If my boss told me to charge a man telling me or my mate would get killed doing so, with the survivor getting that purse of money, I'd have shot the boss and shared the purse with my mate.
And then you'll be both a traitor and a deserter with two of the world's most powerful kingdoms wanting you dead. Good luck with that purse. Also, what if he wasn't your mate? What if it was that asshole Jacques who always blames you for the shit he does wrong?
@@Arcaryon The ports that harboured the ships which could take you there, were in the hands of either the British or French, or their allies. If you were suspected of killing someone of high social stature, there'd be a manhunt for you. Posters resembling you would be in every country, they have your name, they know your handwriting etc. It wasn't as easy as just boarding a ship and sailing away.
Machismo, probably. Cavalry were considered to be a higher-status unit, and one of the ways they reinforced this perception was by cultivating a culture of risk-taking and never backing down from a fight (which is part of the reason why cavalry officers had a reputation for getting into a lot of duels). If they'd both lived, you just know the man who advanced second would have got a lot of ribbing back at the mess hall.
@@anthonydurnford307719 seconds between the second and third shot. The first to second was only quicker (7 seconds) because he shot the ramrod instead of properly loading a ball and firing.
@@Retrohertz Harper was a prisoner- going to be executed. But Sharpe tells him to fall back into formation for saving the box: pardoning him of his charges.
Well he had to go back to retrieve it, he even referenced that later in the series when he told new recruits that anyone who fired off their rifles with the ramrod inserted would be asked to get it back.
The ball was behind that ramrod as well, so the fellow was shot, too. The powder burns Harper received came from the increased pressure of the ramrod pushing some of the blast back out of the vent so the flash blew onto his face.
@@BogeyTheBear Actually there was no bullet! He also didn't prime the pan either, trusted that his well maintained rifle's flint would strike the Frizzen and would put a spark thru the hole and into the barrel setting off the charge. You'll notice that when he reloaded without the ramrod, to seat the ball he tapped the rifle butt on the ground a few times..... (PS a few reinactors did this and it works, you loose accuracy at range quickly, but at those ranges you're aiming at a formation that basically shoulder to shoulder and several ranks deep. (French used columns .vs. lines like the British.)
Spitting inside the barrel can actually kill you, even without ball. Musket barrels get so hot that the power inside can ignite by simply resting in it. It is a wonderful way to blow your head off, when you open your mouth to spit.
@@armorsmith43 Almost. But there are situations where failing to fire three shots a minute is more dangerous than risking a primed musket to the face. Like, say, when the French army are bearing down at you. ;) When firing on the range, or even in most combat conditions, safety overrides such concerns.
@@johnathanhughes9881 Plus the spit from the last round you loaded will help cool it a bit.... not as well as putting a soaked "mop" down the barrel before putting the next charge in, but better than nothing!
I love that for the whole opening part of the fight against the Frenchmen, Harper's gun isn't even loaded... if they'd come straight in they'd have had no problems at all.
If I remember correctly, the other bloke asked Harper why his commander didn't reward him for his courageous display, and Harper told him that Sharpe did in fact reward him. He told him to fall back in line ^^
@@stuartwells8278 Or perhaps he was trying to reach him before he had the chance to fire, considering he was still loading at the time he started his charge.
@@conradflanagan5003 yup he probably expected that a rifleman wouldn't have the time to fire and kill him. especially the guy who charged second, realistically his chances were quite high, but Harper is one tough mother fucker.
It was not unusual for soldiers firing flintlocks, while standing in line, to be struck in the face by burning particles of priming powder, either from their own weapon, or from that of the man on their left
I love how they made it look old even in the later ones. This show did so much respect to the source material. And I'm glad they did the same with Cornwell's The Saxon Stories with The Last Kingdom. Sadly we're not seeing it with The Winter King. For eg they made Merlin the old Irish druid a S African guy. Like they already have a kickass African dude in the books. The awesome warlord Sagrimore. One of the best characters and men in the book series. Why do they need to ruin works to pander to ppl who for the most part aren't asking to be pandered to in that way? Jeez.
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Is no one else going to say how Harper killed the second guy with his fucking ram rod? Now that's soldiering!
If my boss told me to charge a man telling me or my mate would get killed doing so, with the survivor getting that purse of money, I'd have shot the boss and shared the purse with my mate.
And then you'll be both a traitor and a deserter with two of the world's most powerful kingdoms wanting you dead. Good luck with that purse.
Also, what if he wasn't your mate? What if it was that asshole Jacques who always blames you for the shit he does wrong?
@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 Then I'd be the last one to charge, better odds.
@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 With that amount of money you could easily take a ship to the new world, never to be seen by either French or English.
@@Arcaryon The ports that harboured the ships which could take you there, were in the hands of either the British or French, or their allies.
If you were suspected of killing someone of high social stature, there'd be a manhunt for you. Posters resembling you would be in every country, they have your name, they know your handwriting etc. It wasn't as easy as just boarding a ship and sailing away.
Communism lol
I don't think the cavalryman who volunteered to go first quite understood the offer.
He was thinking, "He'll probably miss! Then the first one there gets the gold!" He was too smart for his own good.
Machismo, probably. Cavalry were considered to be a higher-status unit, and one of the ways they reinforced this perception was by cultivating a culture of risk-taking and never backing down from a fight (which is part of the reason why cavalry officers had a reputation for getting into a lot of duels).
If they'd both lived, you just know the man who advanced second would have got a lot of ribbing back at the mess hall.
If Harper had a musket that would be a relatively reasonable assumption to make.
I think these were French hussars. And as was rightly stated, a hussar who is not dead by thirty is not a hussar but a piece of trash.
@@michalsoukup1021 They, in all p[probability, didn't realize that he had a rifle!
"you would die for a shilling?"
this question really sums up my country
To quote Game Of Thrones' the Hound: "...someone is."
Most badass part of the series when Harper shoots the rod through the guys throat. Badass
Fires his first shot at 2:49, the second at 2:56, and the third at 3:15. Three rounds in under a minute. That's soldiering!
thats under 30 seconds!
@@anthonydurnford307719 seconds between the second and third shot. The first to second was only quicker (7 seconds) because he shot the ramrod instead of properly loading a ball and firing.
You left out the best bit at the end, when Harper skips back into line.
Yes, explain why please.
@@Retrohertz Harper was a prisoner- going to be executed. But Sharpe tells him to fall back into formation for saving the box: pardoning him of his charges.
@@jd4083 Ooooh, with how easily he got out of the ropes I figured it was a ruse.
I know, right?
More like pranced....
Using the ramrod as a projectile was pure genius. After all, he didn't need it.
Well he had to go back to retrieve it, he even referenced that later in the series when he told new recruits that anyone who fired off their rifles with the ramrod inserted would be asked to get it back.
The ball was behind that ramrod as well, so the fellow was shot, too.
The powder burns Harper received came from the increased pressure of the ramrod pushing some of the blast back out of the vent so the flash blew onto his face.
@@BogeyTheBear Actually there was no bullet! He also didn't prime the pan either, trusted that his well maintained rifle's flint would strike the Frizzen and would put a spark thru the hole and into the barrel setting off the charge.
You'll notice that when he reloaded without the ramrod, to seat the ball he tapped the rifle butt on the ground a few times..... (PS a few reinactors did this and it works, you loose accuracy at range quickly, but at those ranges you're aiming at a formation that basically shoulder to shoulder and several ranks deep. (French used columns .vs. lines like the British.)
That’s soldiering!
@@BogeyTheBear he poured the powder then shoved the ramrod in and fired it as he didnt have time to spit the ball in for that second shot...
3:02 Remember lads - Bite. Pour. Spit. Tap. Shoot.
Spitting inside the barrel can actually kill you, even without ball.
Musket barrels get so hot that the power inside can ignite by simply resting in it. It is a wonderful way to blow your head off, when you open your mouth to spit.
Yea you should almost never do that.
@@armorsmith43 Almost. But there are situations where failing to fire three shots a minute is more dangerous than risking a primed musket to the face. Like, say, when the French army are bearing down at you. ;)
When firing on the range, or even in most combat conditions, safety overrides such concerns.
@@johnathanhughes9881 Plus the spit from the last round you loaded will help cool it a bit.... not as well as putting a soaked "mop" down the barrel before putting the next charge in, but better than nothing!
"Fall in Rifleman Harper!"
I love that for the whole opening part of the fight against the Frenchmen, Harper's gun isn't even loaded... if they'd come straight in they'd have had no problems at all.
Horse Trader to the gentry,
Now that’s soldiering
"One of you will die"
"OOOH, OOHH, let me go first!"
We all need a Paddy Harper watching over our backs
Bro this series SLAPPED
For context 100 gold guineas would roughly equate to 166 years of wages in the Army for 1 shilling a month.
Great Series. Love it. watch it in german language and then after years i watch it in original. fantastic
No sorrier sight than an Irishman in the service of his colonizer
If I remember correctly, the other bloke asked Harper why his commander didn't reward him for his courageous display, and Harper told him that Sharpe did in fact reward him. He told him to fall back in line ^^
Great series of videos my friend. Got all the best bits
A fellow stubborn Irishman.
How stupid was that guy who came at Harper first at 2:46?
Maybe he tried to save his friend's life by taking a bullet for him.
@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 Not really sensing that kind of nobility in these guys mate.
@@stuartwells8278 Or perhaps he was trying to reach him before he had the chance to fire, considering he was still loading at the time he started his charge.
@@conradflanagan5003 yup he probably expected that a rifleman wouldn't have the time to fire and kill him. especially the guy who charged second, realistically his chances were quite high, but Harper is one tough mother fucker.
Back in line Harper!
Powder burns. 😂. They could have kept it closer to book.
It was not unusual for soldiers firing flintlocks, while standing in line, to be struck in the face by burning particles of priming powder, either from their own weapon, or from that of the man on their left
2:57 "Holy shit....I am out of here....."
Sharpe was great, of course, but the whole series simply wouldn't have worked without Harper!
you cut off the best part where he rejoins the ranks
I love how they made it look old even in the later ones. This show did so much respect to the source material. And I'm glad they did the same with Cornwell's The Saxon Stories with The Last Kingdom. Sadly we're not seeing it with The Winter King. For eg they made Merlin the old Irish druid a S African guy. Like they already have a kickass African dude in the books. The awesome warlord Sagrimore. One of the best characters and men in the book series. Why do they need to ruin works to pander to ppl who for the most part aren't asking to be pandered to in that way? Jeez.
"I'll get there first and choose the purse!"
makes you wonder if Sharp had a decesendant name bond
Going off at half cock didnt become popular until much later. It wasnt even documented until well into the 1850s
The guy who attacked first was a bit of a plum
Fall in
No happy little run? Terrible cut
Cut it off before the end!! Ruined the scene