I like how in the book it explains that it has been raining just before this and Sharpe thinks this will have given the pistol wet powder so is happy to slowly stroll up to rosendale and take his pistol away. It's only after sharpe is holding it he realizes that it is a more expensive variety that had a protective cap keeping the powder dry. "If I had known that I would never have advanced on him so slowly" he thinks to himself.
advancing slowly is what likely kept him from trying to fire in the first place. it's just intimidating enough cause pause instead of intimidating enough to cause panic shooting
@@ryman1933 Flintlock pistols are very inaccurate up front, let alone with a shaky hand. Almost certainly was not any dueling pistol. Now if he really was calm enough to wait until Sharpe was really point blank then even a lack of steady hand likely would not have mattered, but then too close and there are other problems.
In the book Rossendale suffered far more than any of the actual bad guys like Duco or Hakeswill. Poor guy had his eyes slashed out with a sabre and was stabbed in the back by a lance. The French cav then searched him for loot as he lay dying and hit him when he struggled. He then lay dying for the rest of the battle before finally being stabbed by a woman when he struggled as she took his trousers off for its silver buttons.
I do appreciate the moderately subtle pointing out of the difference in experience of the characters as shown by their horses. Rossendale's horse freaks out at the rockets and Sharpe's is "Hmmm? Rockets? Must be Tuesday."
ales seses ... Please do yourself a real favour and buy the Audio Book series of Sharpe novels consisting of 21 books. The first book in the series, ‘Sharpes Tiger’ is set in India. If you’ve become a Sharpe enthusiast I guarantee you’ll be hooked. Bernard Cornwalls skills as a historical researcher & writer are simply outstanding. The narrator of 20 of the 21 books in the series is Rupert Farley. You’d swear it was Sean Bean himself. The second in the series, ‘Sharpes Triumph’ narrated by Paul McGann still carries a powerful story although Rupert Farley in my opinion is far better suited to peoples ‘mindset’ of Sean Beans Sharpe. I was hooked on the TV series when it was first broadcast and finally got round to buying audio books a couples of years ago. I purposely stopped watching the DVD episodes as they could not compete with the depth and scale of detail captured in the books, as you’d expect when compared to even an extremely good made for TV adaptation. I hope you take the plunge and try ‘Sharpes Tiger’ because Rupert Farley does an excellent Sargent Obedier Hakeswell (Pete Postlethwaite). Happy listening.
Sharpe's Waterloo is a great episode, but there was a missed opportunity. One of the best scenes in the book is when Sharpe appears at Lady Richmond's Ball, covered in blood, and walks up to Wellington as all the guests are sitting for dinner to gasps and stunned silence from all those assembled, including Jane, Rossendale and Lucille, and reports Napoleon's advance from Quatre Bras. It would have made a fantastic scene on screen.
@@XxHiiaMaFrOGxX Awesome!! So glad your enjoying them, the thing with the books is you keep them and you can always read them again. Secondhand bookshops are a goldmine 😎
Sharpe breaking Rossendale’s sword here is symbolic, in many armies at the time, officers who were stripped of theor rank by court martial were cashiered, by which they would be publicly stripped of epaulettes, decorations and other insignia, and their sword, would be broken. The sword was the symbol of an officers, British officers being court-martialled had to place their swords lengthwise on the panel bench, if found guilty, the point of the sword would be pointed at them, if found not guilty, the handle would be pointed at them, and the sword returned.
There used to be a show all about a wrongfully punished American soldier called "Branded." The intro to each episode always showed him getting cashiered and his broken sword thrown out of the fort with him.
Random Extra as well, there are certain knighthoods and orders where if you break the rules and codes you are stripped of title and are meant to literally have a sword broken over your head, as in they hit the flat of a sword on the top of your head to break it. also the process of stripping a rank from any officer or knight was often a ceremony that was prepared for. the day before the tailor would remove most stitches from rank and insignias while the sword would be filed part-way through so when the 'formal' event would occur in front of attending onlookers it would be done quickly and easily rather than taking time to tug them free or even somewhat ironically have the man breaking the sword be injured by cutting themselves or fragments of blade flying around after forcefully snapping it
@@Zwei4815 🎵All but one man died... There at Bitter Creek... They say he ran away! Branded! Marked with a coward’s shame! What will you do when you’re branded? Will you fight for your name? He was innocent... Not a charge was true... But the world will never know... Branded! Scorned is the one who ran! What will you do when you’re branded, And you know you’re a man? Wherever you go, For the rest of your life, You must prove… ...You’re a man!🎶
It's actually surprisingly easy to break a pistol but or rifle stock against a tree. As for the sword, you're right. It's actually pretty hard to break a sword made of decent steel. They were designed to bend, because if you bend a sword and take it to a blacksmith, he'll give you back a sword. If you break a sword and take it to a blacksmith, he'll give you back a knife.
@@Grauenwolf yeah you could forge weld it, but it would never be as a strong as a blade made from 1 piece of steel. so youre better off making a knife from it
And that is why Sharpe, despite upbringing, lack of noble title, and getting royally screwed by a wife he trusted, is still more of a gentleman than most of the people he interacts with. He's not a saint, but he's smart enough to know that Rossendale and his ex have a worse fate coming.
i'm sure if lord rossendale had watched this series beforehand, he would've known how pointless it was to beef with sharpe. but they didn't have tv or internet during the peninsular war. understandable.
Sharpe was already famous for capturing the French Eagle at Talavera and being a favorite of the prince regent. If Rossendale had any brains he'd have RUN away from anything belonging to Sharpe.
The several episodes written by Charles Wood elevated this series. Sean Bean is always great but, with good dialogue like this, he becomes magnificent.
I like Lord Uxbridge in this. For all he's foppish and snooty, he just casually murders a bunch of French cavalry and figures he'll come back the next day for a souvenir or two. That's soldiering!
@@КурсыиностранныхязыковвМосквеReally? He once played an American soldier in "Soldier, soldier" and I thought his American accent sounded fake. I feel stupid now 😂
Actually, Sharpe was taking quite a risk by smacking Lord Rosser's pistol against the tree _whilst it was still cocked_ ! Guess he just didn't care by that point. :)
According to the book, he was just lucky. He thought Rossendale hadn't loaded and primed the weapon and was just bluffing. He didn't know the guy was just too scared to shoot, and was just lucky that the gun didn't go off when he smacked it against a tree.
@@ms_scribbles I'll admit it's been a while since I read the book, but I'm sure I recall that Rossendale had a percussion-cap pistol rather than a flintlock, and Sharpe only realised when he took the gun and broke it; it was raining, and he assumed that Rossendale wouldn't be able to shoot because his priming powder would be fouled. There's a moment where Sharpe thinks that if he'd known it was a percussion pistol he wouldn't have been so bold in riding up to Rossendale.
Most,in fact literally all, of the money was spent. Paying Rossendales gambling debts, high living, bad investments. That note wasnt worth the paper it was written on.
In the book if has rained Sharpe believes Lord Rossendale's flintlock pistol will be too wet the fire, BUT he has a percussion cap pistol and it would, Lord Rossendale is scared even more because Sharpe shows no fear (when he should), and nonchalantly rides right up to him staring down the barrel
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I know they didn't have the budget to hire thousands of extras for the battle of Waterloo but they could have at least included sound effects like distant cannon and gunfire to suggest there was a huge battle taking place. It just feels like the actors are riding about in a local park.
This isnt happening during the battle. It’s during the march from Quatre Bras to Waterloo... there wasn’t any huge battle taking place at this point. Just marching and occaisionally French cavalry and British/German cavalry would skirmish.
if you have enough of them in a siege map in defense you waver the approaching infantry, if you have riflemen you could make lesser troops rout or if they didn't have enough veterancy to tank the morale hits. I've never seen it work well against horses morale wise, damage wise Rockets do fuck all in honesty.
@@mmouse1886 The rocketships are very powerful though. I remember in Empire when the Spanish AI was spamming 2nd rates, 1st rates and galleons (pain) I wiped their armada in celtic sea with rocketships. Just be careful to not set your own ships on fire.
Me too. It's the same 1796 pattern, sword since Rossendale is part of a heavy cavalry unit that would be issued with these. A rare touch of authenticity, although Rossendale would have had an officers undress version.
Apparently it's on Britbox, which should be available through Amazon Prime? It looks like Netflix and other streaming services have a handful of individual TV movies but it looks like Britbox is the only one that has the entire series.
Sharpe, Hornblower and The Terror… three magnificent programs from Britain’s long history as the world’s dominant power… we used to be a proper country.
I got the same talk from a ex about what will you do [down the line]. If you hear it separate and run. She doesnt see a future with you and you wont be able to change that opinion.
Honestly, if you put some more of the uncensored violence type of stuff and properly gritted the scene, the guy coming back for the lance and hacking away would have that Apoclypse Now type of feel for a completely different type of war. I mean how many times has this guy braved to go past a lance point that it has become routine to not only kill, in such a dangerous manner, but cheat death? The reaction of the lead man is even one of, "that's good but a bit weird you are so nonchalant, if not excited, about the whole ordeal." I think about that scene with Harper, killing Wormwood and how he stands in the door way, an almost exact way you would see with a drama like Gangs of New York. The show really does have a true level of war horror that is involved in it, just not as harrowing as the revenge fragging scene in Platoon but Sharpe has that fragging scene and it has it's own drama to it that comes very close.
I as an American, wish SO BAD I could order a box set for this series, but thev only copies I can find are for Region 2, none for Region 1 DVD players.
I thought that at first, but I think Rossendale just has a similar one to Sharpe's, and he does lean towards him before drawing it. Bit unclear though, they could have shot that better or given Rossendale something more fancy and poncy.
The breaking of ones sword, its one thing for it to break in battle, but for it to be broken on purpose it's a massive dishonor, sharp doing it, he is literally saying not just he isn't a man, but he has no honor.
@@incognito9292 the theft takes place before, after the fall of France and Neopolian being shipped off to Corsica(?) Sharpe fights a duel with some Officer and she deserts him and steels his money. Once peace happens he's sent to the North of England where he runs into her and Rossendale, where he demands his money back. You have to remember that up until relatively recent times all a wife had belonged to the husband.
It does. Though Sharpe uses a Heavy Cavalry Sabre, and Lord R was heavy cavalry. I would still expect Rossingdale to have a fancier officer's version, bought with Sharpe's money. Just as well, in the end.
@@paulpeterson4216 Depends. He is in battle so may have swapped from a more ornamental weapon to an practical general pattern one that's less of a matter if lost, broken or damaged.
@@alexh3974 In Napoleonic times they did not use "ornamental" weapons. Officers had to provide their own swords, and those were custom made, intended for battle, and significantly better weapons than the cheaper swords issued to the troopers. This guy in particular, would not want to be seen with a trooper's sword because of his status. He's probably carrying one of the doubles of Sharpe's sword because this is a low-budget production.
I like how in the book it explains that it has been raining just before this and Sharpe thinks this will have given the pistol wet powder so is happy to slowly stroll up to rosendale and take his pistol away. It's only after sharpe is holding it he realizes that it is a more expensive variety that had a protective cap keeping the powder dry. "If I had known that I would never have advanced on him so slowly" he thinks to himself.
advancing slowly is what likely kept him from trying to fire in the first place. it's just intimidating enough cause pause instead of intimidating enough to cause panic shooting
@@InfernosReaper That's what I thought too. Had he ridden at him full speed he probably would have shot out of panic and fear.
@@InfernosReaperand you consider this guy never killed anyone before and It is his first campaign.
Pretty accurate that rain had fallen for a couple of days in Belgium prior to the battle, nice detail.
@@ryman1933 Flintlock pistols are very inaccurate up front, let alone with a shaky hand. Almost certainly was not any dueling pistol. Now if he really was calm enough to wait until Sharpe was really point blank then even a lack of steady hand likely would not have mattered, but then too close and there are other problems.
In the book Rossendale suffered far more than any of the actual bad guys like Duco or Hakeswill. Poor guy had his eyes slashed out with a sabre and was stabbed in the back by a lance. The French cav then searched him for loot as he lay dying and hit him when he struggled. He then lay dying for the rest of the battle before finally being stabbed by a woman when he struggled as she took his trousers off for its silver buttons.
Yeeeeeeeeeeesh...
@@nealmarasinghe7755 Yeah its a bit rough
Sounds like an average Friday night in Newcastle
Damn... Duco is a mystery, we never see his body, and Hakeswill was a tank. Rossingdale deserved to suffer a bit.
Jesus, why did Cornwell hate this character so much?
I do appreciate the moderately subtle pointing out of the difference in experience of the characters as shown by their horses. Rossendale's horse freaks out at the rockets and Sharpe's is "Hmmm? Rockets? Must be Tuesday."
i got no idea who sharp is and i dont know where this show came from but i cant stop watching these clips
Series based on the very well researched books by author Bernard Cornwell.
In which case you need to find a download, I think there is 16 episodes all about 1.5 hrs detailing sharpes rise within the ranks of wellingtons army.
Same lol
ales seses ... Please do yourself a real favour and buy the Audio Book series of Sharpe novels consisting of 21 books. The first book in the series, ‘Sharpes Tiger’ is set in India. If you’ve become a Sharpe enthusiast I guarantee you’ll be hooked. Bernard Cornwalls skills as a historical researcher & writer are simply outstanding.
The narrator of 20 of the 21 books in the series is Rupert Farley. You’d swear it was Sean Bean himself. The second in the series, ‘Sharpes Triumph’ narrated by Paul McGann still carries a powerful story although Rupert Farley in my opinion is far better suited to peoples ‘mindset’ of Sean Beans Sharpe.
I was hooked on the TV series when it was first broadcast and finally got round to buying audio books a couples of years ago. I purposely stopped watching the DVD episodes as they could not compete with the depth and scale of detail captured in the books, as you’d expect when compared to even an extremely good made for TV adaptation.
I hope you take the plunge and try ‘Sharpes Tiger’ because Rupert Farley does an excellent Sargent Obedier Hakeswell (Pete Postlethwaite). Happy listening.
You should watch it all, not just the clips. It is fantastic!
Sharpe's Waterloo is a great episode, but there was a missed opportunity. One of the best scenes in the book is when Sharpe appears at Lady Richmond's Ball, covered in blood, and walks up to Wellington as all the guests are sitting for dinner to gasps and stunned silence from all those assembled, including Jane, Rossendale and Lucille, and reports Napoleon's advance from Quatre Bras. It would have made a fantastic scene on screen.
Just gained so much motivation to read all the books from this comment I must read that scene
@@XxHiiaMaFrOGxX You will be hooked!!! if you ever listen to the audio books, make sure the narrator is Rupert Farley, legendary reader 🤙🏽
@@northislandguy I am in fact hooked, I'm on the third book currently
@@XxHiiaMaFrOGxX Awesome!!
So glad your enjoying them, the thing with the books is you keep them and you can always read them again.
Secondhand bookshops are a goldmine 😎
I guess it would have been too similar to the movie Waterloo.
Sharpe breaking Rossendale’s sword here is symbolic, in many armies at the time, officers who were stripped of theor rank by court martial were cashiered, by which they would be publicly stripped of epaulettes, decorations and other insignia, and their sword, would be broken. The sword was the symbol of an officers, British officers being court-martialled had to place their swords lengthwise on the panel bench, if found guilty, the point of the sword would be pointed at them, if found not guilty, the handle would be pointed at them, and the sword returned.
Teaching history in the comment section on TH-cam? Now that's soldiering!
Same with Dreyfus degradation in France
There used to be a show all about a wrongfully punished American soldier called "Branded." The intro to each episode always showed him getting cashiered and his broken sword thrown out of the fort with him.
Random Extra as well, there are certain knighthoods and orders where if you break the rules and codes you are stripped of title and are meant to literally have a sword broken over your head, as in they hit the flat of a sword on the top of your head to break it. also the process of stripping a rank from any officer or knight was often a ceremony that was prepared for. the day before the tailor would remove most stitches from rank and insignias while the sword would be filed part-way through so when the 'formal' event would occur in front of attending onlookers it would be done quickly and easily rather than taking time to tug them free or even somewhat ironically have the man breaking the sword be injured by cutting themselves or fragments of blade flying around after forcefully snapping it
@@Zwei4815
🎵All but one man died...
There at Bitter Creek...
They say he ran away!
Branded!
Marked with a coward’s shame!
What will you do when you’re branded?
Will you fight for your name?
He was innocent...
Not a charge was true...
But the world will never know...
Branded!
Scorned is the one who ran!
What will you do when you’re branded,
And you know you’re a man?
Wherever you go,
For the rest of your life,
You must prove…
...You’re a man!🎶
Whacking a cocked and loaded pistol against a tree with barell pointing at your chest, now that soldiering.
That's just asking for a negligent discharge
How do you know it wasn't half cocked.
@@henrygaervell3251 it wouldn't dare...
@@henrygaervell3251 far less likely with a flintlock, there is no cartridge. No sparks from the flint, no discharge.
@@vincentlamb3436 The cock could have jumped the triggers sear and set it off
Love how you can see a flicker of discomfort in Rossendales face when Uxbridge casually mentions "its like killing rabbits."
"And now to apologize to that little Dutch idiot I shat on yesterday.... I need the moneh'!" Quite possibly my favorite Sharpe quote.
Love how Harper stalked it just incase the pansie did shoot Sharpe lol.
If real weapons broke so easily they wouldn't be of much use. But at this point Sharpe is basically the embodiment of Mars.
Always room for symbolic gestures in art
It's actually surprisingly easy to break a pistol but or rifle stock against a tree. As for the sword, you're right. It's actually pretty hard to break a sword made of decent steel. They were designed to bend, because if you bend a sword and take it to a blacksmith, he'll give you back a sword. If you break a sword and take it to a blacksmith, he'll give you back a knife.
tbh, sharpe is one of the only characters strong enough to survive being played by Sean Bean :P
@@Grauenwolf yeah you could forge weld it, but it would never be as a strong as a blade made from 1 piece of steel. so youre better off making a knife from it
Sean Bean is an Aries ........ besides a horoscope sign its a God of War........
And that is why Sharpe, despite upbringing, lack of noble title, and getting royally screwed by a wife he trusted, is still more of a gentleman than most of the people he interacts with. He's not a saint, but he's smart enough to know that Rossendale and his ex have a worse fate coming.
i'm sure if lord rossendale had watched this series beforehand, he would've known how pointless it was to beef with sharpe.
but they didn't have tv or internet during the peninsular war. understandable.
If Rossendale knew anything we'd have a very short run for Sharpe.
It’s 1815, the Battle of Waterloo!
using no internet? now that's soldiering!
Sharpe was already famous for capturing the French Eagle at Talavera and being a favorite of the prince regent. If Rossendale had any brains he'd have RUN away from anything belonging to Sharpe.
Citation needed.
The several episodes written by Charles Wood elevated this series. Sean Bean is always great but, with good dialogue like this, he becomes magnificent.
Breaking a man's pistol and sword before offering martial advice.
That's soldiering.
Martial or marital?
@@squidtron-ck9rq marital - damn autocorrect...
Owning up to an autocorrect mistake,
Now that’s soldiering.
Smacking a loaded and cocked pistol against a tree while pointing the muzzle towards your chest.
That's not soldiering.
That is not soldering, that is be the man.
Getting inside the point and dispatching two French lancers, now thats just like killing rabbits
Not that easy/ You need a shield to do that reliably, and lancers often wore breastplates and helmets as protection from both lances and swords.
@@scottadler Lancers didn’t wear breastplates only cuirasses did.
And soldiering!
English cavalry was notoriously poor at this time. The Polish lancers on the other hand...
@@fabioq6916 dont get me started on Prussian Cavalry!
I like Lord Uxbridge in this. For all he's foppish and snooty, he just casually murders a bunch of French cavalry and figures he'll come back the next day for a souvenir or two.
That's soldiering!
It wasn't the next day and it's not murder it is war against soldier's.
@patrick howard Most people can't grasp that concept.
@@Abrxas01 Truth
he'll lose his leg before the battle is over though
@@charliewelshans3301 Yes, but looting enemy corpses for “souvenirs” is illegal, and taking joy in killing other human beings is just effed up!
Wow, Rossendale really showed Sharpe with that glorious display.
The one that disliked is lord rossendale.
(Edit)Jesus I didn't expect this response
@Brendan Kent 231 now
xD
Well it would keep changing xD
And Jane is the other dislike
@@AlphaLeader42 And now we're waiting on Sir Henry Simmeron to drop a dislike next.
The second dislike is the Prince of Orange for calling him a Dutch idiot
Sharpe is so badass. What a mans man.
Oh yes, (sigh) and don't we women love him.
Alexis Denisof does a fine English accent in this role.
I honestly thought he was English.. Wow
It straight blew my mind when I found out he wasn't English.
An American with a Russian surname playing a British officer. I find the whole thing complicated.
No way! So it is, Wesley.😁
@@КурсыиностранныхязыковвМосквеReally? He once played an American soldier in "Soldier, soldier" and I thought his American accent sounded fake. I feel stupid now 😂
Not claiming to be first?
Now that's soldiering!
Breaking another mans sword
Now Thats soldiering
Beating up a defenceless tree with a gun and a sword, now that's real soldiering!
I guess Rossendale's sword wasn't made from valerian steel
It was exactly the same material Rossendale was made of - shit.
@@MIMALECKIPL
now now, at least shit is useful as fertilizer
@@andyman8630 And that's how Rossendale ended up after Frogs were done with him.
I haven't heard of Valerian anything in ages!
@@seldonwright4345 Valerian droplets... good stuff, so I heard
Breaking a mans pistol and sword then getting a cheque.. That's soldiering..
Blue Blood is actually yellow bellied.
Achievement Earned:
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A Sharpe RPG could be astonishing...
@@LayneBenofsky Don’t tempt us... damn it, now I want that.
Now that's monehmakin
Actually, Sharpe was taking quite a risk by smacking Lord Rosser's pistol against the tree _whilst it was still cocked_ !
Guess he just didn't care by that point. :)
According to the book, he was just lucky. He thought Rossendale hadn't loaded and primed the weapon and was just bluffing. He didn't know the guy was just too scared to shoot, and was just lucky that the gun didn't go off when he smacked it against a tree.
@@ms_scribbles I'll admit it's been a while since I read the book, but I'm sure I recall that Rossendale had a percussion-cap pistol rather than a flintlock, and Sharpe only realised when he took the gun and broke it; it was raining, and he assumed that Rossendale wouldn't be able to shoot because his priming powder would be fouled. There's a moment where Sharpe thinks that if he'd known it was a percussion pistol he wouldn't have been so bold in riding up to Rossendale.
Bloody love a bit of Sharpe, me.
"i need the monay"
Now that's soldering
@@storm479 WEH GONNA KIDNAP NAPOLEON AND HIDE HIM IN TAHITI
I don't get how Sharpe never got back his money. He had the note for it.
Most,in fact literally all, of the money was spent. Paying Rossendales gambling debts, high living, bad investments. That note wasnt worth the paper it was written on.
This is one of my favorite shows of all time.
I’ve never heard of the show before. But this was in my feed and I’ll be dammed if I’m not addicted to it now.
I loved this series on TV. I will buy the books on tape to hear all of the books by Bernard Cornwalls.
I recognize Uxbridge's voice, I think he does alot of the High Elf voices in Skyrim.
Also Warwick in Age of Empires 3
I like him too!
In the book
if has rained
Sharpe believes Lord Rossendale's flintlock pistol will be too wet the fire,
BUT
he has a percussion cap pistol and it would,
Lord Rossendale is scared even more because Sharpe shows no fear (when he should), and nonchalantly rides right up to him staring down the barrel
lol the thumbnail makes it look like Sharpe is about to pummel Rossendale with a stick.
When the handle bounced off and hit Sean Bean. I felt that.
It's a good thing Sharpe broke that sword. The guy might have tried to rely on it later.
Lord Rossendale. So soppy he joined the cast of Buffy and Angel.
And kicked ass for many, many seasons :)
Wow never knew that was him
I've just realised thank you
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Crapping your pants when cornered by Sharpe ...... now that's soiling
I know they didn't have the budget to hire thousands of extras for the battle of Waterloo but they could have at least included sound effects like distant cannon and gunfire to suggest there was a huge battle taking place. It just feels like the actors are riding about in a local park.
This isnt happening during the battle. It’s during the march from Quatre Bras to Waterloo... there wasn’t any huge battle taking place at this point. Just marching and occaisionally French cavalry and British/German cavalry would skirmish.
"If you aim your weapon at someone you better be ready to use it."
Probably the best boxset I’ve ever owned, oh wait. It’s the ONLY one I own
Something something...
That's soldiering
0:25 That hand just moved.
0:24 OW! I know those swords aren't sharp, but getting hit by that piece of metal/plastic must hurt like the dickens.
Meanwhile in Napoleon Total War....
Rockets don't do a thing against horses.
They don't do a thing in general, honestly.
if you have enough of them in a siege map in defense you waver the approaching infantry, if you have riflemen you could make lesser troops rout or if they didn't have enough veterancy to tank the morale hits. I've never seen it work well against horses morale wise, damage wise Rockets do fuck all in honesty.
@@mmouse1886 The rocketships are very powerful though.
I remember in Empire when the Spanish AI was spamming 2nd rates, 1st rates and galleons (pain) I wiped their armada in celtic sea with rocketships. Just be careful to not set your own ships on fire.
When I first watched it, many years ago I thought he slapped Rossendale's arse. He's been a bad lad
lol
"I need the money", now that's soldiering, risking your life for minimal money!
Thought that was Sharpe’s sword at first 😆
Me too. It's the same 1796 pattern, sword since Rossendale is part of a heavy cavalry unit that would be issued with these. A rare touch of authenticity, although Rossendale would have had an officers undress version.
Not simply walking into Mordor?
Now that's soldiering.
"Damned things frighten the horses"
Holy crap I got scared watching this clip and I've never even met his wife!
Sharpe is always so cheeky, it's unpleasant.
Not having the guts to do the deed, now that’s pussing out!
Holy stuffing its Wesley!!!!!!
Growing up in America, the only parts of this show I have ever seen are the bits and pieces on youtube. Is there a place I can binge watch the series?
Box sets online i think? I suspect the show doesn't sell too well in France?
Apparently it's on Britbox, which should be available through Amazon Prime? It looks like Netflix and other streaming services have a handful of individual TV movies but it looks like Britbox is the only one that has the entire series.
Why don't you buy it?
iTunes has it
Matt Easton cries every time he watches that sabre gets broken... :P
French general: "Stop firing chaps, Major Richard Sharpe is speaking"
I watched this hoping he would say 'Bastard.' I wasn't disappointed.
Oh dear, what such a good tree.
At first I thought he said has the horse spent money. Lol
Achievement earned
POINT THAT THING SOMEWHERE ELSE!
Bearing with that many bad puns, that's soldiering.
Is it just me or was the profanity in Sharpe’s Waterloo a bit stronger than normal?
Rockets... oh the memories.
"I need the moneh, so 'elp meh!"
Taking your wife to market. Now that's soldiering.
Does that mine that the position is vacant? Just asking for a friend?
Sharpe got a taste of Briffault's law.
Alexis Denisof, I've never heard an American do such a perfect English accent
Sharpe, Hornblower and The Terror… three magnificent programs from Britain’s long history as the world’s dominant power… we used to be a proper country.
That's one strong tree
Only recently realised Rosendale was played by an American. Had me convinced, well played sir.
Not before being played by Alexander Armstrong.
By Wesley from Buffy and Angel.
Rossendale and Jane had it comeing ughhhhhhh
I am suprised lord Rosendale didnt try to "Horse Gaurds" sharpe..
But Sharpe has friends at court. He who captures the enemy's eagle captures the King's friendship.
@@DaGahbageMan sure wasnt the king with dick when he took the eagle
@@paulmccann447 We were enveloped in flames, were we not Dick?
@@DaGahbageMan we were your grace
"You may not horse guards me sir......."
That was a great scene.
love the dragoon uniform.
Those helmets are glorious! What regiment was this? Life Guards?
That's soldiering
Being too scared to take a clean shot at a proper soldier. Now that's Wesleying.
It's "Pointless" taking on Sharpe!
How would you repair that broken sword?
Could be, that's soldering.
0:37
I know who i want on my side, amongst these two parties. Lol
That fop looks like the second Watcher on "Buffy".
It is. It’s Wesley. Did you know he’s actually American? He’s from Maryland.
I got the same talk from a ex about what will you do [down the line]. If you hear it separate and run. She doesnt see a future with you and you wont be able to change that opinion.
Breaking a sword in half like it's a twig. Now that's poor craftmanship.
Honestly, if you put some more of the uncensored violence type of stuff and properly gritted the scene, the guy coming back for the lance and hacking away would have that Apoclypse Now type of feel for a completely different type of war. I mean how many times has this guy braved to go past a lance point that it has become routine to not only kill, in such a dangerous manner, but cheat death? The reaction of the lead man is even one of, "that's good but a bit weird you are so nonchalant, if not excited, about the whole ordeal."
I think about that scene with Harper, killing Wormwood and how he stands in the door way, an almost exact way you would see with a drama like Gangs of New York. The show really does have a true level of war horror that is involved in it, just not as harrowing as the revenge fragging scene in Platoon but Sharpe has that fragging scene and it has it's own drama to it that comes very close.
I as an American, wish SO BAD I could order a box set for this series, but thev only copies I can find are for Region 2, none for Region 1 DVD players.
Yet another show cancel culture wouldn't allow.. God bless ya, Sharpe - nostalgia hits of _many_ a sunday evening's bonding with Dad, here ❤
Breaking your trusty heavy cavalry Sword to prove a point.
That's sol.... WHATTHEHELLSHARPEAREYOUDOING?!!
I thought that at first, but I think Rossendale just has a similar one to Sharpe's, and he does lean towards him before drawing it. Bit unclear though, they could have shot that better or given Rossendale something more fancy and poncy.
@@SpartaMacIntyre he does have his own in the scabbard, you can see it in the end... So, plausible. But hey, that's more funny 😉
@@GeneralMcCracker Heh, true. 'What stuu-pid bastid broke ma soad? Oh, raaght. It wuh me.'
sharpe just grab the flint lock and smash it
That's a sharp tree
The breaking of ones sword, its one thing for it to break in battle, but for it to be broken on purpose it's a massive dishonor, sharp doing it, he is literally saying not just he isn't a man, but he has no honor.
Wesley!
Can someone explain to me what happened / context because this looks really interesting.
@@incognito9292 the theft takes place before, after the fall of France and Neopolian being shipped off to Corsica(?) Sharpe fights a duel with some Officer and she deserts him and steels his money. Once peace happens he's sent to the North of England where he runs into her and Rossendale, where he demands his money back. You have to remember that up until relatively recent times all a wife had belonged to the husband.
What is Uxbridge saying?
..... myself. Came back for a souvenir.
Dmr Dmr ‘bagged a brace of them myself’
My God Sir I've lost my leg.
My God Sir, so you have.
(Actually, he was subsequently fitted with the first articulated wooden leg.)
It's Wesley from Buffy and Angel.
An American with a Russian name plays an English Lord.
Now that’s actoring.
That sword looks very familiar....
It does. Though Sharpe uses a Heavy Cavalry Sabre, and Lord R was heavy cavalry. I would still expect Rossingdale to have a fancier officer's version, bought with Sharpe's money. Just as well, in the end.
Heavy cavalry pattern sabre
@@stoutyyyy You are correct. I watch Matt Easton too.
@@paulpeterson4216 Depends. He is in battle so may have swapped from a more ornamental weapon to an practical general pattern one that's less of a matter if lost, broken or damaged.
@@alexh3974 In Napoleonic times they did not use "ornamental" weapons. Officers had to provide their own swords, and those were custom made, intended for battle, and significantly better weapons than the cheaper swords issued to the troopers. This guy in particular, would not want to be seen with a trooper's sword because of his status. He's probably carrying one of the doubles of Sharpe's sword because this is a low-budget production.
They have brooms on top of their helmets so they can sweep up later