocaine dunking on the spanish.
I just thought they would’ve chAAaaargh’d the positions.
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How Tragic Times!!
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was joseph broussard from the french and indian war a buccaneer?
haven't heard of him
Nice vid UwU
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accurate
It's important to note that these weren't just "guerrilla tactics". The armies of the time (late 17th to 18th century) employed light infantry companies that fought in this style, contrary to the popular belief that they simply couldn't fathom not standing in lines. By the end of the American Revolution the British Army had the most experienced and formidable light infantry force in the world
Only skull and cross bone recorded on land?
Was there any evidence for pirates using cannon/artillery on land?
i mentioned it in this video, there is 1 incident
Did any of those landlubbers ate devil fruit before battle?
So the first buccaneers were born from the 30 years war?
Victoria 2 cavalry sound effect
Did the cabin boys come along or stay on boats
most evidence points to cabin boys following their masters
nice one!