Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Vitoria 1813
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- In May 1813, as Napoleon launches a desperate bid to save his empire following the disastrous defeat in Russia, the situation in Spain is particularly precarious. French forces have been weakened to make up for the enormous losses in Russia. But Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese army, as well as the Spanish guerrillas, are stronger than ever. Wellington's advance into Spain will liberate Madrid a second time, and conclude with the final showdown of the Peninsular War - the Battle of Vitoria.
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I hope you enjoy the latest installment of our Napoleonic Wars series! Big thanks also to Jorge Planas Campos & Antonio Grajal de Blas for sharing their research on Peninsular War casualties ahead of publication - there's a link to one of their articles in the video description which contains details on their methodology. Big thanks also to Nuneaton Museum & Gallery for kind permission to use the superb 'The Battle of Vitoria' painting by James Prinsep Beadle.
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Amazing content. I would appreciate if in the future you/the team could possibly include Portuguese flags in the animation, deserved in any video about the Peninsular War after hundreds of thousands dying during the many combats. Cheers :)
It is sad that in spanish history classrooms in school do not give the credit that really diserves to UK
@@salazarway
at the end, the losses of the combatants are listed: the French over a quarter of a million, the Spanish at least 3 hundred thousand, the English 52 thousand, the Portuguese 15 thousand, i.e. a modest number compared to the size of the carnage
@generaldhautpoul8388 To diminish life lost in combat is not the way. In terms of % of troops/population 15 thousand mans was quite a lot for Portugal. My opinion.
Narrators voice- "In May 2021 Epic History TV was about to be crowned Emperor of history channels. TH-cam history had never seen such a sudden dramatic and rise to power, from an impoverished channel to 1 million subscribers in little more than 6 years!"
I can imagine him waging war on the rest of them and winning it. Meanwhile Napoleon is up in haven smiling 😂
The Great War and Alexander had cleared his path to the throne, Napoleon would dominate his 10 year reign, a period unpresedented in drama that would leave millions of Bonapartists and a TH-cam community in turmoil.
@@kevindalton2981 Well the coalitoin would be the armchair historian (as prussia), Timeghost & World war two (as Sweden) Kings and Generals (as Austria), Mark Felton (as Britian), Simon Whistler (as Naples), Timeline World History (as Bavaria), Simple History (as Portugal), and the Great war (as Russia) vs Epic History Tv (The empire) Who will win?
@@quangminhnguyen2504 Explain
@@patriotadam4091 there's too many coalition members missing here but its a start no doubt
This war sponsored by “Raid: Shadow Legends”
-Wellington just before the Peninsular war
haha! ikr, .. but if these ads keeping the channel going, then I honestly don't mind
Epic History TV on Crimean War.
*Epic History TV:* finishes Napoleons Endgame and a series on all Napoleon's Marshals
*Also Epic History TV:* It's not over yet!
That's soldiering.
Well luckily for us, history will never be over
That's also foreshadowing
I hope they remake their Waterloo video. The current one simply isn't of the same quality and standard of their other Napoleon videos.
@@anzaca1 i agree however it is nostalgic to me now in a way
THE NAPOLEON SERIES CONTINUES! A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. Still rooting for a vid about the egypt campaign
Same here! Now that would just be Epic.
Italian then Austrian then definitely Egyptian. I'm still hoping we leave the series on a high note and the battle of the pyramids would definitely be a conclusive end.
Let's get to Italia soon!!
Same here & how the British captured the Rosetta Stone
Indeed we need the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, as well as battles of the 1st and 2nd coalition where Napoleon was not in charge.
I agree!
Lets be honest, wellington would have never pulled this off without Richard Sharpe
And Richard Sharpe could have never pulled it off without Patric Harper.
@@yardhatch2629That is true soldiering !
BAH! Sharpe is not a GENTLEMEN, Sah! Do not overestimate his accomplishments!
@@yardhatch2629 or the rest of his chosen men 😅
Atleast he respects women.
Terror Belli. Decus Pacis. Terror in War. Ornament in Peace. The words, inscribed on every...
What do you mean another series?
Epic History TV on Crimean War.
They need do some series about Napoleon's rivals, including Moreau.
Well a marshalls baton does make a cameo on this one.
The narration, artwork, music, maps, troop movement and the time period all together culminate into a truly magnificent history channel. In my humble opinion it surpasses any other military history channel on TH-cam.
Your coverage of the Napoleonic era is second to none.
Yeah, this is a VERY great channel!
The Maps, showing of artworks, sound design and so on.
It makes it really fascinating to watch.
true words, couldnt be said any better!
very correct
The Great War is better but they only focus on WW1 and also WW2 in their other channel. Other than that, this channel is the best.
@@travisbickle3835 the Great War is fantastic as well for sure.
There is just something mystical the way Epic History does there videos.
Wellington was a master at choosing the best ground and tactics and forcing the enemy to fight on his terms. The terrain in the Spanish campaign particularly suited his tactics
The ‘Iron’ Duke of Wellington was extremely successful. He had Genius in both defence and offence. His career from Assaye to Waterloo, including the Liberation of all Iberia, was a Phenomenal Journey.
Hahahaha 🤡
Good general smart to know when to fight or not choosing terrain wisely. A very good commander but nothing exceptional either helped a lot by Spanish everyone was working against the French. Population, Spanish guerillas and army and Portuguese too
+ the main army busy elsewhere the French had no chance in Spain whoever it was against them
Not like the ones fighting for 2 decades on the continent like archiduke Charles known as Napoleon’s best opponent
@@Marcus75016
I didn’t really say anything worthy of the clown emoji, like sure perhaps I overstated something, which I’ll explain in this comment, but clown emoji? I didn’t say he was superior to Napoleon or anything. I probably overused the term genius when talking about offensive battles. Assaye and Salamanca were his greatest examples of offensive battles though and would be worthy of any general. Although I’m not saying they were on the level of a Cannae, Leuthen or Austerlitz or an Agincourt or Blenheim for a British comparison.
French generals often beat Spanish generals. Look up the Battles of Ocana, Tudela and Saguntum. Defensively Wellington was very good, for example, he kept Massena out of Lisbon with the Lines of Torres Vedras. Since writing that comment I would say my opinion on Wellington has changed. I agree with you a very good commander but not an exceptional one.
Also whilst the guerrillas were vital let’s not forget that Wellington would have been massively outnumbered without them. On a strategic level he still was massively outnumbered in terms of soldiers, but obviously Iberia, in a time of ongoing war and open revolt, is a place where France can’t concentrated all their forces. How I see it is that the guerrillas made an otherwise impossible job possible, not a possible job easy.
The pronunciation of the spanish names is pretty good, it's a simple detail among all the great things in this series, but as a spaniard it's nice to hear it.
I enjoy learning the correct pronunciations
I think it's important. It shows respect and also care for what is being talked about. If you show care about the details of pronunciation, it's likely you are dedicating similar care to the details of what you are talking about. I say this as a Brit who has little deep knowledge of other languages...!
As a Latiniard that I am, I also have to say that the pronunciation is very good.
I love this, you should do some vids on the Seven Years war.
Also interested about military uniforms of that time-
Yes!!!
definitely
Yeah. Really looking forward to it. 👍👍
EXACTLY!!!!!!
As a Spanish, I have to say this video is epic from the beginning to the end. I mean this channel is amazing, but this video is very special for us. Spain is the only country in the world claiming to have won an Independence War, but not having an Independence Day. The king who recovered the throne, the same king who literally gifted the Spanish throne to Napoleon, was by far the worst king of our history.
Eternal glory to the Duke of Wellington 🙏
Hermano, Wellington marchaba destruyendo la industria manufacturera española para que después de la guerra no hubiera competencia económica con Inglaterra. Como se ve en este capítulo, las riquezas españolas que dejaron tiradas los franceses fueron a parar a bolsillos ingleses y lo que pudieron recuperar lo usaron para pagar "salarios" de soldados ingleses que ya tenían los bolsillos llenos. Tu ídolo inglés no es más que un pirata de tierra. Fue la guerrilla y la población española la que hizo todo el trabajo de desgaste francés. Fue una guerra del pueblo y un mérito del pueblo español.
English soldiers had a fun time with spanish girls aswell. 😂😉😉
@@jeanlannes4375 yep, that's their pirate/viking heritage... nothing nice.
@@Miolnir3 a source on how wellington destroyed the Spanish manufacturing industry please
The only bad thing is that the British also destroyed our scarse industry so… less competition for them
Wellington: “I’ve never seen the army so healthy, so strong.”
Some soldier with diarrhoea: Am I a joke to you?
There were probably less soldiers with diarrhea.
💩
"Yes you are, you think you're the first man to ever get the shits?"
@@libertyprime6932 To which an aid corrects him, "these days they are referred to as the squitters mi Lord". 😂
At the end of the battle:
"I’ve never seen the army so healthy, so strong and rich"
Excellent work by the the British, Portugese & Spanish. That was some impressive momentum they displayed.
I was told that after the battle, the french prisoners were subjected to the worst torture known to man :
Eating english beef in mint sauce
This would indeed be a crime against nature. Only lamb should be eaten with mint sauce!
More seriously, Prisoners taken by British in Spain were sent to a Desert island with no food. They all die from starvation and or diseases. If you were a prisoner back then, it was far better to be prisoner of the French or the Austrians than Prussians or British. Spanish guérilla is even worst, they committed a long list of atrocities to create panic in French ranks. And in response French did the same …
Honestly that's still better than the mint sauce@@freewal
@@papazoulou9326 true. I would rather die from starvation than touch any British cuisine.
@@freewal You're talking about the French prisoners taken at Bailen. Their fate was very grim, but it's far from a typical example. It was in fact a Spanish responsibility to supply the prisoners on the island of Cabrera.
8:20--"Knowing that Clausell couldn't reach Joseph before the twenty-second of June, he decided to attack on the twenty-first." Yet another example of how important intelligence, in this case provided by guerrilleros, is to military success. Outstanding work Epic History!
Fun fact: After hearing of the victory of the Anglo-allied forces in Vitoria, Beethoven composed a music piece to honour Wellington.
Wellington's Victory or the Battle Symphony.
Contains hints of the 'British Grenadiers' 'Rule Britannia' and ironically enough 'Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre', from which we get the tune for the song For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.
That guy was real two-faced lol. Loved Napoléon so much that he made a symphony of him, and then despised him after he became emperor.
@@DomWeasel dang really cool
@@leonrothier6638 yup. one time he refused to bow down to emperor Francis of Austria.
@@leonrothier6638 i think the two faces one was Napoleon, defending revolutionary ideas and crowning himself emperor and elevating all his family and friends to the higher ranks of nobility. Making his son heir of the empire just like a true monarch.
If i were a revolutionary, i would also feel betrayed.
As pointed out by Jac Weller and others, the British were the only nation to count lightly-wounded men, whereas everyone else - French/Prussian/Russian/Austrian/American - only counted the seriously-wounded, As a result you need to increase French casualties by 50-75% in order to compare them to British losses.
19:55 this part is so awesome. Love that art work and the effects too
That guy is like 'ooh.. shit.. '
Goya
If you loved the art I will tell you some of the painters there: The first two ones are Goya's paintings, dark paintings transmitting the suffering of the Spanish nation during the insurrection of Madrid. The third one is from César Álvarez Dumont, called "The Great day of Girona", when with aid of English and Irish troops repelled a push from French troops into the city. It's my natal city and we consider Girona "three times immortal" because of the 3 sieges it resisted against the french, although the last one did conquer the city there was little to use or conquer as everyone fought till the end. You can see from the back an english commander guiding the resistance and local troops against the french troops. I don't know about the other paintings but if you want to look at a good one look up the one Ramón Martí Alsina did. A 5x11 meter painting depicting once again "The great day of Girona".
Its insane the concentration of competence that existed in this time period. Any one of the great generals of the Napoleonic Wars could have stomped on most of the kings and generals of the middle ages and the renaissance, and gone toe to toe with many of the Roman Emperors and commanders of antiquity.
Indeed.
You can't compare. Middle Ages and Renaissance were more about siege warfare than pitched battles.
@@gontrandjojo9747 I disagree. The Middle Ages were the age of nepotism and the divine right of kings, the Napoleonic wars was the age of meritocracy. No one in the previous ages save for the early Roman Empire and republic, could become politically powerful without first having been born into it. Most of the commanders of france were made out of necessity due to the purges of the revolution. And this was so successful many of the other monarchies followed the trend France set. If you look at the top one hundred generals in history by battles won, around 30 percent are napoleonic era generals and french marshals
@WAN AHMAD RAQIB BIN WAN ABDILLAH - never said it was the only age, but it was by far the one with the greatest concentration of competent generals, and I did not say only French marshals. Napoleon alone has the most victories of any commander in history with 56 battles won.
@@luisrebellon4504 Acording to Wikipedia are 70 at leastt!
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- All of them
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wellington was badass here
Pumping up videos on Napoleonic wars after finishing the series?
That's soldiering.
At 20:12 Is that sharpe?
Ayo a Sharpe reference
Good lad
I get mesmerized with Wellington's battles. Vitória is such a masterpiece, I dare say even better then Salamanca. Wellington was truly a master of positional warfare, the amount of times he outmaneuvered the french in this battle alone, let alone in the entire campaing, just wow. I can only compare him to Scipius Africanus
@Matheus Cerqueira Absolutely bro, i've always seen him as the Scipio Africanus of the Napoleonic Wars, and Waterloo is Napoleons Zama.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- I agree completely. It almost seems scripted how they are similar
@@matheuscerqueira7952 I'm still torn between this and Salamanca, which victory do you think was better
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Vitoria. Wellington split his army into three, pulled an aggressive manoeuvre and nearly encircled the French, winning a decisive victory.
@@matheuscerqueira7952 Now now, let's not give Scipio all the credit, I'm the better general xD
I love the story I heard about Wellington paying for supplies ahead from Spanish landowners on his advance to Vitoria. One general came back without food supplies as the landowner had told him to bow to him to which he replied “I am an English gentleman, I do not bow “ Wellington said “oh really we’ll see about that” and rode off. Sometime later he returned and supplies began to arrive. When asked how he secured the supplies he said “oh I just bobbed down.” Does whatever is needed for his army discarding pride. Legend.
Thats a great story - landowner sounds like a prick tho
@@onetwothreefourfive12345 I heard it in a talk given by Bernard Cornwell. I hope it’s true.
@@stuart1346 sounds like a wellington thing
That's interesting - it bears out the view of some historians that one weakness of the French was that they were much more likely to rob and plunder than the allies, with the unsurprising result that the French had to deal not just with allied regulars but with a hostile local population and some pretty ruthless and highly motivated guerrillas.
The Spanish were so ungrateful considering the British were fighting their war for them. The Spanish landowners should have been especially helpful to the British as they would be liable to lose their titles at any moment under Napoleon, like the French aristocrats often did.
I adore Narrator's voice it is really perfect for such a historical channel
It does spoil us.
Too many wannabe history channels out there with kids narrating and seemingly unaware of how bland their cracking nasal tones are.
Kings and Generals, History Marche, Baz Battles... they all know that only British narrators are suppossed to narrate history.
Good beans, Wellington!
If there is anything in this world about which I know positively nothing, it is horticulture.
@@jacobprice2579 I thought he said “agriculture”.
If something happens to you, what are your plans?
@@jacobprice2579 Agriculture :D
@@legoman2m98 To beat the French.
Please do keep the Napoleonic content up! There is still so much you haven't covered and there are none who make videos as enjoyable and also informative such as yours!
As a military history nerd, I love all of your videos because of their incredible quality. As a Spaniard, this one has a special meaning for me...yes, I know Vitoria's battle was mainly a British victory, but I would say getting to Vitoria's battle was mainly a Spanish victory in terms of guerrilla, information and logistical support. And, as the video shows, I don't think any other soldier in the Napoleonic Wars was better paid than the British that took parte in this battle :)
To be fair there where only 2 Spanish Divisions at Vitoria but they where both not only heavily engaged by successful as well, The Spanish army had a poor battle record during the Peninsular war, but they just kept bouncing back, many think the British where as bad as the French (many Spaniards I have talked to anyway) and that always makes me sad, have much respect fort he Spanish and I like that Wellington understood the value of the Guerillas really very early.
@@Delogros It makes me sad what you say about the Spaniards, but unfortunately it doesn't surprise me. Most Spanish history nerds tend to mix their national pride with the historical facts, which leads them to wrong perspectives when analyzing our history. The British had a very bad reputation in Spain back then, after all it had been 300 years of conflict between Spain and Great Britain. Wellington's retreat in La Coruña in 1809 didn't help to boost Spanish trust in the British either...don't get me wrong: Wellington did the right thing from a military perspective, but the Spaniards felt abandoned...actually, they covered their retreat and only surrendered when all the British ships were safe.Such state of affairs between the 2 nations led to some stories of British troops misbehaving in Spain's soil during the Peninsula War, but there is little historical evidence of that.
The truth is that Spain and Portugal couldn't have defeated France without the British, while the British couldn't have defeated the French without the support of both guerrilla and regular forces from Spain and Portugal. It was a team effort of the 3 nations to defeat the greatest land army of the time. The Spanish should have trusted the British more, the British should have understood Spanish pride better (a declining empire, fighting in our motherland, etc.)...well, nothing is perfect, but we did get the job done. Together.
This might hurt some prides in this or the other side of the "Armada Invencible", but history doesn't exist to make us feel prouder or to carry on some political agendas. One has to be extra-careful when judging the history of his own country, people, tribe, clan, whatever...I'm afraid the Spaniards you mention aren`t. But now you know there are some of us that are grateful you came to help....Portugal (just a joke ;)
@@eduardopena7394 La Coruña was Moore not Wellington :) That is probably true about the misbehaving, armies are notorious for it often even in there own territory however Wellingtons punishment for looting and other offenses where huge, he ordered the hanging of 2 looters without trail at least once.
"It was a team effort" truer words have never been spoken, hindsight is also 20-20 although I am "annoyed" the Spanish didn't make Wellington the supreme commander earlier I do understand the hesitation, though I do wonder if the Salamanca campaign might have turned out differently had he been commander at that point.
Literally 2 of them told me the Spanish won the battle of Trafalgar... I give the Spanish a hard time sometimes for the Peninsular war but as you say the truth is the British would never have been able to field a strong enough army to retake the land without the Spanish, given what was accomplished in a few months of working together it would have been interesting to see that continue after the war.
@@eduardopena7394 The armies of Spain, Portugal and Britain and the people of Spain and Portugal beat France. Take anyone of those away and all would have failed. It's normal for all of us to focus on our own countries contribution but I believe anyone who looks at this period knows the truth.
@@Delogros General Moore did the right thing in withdrawing
Never stop producing videos of the Napoleonic era. They are so good that I don’t want to see the end of it
I never thought I'd hear the words "47th Lancashire Regiment Of Foot" from a channel as big as you.
Vittoria is one of my favourites. A napoleonic defeat, an anglo-portuguese-spanish experienced and well-organized army and a battle of maneuver and aggression. Amazing.
I really wish to see Pyrenees Campaign afterwards : Soult's failed counter attack across Pyrenees at 19:22 that led Battle of Souroren , sieges of Pamplona and San Sebastian (British burned the former to the ground though they were not the always virtuous ones in this game) , Wellington's crossing of Pyrenees at Battle Bidossa and Battle of Nivelle , Soult's second failed counter attack at Nive , Wellington's victory at Orthez , stelamate at Toulouse etc in Northern Spain and Southern France after battle of Vittoria
Yes yes, please. The Wellington battles just have a flavor of it's own, we need it!
And the Battle of San Marcial.
Soult realized the limitations of his army but also learned how to play the defensive game effectively. Hence the stalemate at Toulouse. With such a rate of attrition, it’s doubtful that Wellington would have arrived outside Paris if the war went on.
Finally it has come. Been waiting for so long to see the continuation of the Wellington side of the Napoleonic Wars. Thank you and much love Epic History! 👍
Italian and Egypt are the two highly requested campaigns, which I reckon will grow your channel further and improving diplomatic relations with subscribers of the Epic History Empire.
Amazing as always! Thank you for the quality content.
By the way this battle is far more important than just settling the outcome of The Peninsular Campaign. While Vittoria-Pyrenees Campaign (Battles of Vittoria then Battles of Souroren , Bidossa , Nivelle , Nive when Wellington's Anglo-Allied army pushed French Army out of Spain and pursued well into France) was going on , in Germany Battles of Lutzen-Bautzen were concluded and Armistice of Plaswitz (June-August 1813) was declared while Prussian and Russian armies regathered their strength after recent casaulties they suffered in Central Germany especialy in Lutzen and Bautzen. Austria was still undecided and on the fence , vacilating between being a benovelent neutral negotiator and joining Sixth Coalition against French Empire. When news of Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese victory at Vittoria arrived to Plaswitz at the end of June 1813 , it went a long way to convince Austrian Foreign Minister Metternich and Austrian leadership to take a tough line against Napoleon and if he does not accept their conditions , to assure Austria joining Sixth Coalition.
Beethoven wrote "Wellington's Victory" Battle Symphony, Op.91 - 2. Symphony of Triumph · that year also in 1813 attributed to Wellington , link below
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Wellington's approach - now that's soldiering!
Graham's approach - now that's NOT soldiering!
frenc was nothing just surrender
My favourite thing to do in these videos is to try and guess which words in the quotes will turn red.
This series is godlike. I don't know how humans can make such a perfect peace of art like this. Music, effects and voice is like a perfectly composed song.
This Wellington fellow seems to have a thing for outflanking...
Line infrantries are very vulnerable to flanking. Napoleon likes to do the same, and basically every standard european standand general. If that attempt do not work, Napoleom attack the centre to create two extra flanks.
I can't imagine standing shoulder to shoulder in a procession marching directly into musket and cannon fire during the Napoleonic times. I would have said "screw this" and grabbed some cover. Of course they likely would have been flogged for using their brain. Very brave men indeed. Love this channel, keep up the good work.
You fight with your adrenaline not your brain sir! The most effective way to win was mass fire power, overwhelming force, control of your men and moral. All of this required large formations and linear tactics for the most part. It’s not as crazy as modern warfare, where a guy sat in an office can call in a drone strike and kill on mass in seconds, or where 1 man can kill hundreds from a long distance etc. War seems to be increasingly crazy as technology progresses
@@rhysnichols8608 Oh I completely understand that’s how they won battles back then and was common military tactics, but I think I would have preferred fighting similar to the militias in the American Revolutionary War. Setting up ambushes, using cover, hit and run tactics, sniping officers, etc. Not “civilized” in Napoleon’s time for sure, but I’d definitely have a very difficult time marching straight into a cannon loaded with canister shot pointed straight at me! Insane levels of courage.
One of the reason for linear formations was motivation. Soldiers like standing in line. In the US civil war skirmishing was a hated assignment. Standing shoulder to shoulder with fellow soldiers inspired men to stand an fight. It is easy to turn and flee when alone, but much harder to do it next to others. Not to take away from the resolve of these men marching through canister and musket volleys would never be easy. But the linear formation helped to keep men marching forward.
@@RoomateNSNL Survival instincts aren't equiped to make rational choices when it comes to firearms, hence people feel safer in a big group out in the open rather than alone behind cover. See also lacking the nerve to charge an enemy position and standing around to shoot at them instead; this actually led to many more men dying than if they had charged and driven off the enemy or been pushed back themselves.
mate, the accuracy wasn't that high as you might think. the chance of getting hit was quite small, otherwise how do you think that the casualties were so low? diseases killed 3x more than the fight itself.
That was the reason why so many were killed in WWI, they were still fighting with the same tactics of going forward against the guns, but those were more powerful and accurate.
This battle along with Salamanca shows that even Wellington can be a daring commander.
Between Assaye, capturing porto, Salamanca, Vitoria
And then separate category of Vimiero bussaco the lines of Torres vedras, reverse slope tactic, Waterloo
We have a general who’s very successful and experienced in both offence and defence.
Which one does the Pyrenees battle fit into?
(By the way I saw a years old comment of yours on a Wire best scenes video, we really have the same interests 😂)
@@fredbarker9201 Pyreenes i'd say is offensive as well since 62,000 troops under Wellington ended up pursuing 100,000 of Soult's. I feel like Waterloo actually sells both Wellington AND Napoleon short, since they have so much more interesting battles, as epic as it was seeing two great commanders clash in a final stand, it still left a lot to be desired in terms of tactics. Haha thats funny, great minds think alike.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- yeah Waterloo is so meh, the stakes weren’t at the highest, Napoleon was doomed even if he won right?
@@fredbarker9201 Yep over half a million troops were advancing, they declared war on Napoleon too, not France. They were coming for him. In the Hundred days campaign he was able to raise only about 300,000 men, of which 73,000 would be used at Waterloo.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- was it as much as 300k? could he not bring more of those 300K without leaving Frances borders exposed then.
I love the feeling of pure excitement I get when Epic History TV uploads another Napoleonic Wars video. Beautifully done, as always!
This video was amazing! The representation of the battles and map and the Spanish and French pronounciations were all beautiful, great job guys!
Finally, I thought it would never come! I've been waiting forever for this. I've heard about this battle through an episode of Sharpe. The South Essex regiment was falling back, Sharpe comes in and saves the day.
Just reread the Sharpe books myself, they're a rip roaring adventure, and I think this battle was in sharpes honour.
@@abett6111 yes that's the one.
It is like you were born for this. I love the napoleonic series and have been one of your biggest loyal fans. There are so much more of this era to explore and it will make your channel unique among other history ones
Great Choice on deciding to continue with the Napoleonic Era, your videos are of excellent quality, and extremely well produced. Thank you for this, and good luck in the future!
You did me a damn good turn. Now I'm going to do you a damn bad one. I'm giving you a field commission, Sharpe!
No, that was Assaye
The final summation of each video is absolutely on point, bringing the entirety to an exciting climax! Well done.
Rowland 'Daddy' Hill is such a cool general. His men adored him because he always took great care of them, hence the nickname.
Marlborough you’re a genius but what went wrong at Malplaquet
that soundtrack at the beginning.. my whole skin tight up,.. the epicness is beyond words.. The legends have returned, it's an honor to watch your war videos Epic History TV!
Checked all day for the notification.
Brilliant and excellent content,as any other content shared about Napoleonic era on this channel.I would like to express my gratitude and consideration for this superb work.
Epic History TV,i salute you!
Cheers!
Thanks for this - the Battle of Vitoria has the final missing episode in an excellent series on this war. Well done.
I just have to say. This was the first time that i was invested in a Raid Shadow Legends ad
Lol
Damn, this must be my fastest click on ANY YT video EVER! Superbly done video, as always!
Thank you for another epic video! Glad to see the Wellington side of things and hope to see more of his battles in the future.
Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations on another masterpiece! Can't wait for more! Hope there's future content on Wellington and other commanders such as Blucher!
6:30 Bad things always happen to the French when they declare things "impassable"
*WW2 PTSD*
Ahh new epic history Napoleonic wars content, my day is made
last oversimplified video about the napoleonic wars is amazing and we can clearly feel some of your work in it .... awesome.
The voice, The detail, and the time put into this, makes it just perfect.
It's interesting that you cover the battles from british pov as well , perfect as always 👌
It's a British channel.
Why wouldn't they cover it from the good guys perspective? :P
Congratulations on the 1million subscribers. You and your team definitely deserve it.
Here's to another million.
I mean, this is just an incredible level of quality coming from Epic History TV. Thank you for all the hard work!
With all this experience, you have now done this well, I can assure you that any other conflict expose by you all will have this spectacular quality or even a better one, there is no limit for history in epic history! Keep save! Thanks you indeed
man, the protugese british and spanish when working togther were op as hell. they made fast work of the french here.
It does give you a fuzzy feeling doesn’t it :)
@@jamiengo2343 considering the history between spain and the uk too.
french were faced an impossible dilemma of fighting guerillas and the british-port-spanish armies
“#ThePeninsularWar not only exterminated #Napoleon’s ambitions, the #SpanishEmpire too suffered socially, economically and politically”
and they lost the colonies...
@@SantiagoAriasEskapa nope, the we the philippines, unfortunately was still under them even after their defeat 😢
@@aurelian2668 all the colonies in the american continent (is one for us) got their independence those years or because of those years.
The Peninsular War led to the independence of Brazil. But that was due to the french revolution ideals, not to the war itself.
@@mikatu not Brazil... Most of the countries rules by Spain. Brazil was completely different... The revolutions began because the king was in captivity and Jose Bonaparte was in power... And when Fernando VII was back it was too late and there where already half a million deaths in Spain...
A spectacular series indeed. Definitely worth the 2-3 hours to watch it all.
Please also redo Waterloo with these graphics and soundtracks to make the series complete!
He still didn't do very important battles in Napoleon's career, everything between Toulon and Auzterlitz. In short, all the Revolutionary Wars. And you want him to redo something he's already done instead ?
@@xenotypos yes
@@bertlammens4392 It seems he won't anyway. He said he'll take a break on Napoleon for a while and that in the future he'll make a poll on patreon to decide if he'll do Napoleon's Italian campaign.
The Napoleonic wars had such incredible generals
Loved this series. Thank you for an insight into a little covered campaign.
I cannot express how happy I am to see another Napoleon video. After the marshals series, I worried it may be over. THANK YOU for these videos
As expected from you, Epic History TV. your videos never disappoint. Thank you
You should post a video on Wellington's battle of Assaye. 6,500 troops against 50,000.
A very welcome surprise after such magnificent series about Napoleons campaigns and Marshalls. Keep it up you guys💪
Fantastic work Epic History TV! Only last night I was watching all your Peninsular War documentaries, what excellent timing to be able to come home today and see the conclusion of the campaign. Bravo!
Never clicked on a video so fast. Wondered when you would cover this battle!
14:30 In true Sharpe spirit, "CHOSEN MEN!"
At 20:12 Is that sharpe?
@@CailinZwarts is he a skirmishers??
Truly a fantastic piece of work! Well done!
This series attention to detail is incredible!
Love the Napoleonic Wars content from this channel!
Amazing narration, makes it very enjoyable to listen to :)
we really need a hbo got style 15-20 season series of napoleon in all the grand details..from toulon til waterloo..
sean bean for wellington :)
we also need a hbo got style 15-20 season series of the craziest captain in history...captain thomas cochrane...his naval life was insane..just insane
have russel crowe reprise the role of cochrane...(fyi he fictionally played him in master and commander as captain aubrey but he is based on cochrane)
these would make the most epic tv series' of all time..
edit: they can do the spin off of cochrane when he becomes a scourge for napoleons french navy and has napoleon personally order his capture..dead or alive...***joaquin phoenix is playing as napoleon in a new ridley scott film...perfect casting!!!***
I love these videos. For years I obsessed over the Eastern Front (1941-1945) but Napoleon is a topic I’m just getting familiar with. This is great stuff. Love the narrator.
Such absolutely excellent and riveting historical content. Thank you.
Spectacular as always! Thank you so much for your efforts
Another great victory by Wellington
This was unexpected, yet most brilliant.
This upload made my day, The battle map is awsome, the casualties graphics is a great summary, A great work in all senses.
The casualties and numbers are well researched, and give a better picture of the battle.
Amazing work. Thank you for this channel. I just wish there were more history channels of this quality.
Please cover Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. Great work on this one, expected nothing less!
A day of shame for Spain. The wise king Jose was leaving a nation he loved and the devil Fernando VII took power. His reign will be a catastrophic for Spain. Napoleon did not understand the Spanish people. If they were furious against the Bourbons, it didn’t mean that they will accept another French dynasty on their trône.
The national pride is something powerful and Napoleon failed to understand it. He was badly advised (by Talleyrand but not only), he thought that Spain was a rich country but the real Spanish treasure was the colonies, and Spain had no access to them after Trafalgar. The King Jose tried many times to alert his young bother on the reality of the situation but Napoleon refused to accept it until the final defeat.
Exactly. We dont want foreigners killing us
Exactly. We dont want foreigners killing us
joseph could really help spain at that time but unfortunately the priest can easily manipulate the people lol
Joseph was a freemason.
@@ticklemetanner888he was freemason.
God somehow the narrator brings all the drama out, love it! Thanks for not stopping the Napoleon series Epic History TV
The return of the king! Nothing is better than just lean back in your seat and enjoy this amazing series. I can t wait to see more battles on this topic.
The best channel on youtube
Without a shadow of a doubt. Dominance more complete than the pax romana, pax mongolica and pax britannica combined
Cannot get enough of this Napoleonic content! Quality is outstanding as always!
Just came here in the hope of any new vids. To see this: Oh sweet joy! Thanks!
Me after finally remembering why I was thrilled for Wednesday after forgetting it
Love this series, I would love to see a Napoleonic TACTICS in depth video in the future
YESSS! You're doing Napoleonic battles again! Been waiting for this a long long time ❤️