@Talorc MacAllan die Preußen hatten einen schweren Marsch nach der Schlacht von Ligny hinter sich. Ich bin die Strecke gelaufen, es ist keine gute Topografie. Die Preußen mussten sich nach dem Gewaltmarsch sammeln und in Schlachtformation antreten. Das brauchte Zeit.
@Talorc MacAllan but the Frech are very disciplined veterans and against the Gordons ahd the same chance like fierce Robert the Bruce face to face to proud Edwards army.
@@steffenezell1411Personally, I see Blücher as one of the fiercest opponents from Napoleon. I'm aware of the Six Day Campaign and Ligny, but he seems to be as active as Napoleon.
He probably did Cause the scene where wellington says that commanders have more things to do than fire at each other is also in 'Napoleon' But ofcourse in waterloo that scene is with the captain of the artillery while the scene in Napoleon is with a rifle sniper who time travelled to fight for his country
Did you know, this movie was a co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union? It was filmed in Ukraine. They literally got 17,000 Red Army troops to dress up as napoleonic soldiers and march around for this.
I believe the Soviets already had the French uniforms from the filming of the epic battle scenes (particularly Borodino) for the Soviet film series "War and Peace" - directed by Sergei Bondrachuk three years prior. Bondrachuk also worked on Waterloo. And the Soviets had already researched on Napoleonic formations, tactics etc. for the series with at least some of the officers involved in the filming already "experienced" so they could drill the fresh class of army recruits quickly.
The Highlanders did some mental stuff at Waterloo - They charged alongside the Royal Scots Greys (cavalry) , while screaming ‘Scotland forever’ - Best Damn Regiments in the British Army
They grabbed the stirrups of the cavalrymen of the Union Brigade so that they could get at the French more quickly. I think it's safe to say that these guys would be a problem if you were fighting them.
What were they fighting for ? They died for no reason. 5 years after the battle most of them were penniless crippled begging in the street. .Cannon fodder ! Mugs !
in the crimean war they tried to charge down russian cavalry, outnumbered and on foot their officer said "93rd, damn you Highlanders for all that eagerness!
@@ghandithesupremeleader9740 Ironically it was supposed to be the Duke of Wellington in New Orleans but he turned it down and command eventually fell to his brother in law who was killed during the battle.
Despite the Americans having every advantage going for them at New Orleans, and the murderous fire they put up, The Highlanders were absolute unshakeable and showed their iron discipline. I think the Americans even clapped them as they retired from the field, but this may be a legend.
I'd like to see a bit more violence in the movie, and some horror too but despite that it's extremely accurate. Being a napoleonic portuguese reenactor, you cna get lost from your formation sometimes in the big events like waterloo reenactment.
The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders advanced at the Battle of New Orleans. The "immense bravery" shown by the 93rd in this advance was noted by the American Paul Wellman, General Andrew Jackson's biographer: "To the very edge of the canal before the rampart the few that were left of the kilted regiment marched, then halted there. The men who had been detailed to bring scaling ladders and fascines had failed to come up. Unable to go forward, too proud to retreat, although the regiment behind them had all fallen back. At length a mere handful of what had been the magnificent regiment slowly retired, still in unbroken order, still turning to face the foe. From the ramparts the Americans cheered them wildly. All rifle fire ceased."
In the film the "Buccaneer"its shows the highlanders walk into a hail of lead and cannon fire they kept going forward till most were wiped out .In the fim its shows the americans giving a signal the british were coming (arrow ablaze fired into the air ) they really didn't need to the pipes and drums were blaring.
@@merrybutcher2978 The scots, Irish and Welsh garrisoned the empire our country's did very well out of it.Lets be honest even the US have pipes and drums wherever the scots went whatever country they all have pipe bands.They were so popular the jocks any footage you see of soldier's going over the top in WW1 they wear kilts could have been Canadians they love that scots blood in them.
I am afraid this passage is about as untrue as they come. Most immediately because they didn't wear kilts at New Orleans. It also wasn't just the 93rd that stood out in the open; and they didn't lead the attack, so they would not have been waiting on scaling ladders (the 44th was the regiment that suffered waiting on them) that's why casualties were so high across the board. The regiment behind them that is mentioned as having fallen back (it would have been the 1st West Indies, a black regiment; weird this wasn't mentioned) were probably just next in turn to retire, as you couldn't all do it at once. If the 1st West Indies were still behind them at all; the 93rd tried at one point to diagonally cross the field to reinforce the main position, but were caught out in the open. There would have been no regiment behind them at all at this point, so this likely refers to either the 1st west indies retiring close to the 93rd, or it's an affectation for dramatic effect. Not to say the 93rd weren't incredibly brave; every redcoat showed intense gallantry that day. But this piece is not terribly historically accurate in its content.
I have a lot of Sympathy for the Highlanders they were tough as nails the Highland regiment that was at New Orleans got cut to pieces but only Retreated once given orders to do so highly disciplined
@@kyllepoiencot4361 “sent them running” Dear lad, if they had charged. It might be a Union Jack flying over Washington not your pretty little “Stars and Stripes.”
@@samthesith6631 It was my ancestors "the dirty shirts" from Tennessee in Jackson's line that day. The 93rd Highlanders were ill-served by the other regiments around them; had their ladders arrived yes that day might have ended differently, but the Union Jack still would not have flown over Washington; the treaty of Ghent had been signed two weeks earlier. What a pity that so many brave British soldiers were killed at Chalmette for no reason.
The dust kicked up by the horses in some scenes makes it clear it is not like the actual Waterloo, June 18, 1815, when the battle was delayed by the need to let the ground dry out after the downpour overnight. Instead, when this film was shot in the USSR, it is clear it had not rained for at least several days though this was a bonus for film-making.
Jack Hawkins had throat cancer and the line was dubbed in - by Robert Rietty, I believe. About this time Hawkins also played the Emperor Franz Josef in "Oh What A Lovely War" and did not speak at all. He died a few years later.
The actual historical event was even more dramatic. Picton was killed leading a bayonet charge . His last words were 'Charge, charge, Hurrah!'. He was and remains a controversial character with Wellington calling him "a rough foul-mouthed devil as ever lived.'
"No [place actor] were injured during the production of the movie" CGI has rendered this phrase obsolete. Those movies were badass enough to make real battles with real actors, where that phrase had to be applied... Respect.
@@stevecardiff444 not in this one they used trained horses kinda like the stuntmen on top of the ones who fell over though in a film about the crimean war they used wire to make the horses trip 25 of them died
A Russian soldier was killed during filming. During the scene when the French cavalry charged the British squares one of the Russian extras panicked and ran, only to be run down and killed by the "French" horses.
@stevekaczynski3793 Budget is the factor. This movie was filmed in Ukraine with 16,000 Soviet soldiers as extras. Sharpe was a low-budget TV production filmed in the UK.
*At the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington has always been given more importance and fame, concealing the action of the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, whose participation was decisive in achieving victory against the Napoleonic army and saving it from certain defeat . Historians have "conveniently" distorted and concealed the reality of the Battle of Waterloo, erasing Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher from memory, IT REALLY WAS A GERMAN VICTORY.*
I suspect that the 10 minutes following that moment when the Union Brigade charged through the Gordon Highlanders and into the disorganised columns of D'Erlion's Corps was even worse. All they could do was die.
Nope. The French were more than familiar with bagpipes as the Bretons/true Britons from Bretagne/Brittany played them all around France at market fairs and in many quarters of Paris and big cities (The own "Irish, Welsh or Scots" of France) but their hearts really sunk when they heard the rumor the Prussians had arrived, and not only heard but could see them when charging uphill to Wellington's center, that it had become TOO LATE to keep fighting and they were being outflanked and soon probably mowed down into a slaughter between two full Armies outnumbering them too. That is what made the French run to save the Day, the battle was lost before the last desperate charge of the Imperial Guard, the first Prussians arrived although in small groups almost 2 hours before and growing in Force by the minute
Picton, despite his fierce persona was apparently suffering with what we would call PTSD from his service in the Penninsular. He had also taken a musket ball at Quatre-Bras which had cracked a rib, but he kept that to himself to stay in command of his corps
His fierce persona included sociopath atrocities he committed in the West Indies 15 years earlier in Trinidad, to locals, slaves, and Allied foreign soldiers. He faced a trial for those crimes in England. He got away with the heinous scandal in the end.
Fun fact: because jack Hawkins had cancer all of his lines were dubbed over in post production, whenever you hear Picton speak it’s not Hawkins talking
It did always look strange and I always thought they were dubbed, but I assumed it was like with old kung fu movies where the actor just didn't speak English. That's a way darker reason...
The noise, the smell and the adrenalin. People dying next to you and on you march, and then hand to hand combat. the intensity of the experience must have been off the charts.
@@merrybutcher2978 There is a mystery about what happened to all the bodies as no mass graves have been found. I've read about the teeth being taken and used to make false teeth and even the bones being used for fertiliser. The wounded could be seen begging on street corners for years after.
@@freebornjohn2687 The ground was springy for years after because of the bodies buried, and "Waterloo teeth" were prized. Soldiers in those days had relatively high desertion rates, and no wonder. Death in battle, beggary for most who lived on with a missing leg or arm, and if you died somebody might make off with your teeth. After Ligny, which was a Prussian defeat, thousands of the Rhenish troops in the army deserted. They had only just been included in Prussia and felt little loyalty to the Prussian king, and their homes were only a week's march away.
Saw this at the movie theater when it was released. Loved Lt. General Sir Thomas Picton. There was a hero. Miss Jack Hawkins and many of the actors of that generation.
Many still do even these days, as those uniforms evolved into dress uniforms (of course only for formal and ceremonial occasions). (they are still uncomfortable to wear though, but that's not important)
Are we forgetting the heavy cavalry? Those slow mo shots, as if you are seeing the last seconds of your life trickle away as they close in on your formation...
I love the contrasting elegance of giving orders: "plug the gap if you please" "get your bastards up onto the crest" "now it is time for the cavarly I think" "ON YOU rascals, you thieves, you horse's melt" (not sure 100% I heard all insults Pict uses)
Anglo Commando actually the Scottish and Irish regiments of the French army were better than most of the Scots and Irish regiments of the Union army. The Gordon highlanders however were the best soldiers in European history.
ThePictishMan 26 I doubt it regiments like the black watch, Connaught rangers, Gordon’s highlanders are remembered throughout history, French Irish and french Scottish regiments which I don’t even know if it’s a thing are unknown
I've been to Waterloo. (Belgium) There was a plaque that said "France against the world" ignoring the fact that Belgium was also against Napoleon in those days! There is this mini-mountain (Butte de Lion) which was made to commemorate Napolean's defeat. On top, there is the British Lion with his paw on a globe representing the world!
When Wellington visited Waterloo later in his life to take one more look at the site of his greatest victory, he wasn't pleased with the Lion mound. He was recorded saying "Those bastards have altered my field!"
No.. Belgium were integrated to Netherlands.. Flammish were happy of this and fought mostly with ND troops, but Belgians wallons, francophons, fought mostly in French army. Belgians weren't united under one army.
@@ButalaR_101 The Butte is not my favourite part of the field today. The earth to create the mound has lowered some areas of the field compared to what it was in June 1815. Especially a ridge that hosted British and Dutch-Belgian troops. The French part of the field is better preserved.
Unlike the Dutch, the Belgium's weren't really trusted, it was thought though their leaders professed to fight with the Allied (/British) army, their troops sympathised with Napoleon. @@inhocsignovinces1327
It's a running theme in the movie that Napoleon disparages Wellington and the British army...he mocks his own generals by saying "you let Wellington push you around in the Peninsular" to derisively referring to him as an English aristocrat at various points. The mocking of the Highlanders is another moment...the film shows the hubris of Napoleon, right down to him and his generals (Ney in particular) perceiving Wellington's re-ordering of his troops into a better position as a retreat.
Yes the guy who terrorised all of Europe for 2 decades and was only ever defeated because of Russian winter and slip of sea between Calais and Dover shouldn't be allowed to be proud and confident in his abilities. God only gave permission for that to the British.
@@maconescotland8996 nah, he was English by birth, but born in Ireland. All of his family were English landowners given land there. From what we know he regarded himself as an Englishman, referring to himself being part of Irelands English Garrison.
"Has Wellington nothing to offer me but these Amazons?" No; he had more to offer, and has for many generations and will be dearly missed. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, Order of Canada medal holder: 1929 - 2021
The Highlanders constituted the Sacred Band of the British Army. Not only were they renowned for their fierce fighting skills, but they also instilled courage in their fellow soldiers.
They were actually no better and no worse than any other regiment in the British Army at that time. Wellingtons army at Waterloo was a pale shadow of the Army he lead in Spain and Portugal, and he knew it.
@@loganparker180 they didn't , the British army has never employed " shock troops " They were undoubtably good soldiers , but so were all the other lads who fought with Wellingtons army .
THE SPANISH HEROIC GENERAL WHO FIGHTED AGAINST NAPOLEON IN WATERLOO. Miguel de Álava (Fernado VII's Ambassador to the Netherlands, a veteran of the Peninsular War, Wellington's personal guest at the Duchess of Richmond's ball) was the "second" in the shadow of the Duke of Wellington, a great friend of his (Wellington le sent a lot of letters, in Spanish language, Wellington learned it during the peninsular war) during the conflict that ended with the French. The war cries that echoed throughout the Waterloo countryside during one of the most famous battles in history, which occurred exactly 205 years ago, were primarily English, Prussian and Gauls. However, among all those foreign howls stood out those of an officer who, on his horse, chewed his orders in a very academic British with a Spanish accent. This was none other than the Spanish General Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, who fought in the General Staff of the Duke of Wellington and who, when fate caused his superior to cause loss, was not daunted and organized the movements of part of the troops allies fighting the 'Empereur'. A job that, coupled with his extensive resume, earned him unquestionable fame in the land of the Lords. The Englishman was also lucky because he encountered the Spanish, a man he knew he could trust and who had organized armies from scratch in the War of Independence. In addition, as his second officer (Murray) was in Canada fighting and his substitute, on a honeymoon, needed someone to do that job. In this way, Álava became the "second" for all purposes of the Duke. Although always unofficially. ALAVA IN WATERLOO On June 18, 1815, Álava took his place as part of the British officers in the Waterloo countryside. «As he was part of the General Staff, Álava had to keep up to date with everything, direct the deployment of the troops and take care of the quartermaster. Once on the battlefield, he too had to be very close to the soldiers and do a tough job of organization. That was his task until the British "Quarter Master General" (one of the highest ranking generals in the army), William Howe De Lancey, was wounded by the French and had to be evacuated. What to do without a superior officer? Wellington must have thought. But nothing easier to solve. Without thinking twice he gave that position unofficially to Álava. The Spanish general, on his part, arrested him and set out to do a job for which he was perfectly prepared and which he had already been doing in the shadows for days. However, he was always in the background, as he officially he was nothing more than an observer. In fact, and although the job of the General Staff was not to go into battle directly, but to organize the men, the Hispanic came to find his bones and his buttocks in one of the most dangerous positions on the entire battlefield: Hougoumont, where the allies organized an all-out defense against Napoleon's attacks.
Too bad Alava wasn't at Salamanca in the place of the man who didn't show . I've been there; it would been damn near Cannae-like if the creek had been held against the fleeing French as it was supposed to be.
I believe Alava was also at Trafalgar, though obviously on the opposing side to the British in that battle. The only named man known to have been present at both great battles
The scene of Picton lambasting his men is true, he did it on every occasion leading his men from the front into battle. He was shot through the head and his top hat is exhibited in the National Army Museum, complete with musket ball hole and blood stains
@@Climpus I visited must be the early 80s and there are two things. I remember most about the visit Pictons hat, and the note sent the light brigade down the valley
I'm just getting variations on "Sir Thomas Picton's uniform did not arrive in time for the battle so it is said that he fought in civilian clothes and a top hat. " What is your source for him in uniform?@@rgwholt
@@rgwholt And you are confusing your own opinion with the facts. He wore civilian clothing, complete with top hat. Now spend a few moments checking it out.
Interesting fact.... soldiers from the current gordon highlanders (the 92nd) acted the part of the regiment. There were only 250 in the regiment yet they turned the battle
A musket could only kill up to about 100 yds., and they had no sights, since a smoothbore musket could not really be aimed; it was pointed. So, the armies could be very close and do little but watch each other. Also, at that time cannonball fuses were still too primitive to be relied on. Cannonballs killed by skipping on the ground, thus tearing through tight knit formations. In fact, on that day, both armies had to wait to fight until the ground was dry(and firm) enough to allow the artillery to be effective. However, because of this, cannon had to be up close to the front so as to not kill friendly troops. Many cannonballs ended up deep in the ground, and the artillery pieces were vulnerable to capture by an infantry charge if they were too close, meaning once the armies closed in on each other, they couldn't be used to great effect.
Technically speaking - in real history, Picton was nowhere near the 92nd Gordon Highlanders when he led his counter-attack. He was in command of two British/Highland brigades. The one he was with when he was killed had the 79th Cameron Highlanders, while the other brigade, which had the 42nd Black Watch Highlanders and the 92nd, were positioned several hundred yards away. Picton had one of those chilling premonitions that some soldiers mysteriously have, about not surviving the battle/ campaign. He only chose to participate because Wellington urged him to take command one more time.
I had Scottish parents but now live in England, my family are not unusual in their history and the Scott’s contribution to the British Empire, here are a few examples -Royal Scott’s, Scott’s Guards, Cameronians Scottish rifles, Royal Navy , 3 pipers including one pipe major Wars include Battle of the Nile against the French, Sudan against the Mahdi, Boer war, World War 1, my father just missed WW2, and would have been part of the attack on Japan if the bombs hadn’t been dropped. He was in the Royal Marines. Some people would be embarrassed by all that I am not, I often hear the tunes of glory, I love the pipes, especially the Black Bear. To any Scott’s or people of Scott’s ancestry anywhere in the world I say, “Long may her lum reek” All the best
Beeindruckender Film, wie man Menschen dazu bekommt, sich so hinschlachten zulassen. Die bunten Bilder der Uniformen. Das war ein wahnsins Aufwand so ein Film zu dehen.
@@williamrees6662 Was shot in the temple with a musket ball but hat been hit in his top hat moments before. Maybe the film tried to make it death due to shrapnel?
It's an old movie. The special effects back then were only so good. Having an exploding blood pack in his hat was the best they could do as far as depicting a headshot goes.
This must have been quite a experience for those Soviet soldiers, they where all trained and expected to fight WW3 yet they fought the battle of Waterloo instead :D. Aww Blyat!
I didn't know who the actor Jack Hawkins was before I saw this clip. After watching the moment at 1:17, I not only became a fan in an instant, and not only find myself looking for his other movies, but I'm trying to find a way to mention him in the novel I'm currently writing, which features a classic movie buff as one of the main characters. Imagine an actor that pulls you in after only 10 seconds.
In his early years before ww2 he was a stage actor when the war came along he was in the enrolled in the officer cadet college, before serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers an infantry regiment He was a great actor of his time indeed i would recommend several films he starred in alongside many hollywood legends of the 50s era The cruel star (ww2 drama ) Ben hur Bridge over the river Kwai The League of Gentlemen 1960 Zulu The land of Pharaohs and few of my favorites
Picton had been wounded by a cannon ball at Quatre Bras earlier...the surgeon's didn't find out until after examining his body after Waterloo. Fought the battle with a couple of cracked ribs.
It is gruesome but Pictons hat was on display at the National Army Museum in Chelsea. London. Bondarchuck got this detail absolutely correct. The hole was huge and right in the middle of the hatband. That shot blew Pictons brains right out.
Uxbridge took the table on which the surgeon finished amputating his leg home with him and used it to serve tea and dainties at formal affairs. Talk about a conversation starter.
As per his final words it is suggested that Picton was felled by his own men. Actor Jack Hawkins was dying from throat cancer so all his dialogue had to be dubbed by voice actors.
I find it hard to believe that Napoleon or any European general would be in any doubt of the fighting effectiveness of Scottish troops, especially Highlanders. There had been Scottish companies of soldiers in the French Army for hundreds of years, including the King's Guard. Napoleon would have known enough to expect a fierce fight.
I'm not an expert on the british army but, Winston Churchill called them 'the greatest regiment there ever was'. To think what the lily livered politicians have done to great regiments is a crime.
Interesting fact: Picton did genuinely fight in his civilian suit, including a top hat, as his army uniform was lost from his baggage.
Nothing like looking dapper on the job 😃
@Talorc MacAllan die preußische Armee hat den Tag gerettet! Gordons Amazonen wären einfach über den Haufen gerannt worden.
@Talorc MacAllan die Preußen hatten einen schweren Marsch nach der Schlacht von Ligny hinter sich. Ich bin die Strecke gelaufen, es ist keine gute Topografie. Die Preußen mussten sich nach dem Gewaltmarsch sammeln und in Schlachtformation antreten. Das brauchte Zeit.
@Talorc MacAllan but the Frech are very disciplined veterans and against the Gordons ahd the same chance like fierce Robert the Bruce face to face to proud Edwards army.
@@steffenezell1411Personally, I see Blücher as one of the fiercest opponents from Napoleon. I'm aware of the Six Day Campaign and Ligny, but he seems to be as active as Napoleon.
Ridley Scott should have watched this film a few times before making Napoleon.
Thats right. That stupid movie has nothing to do with reality. We watched a disgusting Austerlitz
I keep recommending this to people when they say that movie is bad
God it was awful wasn't it?
Agreed. That film was an insult to history.
He probably did
Cause the scene where wellington says that commanders have more things to do than fire at each other is also in 'Napoleon'
But ofcourse in waterloo that scene is with the captain of the artillery while the scene in Napoleon is with a rifle sniper who time travelled to fight for his country
Napoleon: Has Wellington got nothing to offer me but these Amazons?
[SCOTTISH BOSS MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
Has Amazon got nothing to offer me but these Wellingtons.
Why did he call them Amazons though?
@@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 I think it is for the kilt or the whole uniform...
@@javiergrimaldo2306 so he was implying that the Scots looked like Women?
@@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 Yes. Napoleon never thought the Highlanders were good warriors, but they were!
Did you know, this movie was a co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union?
It was filmed in Ukraine.
They literally got 17,000 Red Army troops to dress up as napoleonic soldiers and march around for this.
If I recall correctly, the director whilst doing this technically had the 6th largest army in the world
@@Thelionpaladin It was a joke made by other movie productors that he had the 6th Largedt army in the world
I believe the Soviets already had the French uniforms from the filming of the epic battle scenes (particularly Borodino) for the Soviet film series "War and Peace" - directed by Sergei Bondrachuk three years prior. Bondrachuk also worked on Waterloo. And the Soviets had already researched on Napoleonic formations, tactics etc. for the series with at least some of the officers involved in the filming already "experienced" so they could drill the fresh class of army recruits quickly.
@@Thelionpaladin that was a joke two Divisions is not that big for a army
And several thousand of cavalrymen, mostly Cossack.
The Highlanders did some mental stuff at Waterloo - They charged alongside the Royal Scots Greys (cavalry) , while screaming ‘Scotland forever’ - Best Damn Regiments in the British Army
They grabbed the stirrups of the cavalrymen of the Union Brigade so that they could get at the French more quickly.
I think it's safe to say that these guys would be a problem if you were fighting them.
What were they fighting for ?
They died for no reason. 5 years
after the battle most of them were
penniless crippled begging in the street. .Cannon fodder ! Mugs !
@@2msvalkyrie529 you could say that of any soldier in all of history until ww2
in the crimean war they tried to charge down russian cavalry, outnumbered and on foot their officer said "93rd, damn you Highlanders for all that eagerness!
Nope the best regiment in british army is the 24th foot welsh borderers
Everyone is Gangster until the Scots arive with the Highlanders blasting there pipes
Battle of new orleans:
Americans:who?
@@ghandithesupremeleader9740 Ironically it was supposed to be the Duke of Wellington in New Orleans but he turned it down and command eventually fell to his brother in law who was killed during the battle.
War of 1812: Allow me to introduce myself
He is my uncle
Despite the Americans having every advantage going for them at New Orleans, and the murderous fire they put up, The Highlanders were absolute unshakeable and showed their iron discipline. I think the Americans even clapped them as they retired from the field, but this may be a legend.
One of the most underrated war movies. This movie singlehandedly got me interested in the Napoleonic Wars
Same here
Of course, my primarch
I'd like to see a bit more violence in the movie, and some horror too but despite that it's extremely accurate. Being a napoleonic portuguese reenactor, you cna get lost from your formation sometimes in the big events like waterloo reenactment.
It is spectacular. Beats modern CGI crap. It's up there with "Gettysburg".
@@martinhaigh8345 They're bith nice.. they don't portray the horror of these battles but still, good movies.
The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders advanced at the Battle of New Orleans. The "immense bravery" shown by the 93rd in this advance was noted by the American Paul Wellman, General Andrew Jackson's biographer:
"To the very edge of the canal before the rampart the few that were left of the kilted regiment marched, then halted there. The men who had been detailed to bring scaling ladders and fascines had failed to come up. Unable to go forward, too proud to retreat, although the regiment behind them had all fallen back. At length a mere handful of what had been the magnificent regiment slowly retired, still in unbroken order, still turning to face the foe. From the ramparts the Americans cheered them wildly. All rifle fire ceased."
In the film the "Buccaneer"its shows the highlanders walk into a hail of lead and cannon fire they kept going forward till most were wiped out .In the fim its shows the americans giving a signal the british were coming (arrow ablaze fired into the air ) they really didn't need to the pipes and drums were blaring.
The english didn't give a dam about a scots regiment....expendable .
@@merrybutcher2978 The scots, Irish and Welsh garrisoned the empire our country's did very well out of it.Lets be honest even the US have pipes and drums wherever the scots went whatever country they all have pipe bands.They were so popular the jocks any footage you see of soldier's going over the top in WW1 they wear kilts could have been Canadians they love that scots blood in them.
I am afraid this passage is about as untrue as they come.
Most immediately because they didn't wear kilts at New Orleans.
It also wasn't just the 93rd that stood out in the open; and they didn't lead the attack, so they would not have been waiting on scaling ladders (the 44th was the regiment that suffered waiting on them) that's why casualties were so high across the board. The regiment behind them that is mentioned as having fallen back (it would have been the 1st West Indies, a black regiment; weird this wasn't mentioned) were probably just next in turn to retire, as you couldn't all do it at once. If the 1st West Indies were still behind them at all; the 93rd tried at one point to diagonally cross the field to reinforce the main position, but were caught out in the open. There would have been no regiment behind them at all at this point, so this likely refers to either the 1st west indies retiring close to the 93rd, or it's an affectation for dramatic effect.
Not to say the 93rd weren't incredibly brave; every redcoat showed intense gallantry that day. But this piece is not terribly historically accurate in its content.
Some years ago an officer's broadsword was discovered on the battlefield and returned to the regimental museum at Stirling Castle.
NAPOLEON: "What's your beef, Wellington?"
Oh. I get it. Your beef comes from England.
@@xotl2780 Ireland
@@xotl2780 No... the beef wellington...
As Someone said “ If you hear the pipes on a battlefield , you had better hope to god there’re alongside you and not in front of you “
I have a lot of Sympathy for the Highlanders they were tough as nails the Highland regiment that was at New Orleans got cut to pieces but only Retreated once given orders to do so highly disciplined
@@1TruNub Yeah and it was my state that proudly sent them running!!
@@kyllepoiencot4361 “sent them running”
Dear lad, if they had charged. It might be a Union Jack flying over Washington not your pretty little “Stars and Stripes.”
@@samthesith6631 It was my ancestors "the dirty shirts" from Tennessee in Jackson's line that day. The 93rd Highlanders were ill-served by the other regiments around them; had their ladders arrived yes that day might have ended differently, but the Union Jack still would not have flown over Washington; the treaty of Ghent had been signed two weeks earlier. What a pity that so many brave British soldiers were killed at Chalmette for no reason.
@@houstonsam6163 aye it was a bloody waste
1:27 "Sir! Sir! Our general is under attack!"
We have killed the enemy general sir! Now they must break!
Our men are running from the battlefield a shamefru dispray
"Damn this weather sir! With the rain misfires are almost a certainty!"
Our men flee the field of battle, this is a shameful display.
This is the black day sir, our general has fallen
PRESENT THE COLOURS!
*The 92nd Highland Bagpipes Band plays Cock O' the North*
Not being mean, but it's preserve.
@@Rammstein0963 were both wrong according to the script - it's "Greenslade McKenna!"
It's actually "Return the Colours!"
from a Scotsman it's present the colours!!
Rammstein0963 what does preserve the colour mean? Don’t make any sense to me.
“Does Wellington have nothing to offer me but these Amazons?” That makes me chuckle everytime
Does Amazon have nothing to offer me but these Wellingtons?
I thought it was ‘imbeciles’. Anyway, he found out just exactly what the Scot’s were about. This charge spurred on the Brits for the victory.
The dust kicked up by the horses in some scenes makes it clear it is not like the actual Waterloo, June 18, 1815, when the battle was delayed by the need to let the ground dry out after the downpour overnight. Instead, when this film was shot in the USSR, it is clear it had not rained for at least several days though this was a bonus for film-making.
@@obvious-trollWellingtons, Wellingtons, why is it always Wellingtons?
No, they're not Amazons, they're animals and unfortunately for you, they're heading your way.
"Get your bastards up onto the crest" Delicious line.
Jack Hawkins had throat cancer and the line was dubbed in - by Robert Rietty, I believe. About this time Hawkins also played the Emperor Franz Josef in "Oh What A Lovely War" and did not speak at all. He died a few years later.
@@stevekaczynski3793 oh interesting!
He joined the army at 13, lifelong soldier, died on what was to be his final feather in the cap.
War hero.
THE 92nd WILL ADVANCE!!!
PRESENT THE COLOUR!
*sigh* ...Has Wellington nothing to offer me but these Amazons?
cock o the north
@@Mycroft93 I can also offer you some EBay.
@@obi-wankenobi1233*Five years ago* AH-HEM, It's "The 92nd will advance! Greenslade Mackenna"
“THE 92nd WILL ADVANCE”, goosebumps. Boy am I glad to be fighting along side such a fearless and epic nation! 🇬🇧❤️🏴
Leave the scotland flag out of it. No scottish army was present here.
@Beef Sandwich they never fought under a Scottish flag or fought for Scotland, that’s why i said leave the Scotland flag out
@Beef Sandwich exactly, they fought for Britain, that’s why i suggested leave the saltire out
@@rmac8378 and us english fought for britain including scotland get a grip mate
Nationalism is dead! All men are brothers!
The actual historical event was even more dramatic. Picton was killed leading a bayonet charge . His last words were 'Charge, charge, Hurrah!'. He was and remains a controversial character with Wellington calling him "a rough foul-mouthed devil as ever lived.'
So he wasnot yapping like this movie did?
"No [place actor] were injured during the production of the movie" CGI has rendered this phrase obsolete. Those movies were badass enough to make real battles with real actors, where that phrase had to be applied... Respect.
Many horses were killed when they filmed the battles.
@@stevecardiff444 not in this one they used trained horses kinda like the stuntmen on top of the ones who fell over though in a film about the crimean war they used wire to make the horses trip 25 of them died
@@Bruh-hq1hxabout 100 horses died filming this one actually
@@Thecodytree
That sounds more like "Charge of the light brigade"
A Russian soldier was killed during filming. During the scene when the French cavalry charged the British squares one of the Russian extras panicked and ran, only to be run down and killed by the "French" horses.
The thing I like about this film is it shows how big the battalions actually were
Contrast it with something like "Sharpe". That is OK with small-unit stuff but there are ludicrously too few extras for supposedly big battles.
@stevekaczynski3793 Budget is the factor. This movie was filmed in Ukraine with 16,000 Soviet soldiers as extras.
Sharpe was a low-budget TV production filmed in the UK.
@@Mugdorna Pretty sure a large portion of sharpe was filmed in Ukraine too, Crimea specifically
When an American calls the UK 'England'
0:26
*Scottish Noises Intensifies*
Whats the song
@@g.wrigs-roblox Chicken of the North/Cock of the North
XD
It was common centuries ago for the UK/GB to be referred to as 'England'
As a descendant of Clan Gordon this puts a smile on my face
So it should.
*At the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington has always been given more importance and fame, concealing the action of the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, whose participation was decisive in achieving victory against the Napoleonic army and saving it from certain defeat . Historians have "conveniently" distorted and concealed the reality of the Battle of Waterloo, erasing Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher from memory, IT REALLY WAS A GERMAN VICTORY.*
Osky Perez
….okay but what does it have to do with the Gordon Clan?
@@retardcorpsman ok.
@@retardcorpsman nothing just someone trying to water down us and our history and I’m a descendant of the clan Gordon as well
0:25 that sight is as close to hell as the french are going to get
I suspect that the 10 minutes following that moment when the Union Brigade charged through the Gordon Highlanders and into the disorganised columns of D'Erlion's Corps was even worse. All they could do was die.
I bet the French felt a right shiver down there spines when they heard the bagpipes coming over hill
dom
EVERYONE feels a " shiver" when they hear the pipes
I'm English but if I heard the pipes I'd want to fight King Kong.
@@stuartwilliams7912 makes two of us then brah
When you are in a battle , pray to all that’s holy that the Skirl of the bagpipes is alongside you ,and not in front of you !!
Nope. The French were more than familiar with bagpipes as the Bretons/true Britons from Bretagne/Brittany played them all around France at market fairs and in many quarters of Paris and big cities (The own "Irish, Welsh or Scots" of France) but their hearts really sunk when they heard the rumor the Prussians had arrived, and not only heard but could see them when charging uphill to Wellington's center, that it had become TOO LATE to keep fighting and they were being outflanked and soon probably mowed down into a slaughter between two full Armies outnumbering them too.
That is what made the French run to save the Day, the battle was lost before the last desperate charge of the Imperial Guard, the first Prussians arrived although in small groups almost 2 hours before and growing in Force by the minute
And not a single cgi person there
Yes there is
@@KeysAndDoorss but where doe
@@KeysAndDoorss this was made in 1970 bruh
Don't need CGI when you got an entire Division from the Red Army on loan.
@@KeysAndDoorss oof
1:05 me when i accidentally fold my nail
That death was very dramatic
Picton, despite his fierce persona was apparently suffering with what we would call PTSD from his service in the Penninsular. He had also taken a musket ball at Quatre-Bras which had cracked a rib, but he kept that to himself to stay in command of his corps
By all accounts , even by the standard of the day, he wasn't a very pleasant man, renowned for his evil temper.
@@philldavies7940 to be fair, if I had a cracked rib I'd also be a complete bastard to be around
His fierce persona included sociopath atrocities he committed in the West Indies 15 years earlier in Trinidad, to locals, slaves, and Allied foreign soldiers. He faced a trial for those crimes in England. He got away with the heinous scandal in the end.
Fun fact: because jack Hawkins had cancer all of his lines were dubbed over in post production, whenever you hear Picton speak it’s not Hawkins talking
It did always look strange and I always thought they were dubbed, but I assumed it was like with old kung fu movies where the actor just didn't speak English. That's a way darker reason...
@@justanobadi6655
Especially the fact he had throat cancer ...
yes indeed, what a fun ...
your telling me they let a guy with Cancer fall from a moving horse...oy veu
@@vittoriolepporio122 stunt double
The noise, the smell and the adrenalin. People dying next to you and on you march, and then hand to hand combat. the intensity of the experience must have been off the charts.
I saw a grave in my town in Ireland with a grave of a soldier that died at Waterloo ,surprised they transported the body back.
@@merrybutcher2978 There is a mystery about what happened to all the bodies as no mass graves have been found. I've read about the teeth being taken and used to make false teeth and even the bones being used for fertiliser. The wounded could be seen begging on street corners for years after.
Long live the emperor
@@freebornjohn2687 The ground was springy for years after because of the bodies buried, and "Waterloo teeth" were prized. Soldiers in those days had relatively high desertion rates, and no wonder. Death in battle, beggary for most who lived on with a missing leg or arm, and if you died somebody might make off with your teeth.
After Ligny, which was a Prussian defeat, thousands of the Rhenish troops in the army deserted. They had only just been included in Prussia and felt little loyalty to the Prussian king, and their homes were only a week's march away.
Saw this at the movie theater when it was released. Loved Lt. General Sir Thomas Picton. There was a hero. Miss Jack Hawkins and many of the actors of that generation.
You've got to admit, armies in those days were dressed in the most spectacular uniforms.
They had to be, think of all those artillery pieces and muskets firing black powder, the smoke would have been something else.
@@pauldurkee4764modern day mens suits are inspired by 17-19th century military fashion
Many still do even these days, as those uniforms evolved into dress uniforms (of course only for formal and ceremonial occasions).
(they are still uncomfortable to wear though, but that's not important)
picton was famous for swearing..when i looked up a couple of those epithets i about fell out my chair..a steady commander..
picton had a foul temper and short fuse. it was well known that one would err on caution if in an argument with picton.
0:30 this is surely one of the most intimidating march scenes in the whole movie
"has wellington nothing to offer me but these Amazon's?"
Or in history
nah the guard’s advance is
Realistic too, You notice the Pike men who formed a Guard of the Colours marching with the Colours and Pipers.
Are we forgetting the heavy cavalry? Those slow mo shots, as if you are seeing the last seconds of your life trickle away as they close in on your formation...
Fun fact: Fritz thought of them in the Great War as the Ladies from Hell due to their kilts and their willingness to fight like hell
I love the contrasting elegance of giving orders:
"plug the gap if you please"
"get your bastards up onto the crest"
"now it is time for the cavarly I think"
"ON YOU rascals, you thieves, you horse's melt" (not sure 100% I heard all insults Pict uses)
*whore's melts. Referring to the....mess left after a night of service on the bedsheets. A very cutting insult once you know what it means
I think it's "whores'" rather than "horse". Can't work out the second word. Something like "Whores' whelps"?
It's "whore's melt". Used in Ireland, and possibly other English speaking countries, as an insult. Meaning the illegitimate child of a prostitute.
"On! You drunken rascals, you whores' melts, you thieves, you braggards!"
@@sakkra93*blackguards
I thinks it’s strange for napoleon to mock the Scottish soldiers, as la garde ecossasé was still in service in the french army until 1830 I believe
They were probably shit though
Anglo Commando actually the Scottish and Irish regiments of the French army were better than most of the Scots and Irish regiments of the Union army.
The Gordon highlanders however were the best soldiers in European history.
@@foolofhearts8126 "The best soldiers in european history". Thats a little hyperbolic dont you think?
martinaydenov not at all, excluding perhaps some of the modern Elite units.
ThePictishMan 26 I doubt it regiments like the black watch, Connaught rangers, Gordon’s highlanders are remembered throughout history, French Irish and french Scottish regiments which I don’t even know if it’s a thing are unknown
So nice to get thee scenes in modern quality, really brings out the excellent detail
I've been to Waterloo. (Belgium) There was a plaque that said "France against the world" ignoring the fact that Belgium was also against Napoleon in those days! There is this mini-mountain (Butte de Lion) which was made to commemorate Napolean's defeat. On top, there is the British Lion with his paw on a globe representing the world!
When Wellington visited Waterloo later in his life to take one more look at the site of his greatest victory, he wasn't pleased with the Lion mound. He was recorded saying "Those bastards have altered my field!"
"France against the world" would imply that Belgians were there
No.. Belgium were integrated to Netherlands.. Flammish were happy of this and fought mostly with ND troops, but Belgians wallons, francophons, fought mostly in French army. Belgians weren't united under one army.
@@ButalaR_101 The Butte is not my favourite part of the field today. The earth to create the mound has lowered some areas of the field compared to what it was in June 1815. Especially a ridge that hosted British and Dutch-Belgian troops. The French part of the field is better preserved.
Unlike the Dutch, the Belgium's weren't really trusted, it was thought though their leaders professed to fight with the Allied (/British) army, their troops sympathised with Napoleon. @@inhocsignovinces1327
Always loved that short scene of the Highlanders advancing. So evocative.
0:54 why is this awfully intimidating?
I’m gonna guess it’s because there’s lots of really big French dudes coming at you with pointy sticks.
I wish the scene is the Scottish march was longer - those bagpipes are awesome
The only way we will ever know what it was like to see Highlanders marching into battle !
And not need to take flight promptly.
It's a running theme in the movie that Napoleon disparages Wellington and the British army...he mocks his own generals by saying "you let Wellington push you around in the Peninsular" to derisively referring to him as an English aristocrat at various points. The mocking of the Highlanders is another moment...the film shows the hubris of Napoleon, right down to him and his generals (Ney in particular) perceiving Wellington's re-ordering of his troops into a better position as a retreat.
Yes the guy who terrorised all of Europe for 2 decades and was only ever defeated because of Russian winter and slip of sea between Calais and Dover shouldn't be allowed to be proud and confident in his abilities. God only gave permission for that to the British.
Wellington was actually Irish by birth.
he was defeated 11 times out of 80 battles
@@maconescotland8996 nah, he was English by birth, but born in Ireland. All of his family were English landowners given land there.
From what we know he regarded himself as an Englishman, referring to himself being part of Irelands English Garrison.
@@AtheAetheling I should have been clear - he was born in Ireland.
"Has Wellington nothing to offer me but these Amazons?"
No; he had more to offer, and has for many generations and will be dearly missed.
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, Order of Canada medal holder: 1929 - 2021
The Scott bagpipes are the single best invention in warfare. Period.
Nothing makes a enemy shit themselves quicker then the sound of the pipes.
That is why they are called “the instrument of war”
Not to mention, the morale boosting effect it has on the Scots troopers.
I love all British generals like Duke of Wellington, sir Thomas picton,Duke of Gordon in the battle of waterloo
The Duke of Gordon was not at Waterloo - the film is historically inaccurate.
I like how in this movie his death was quite peaceful, cause he heard a charming march song before dying
The Highlanders constituted the Sacred Band of the British Army. Not only were they renowned for their fierce fighting skills, but they also instilled courage in their fellow soldiers.
They were actually no better and no worse than any other regiment in the British Army at that time. Wellingtons army at Waterloo was a pale shadow of the Army he lead in Spain and Portugal, and he knew it.
@@rgwholt then why did they use in as a shock unit
@@loganparker180 they didn't , the British army has never employed " shock troops " They were undoubtably good soldiers , but so were all the other lads who fought with Wellingtons army .
Winston Churchill proclaimed the Gordon Highlanders as the finest regiment in the world 👍
THE SPANISH HEROIC GENERAL WHO FIGHTED AGAINST NAPOLEON IN WATERLOO.
Miguel de Álava (Fernado VII's Ambassador to the Netherlands, a veteran of the Peninsular War, Wellington's personal guest at the Duchess of Richmond's ball) was the "second" in the shadow of the Duke of Wellington, a great friend of his (Wellington le sent a lot of letters, in Spanish language, Wellington learned it during the peninsular war) during the conflict that ended with the French. The war cries that echoed throughout the Waterloo countryside during one of the most famous battles in history, which occurred exactly 205 years ago, were primarily English, Prussian and Gauls. However, among all those foreign howls stood out those of an officer who, on his horse, chewed his orders in a very academic British with a Spanish accent.
This was none other than the Spanish General Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, who fought in the General Staff of the Duke of Wellington and who, when fate caused his superior to cause loss, was not daunted and organized the movements of part of the troops allies fighting the 'Empereur'. A job that, coupled with his extensive resume, earned him unquestionable fame in the land of the Lords.
The Englishman was also lucky because he encountered the Spanish, a man he knew he could trust and who had organized armies from scratch in the War of Independence. In addition, as his second officer (Murray) was in Canada fighting and his substitute, on a honeymoon, needed someone to do that job. In this way, Álava became the "second" for all purposes of the Duke. Although always unofficially.
ALAVA IN WATERLOO
On June 18, 1815, Álava took his place as part of the British officers in the Waterloo countryside. «As he was part of the General Staff, Álava had to keep up to date with everything, direct the deployment of the troops and take care of the quartermaster. Once on the battlefield, he too had to be very close to the soldiers and do a tough job of organization.
That was his task until the British "Quarter Master General" (one of the highest ranking generals in the army), William Howe De Lancey, was wounded by the French and had to be evacuated. What to do without a superior officer? Wellington must have thought. But nothing easier to solve. Without thinking twice he gave that position unofficially to Álava.
The Spanish general, on his part, arrested him and set out to do a job for which he was perfectly prepared and which he had already been doing in the shadows for days. However, he was always in the background, as he officially he was nothing more than an observer.
In fact, and although the job of the General Staff was not to go into battle directly, but to organize the men, the Hispanic came to find his bones and his buttocks in one of the most dangerous positions on the entire battlefield: Hougoumont, where the allies organized an all-out defense against Napoleon's attacks.
🤓
Too bad Alava wasn't at Salamanca in the place of the man who didn't show . I've been there; it would been damn near Cannae-like if the creek had been held against the fleeing French as it was supposed to be.
I believe Alava was also at Trafalgar, though obviously on the opposing side to the British in that battle. The only named man known to have been present at both great battles
Poor Picton getting shot in the head. :(
:( i always cry when i see him die
I agree, Picton was so cool. Some characters make the movie and it is sad to see them written out B4 the movies ending.
But He Got Shot on his Hat
Lmao
He got shot in his hat
Picton is actually one of the most eldest general I see in UK during the 1800s.
Bony the reason your Old Guard got KILT' is because you didn't run when you heard "cock o' the north" played on the bagpipes
Well didn't they die later from the regular line with 20%killed in one volley
@@Bruh-hq1hx
That's normal in battles as they're in the front, but in the end of it the Calvary did alot of damage and crippled Napoleon's forces
Cringe comment, because the only highland regiment to face the guard got routed
The scene of Picton lambasting his men is true, he did it on every occasion leading his men from the front into battle. He was shot through the head and his top hat is exhibited in the National Army Museum, complete with musket ball hole and blood stains
Are you sure - it says it's the one at Vitoria - unless they have both...?
@@Climpus I visited must be the early 80s and there are two things. I remember most about the visit Pictons hat, and the note sent the light brigade down the valley
He wore a uniform at Waterloo , you are conflating the fiction , the film , with the facts.
I'm just getting variations on "Sir Thomas Picton's uniform did not arrive in time for the battle so it is said that he fought in civilian clothes and a top hat. " What is your source for him in uniform?@@rgwholt
@@rgwholt And you are confusing your own opinion with the facts. He wore civilian clothing, complete with top hat. Now spend a few moments checking it out.
Fun fact: in Napoleon Total War you can choose Picton as a General for your army and he is depicted in a full uniform but with that civilian hat on
The 42nd Black Watch Highlanders also took part of this battle, they should be included in the film.
bit late for tha init
"Amazons"
As a Scotsman, I'm not sure how to take this..
Interesting fact.... soldiers from the current gordon highlanders (the 92nd) acted the part of the regiment. There were only 250 in the regiment yet they turned the battle
Bullets and artillery shells flying all around, and all the men in close order; it's a miracle anyone survived any of those type of battles
The weapons were terribly inaccurate, most casualties occoured when a melee insued
There can be a whole movie based on tactics back in those days.
Not really, the generals weren't that crazy. They would always try to preserve their army if possible, since you can't just call in reserves
@@Jordan-ce4ci Well there are countless books.
A musket could only kill up to about 100 yds., and they had no sights, since a smoothbore musket could not really be aimed; it was pointed. So, the armies could be very close and do little but watch each other. Also, at that time cannonball fuses were still too primitive to be relied on. Cannonballs killed by skipping on the ground, thus tearing through tight knit formations. In fact, on that day, both armies had to wait to fight until the ground was dry(and firm) enough to allow the artillery to be effective. However, because of this, cannon had to be up close to the front so as to not kill friendly troops. Many cannonballs ended up deep in the ground, and the artillery pieces were vulnerable to capture by an infantry charge if they were too close, meaning once the armies closed in on each other, they couldn't be used to great effect.
back in the days when the generals were right at the front of the action
not really, they needed to use a spyglass as they were quite far, and in Wellington's staff up above the crest of the hill top
Technically speaking - in real history, Picton was nowhere near the 92nd Gordon Highlanders when he led his counter-attack.
He was in command of two British/Highland brigades.
The one he was with when he was killed had the 79th Cameron Highlanders, while the other brigade, which had the 42nd Black Watch Highlanders and the 92nd, were positioned several hundred yards away.
Picton had one of those chilling premonitions that some soldiers mysteriously have, about not surviving the battle/ campaign.
He only chose to participate because Wellington urged him to take command one more time.
I had Scottish parents but now live in England, my family are not unusual in their history and the Scott’s contribution to the British Empire, here are a few examples -Royal Scott’s, Scott’s Guards, Cameronians Scottish rifles, Royal Navy , 3 pipers including one pipe major
Wars include
Battle of the Nile against the French, Sudan against the Mahdi, Boer war, World War 1, my father just missed WW2, and would have been part of the attack on Japan if the bombs hadn’t been dropped. He was in the Royal Marines.
Some people would be embarrassed by all that I am not, I often hear the tunes of glory, I love the pipes, especially the Black Bear.
To any Scott’s or people of Scott’s ancestry anywhere in the world I say, “Long may her lum reek”
All the best
Don't forget Scott's Oats.
What is 'Lim Reek'
@@BaronsHistoryTimes it means , long may your chimney smoke, in other words a long life.
@@davidgray3321 Nice! Thanks :)
That's a lot of action. I guess none of them had time to learn how to spell "Scots".
The pipes and drums always sends a tingle my spine. Race memory.
Beeindruckender Film, wie man Menschen dazu bekommt, sich so hinschlachten zulassen. Die bunten Bilder der Uniformen. Das war ein wahnsins Aufwand so ein Film zu dehen.
That sight of the Scots advancing In the fog makes me proud to be British
"Everyone has a plan until they take some blasted cannon fragments in the side" - Picton
crazy to think they used to just pass the aux cord to everybody in the middle of a battlefield
Great film! 🙌
How did picton get shot if the bullet pierced just above his head?
Lol! In reality his entire head was taken off by the cannonball, but I suspect that would have been too much gore for a film of the time.
@@williamrees6662 Was shot in the temple with a musket ball but hat been hit in his top hat moments before. Maybe the film tried to make it death due to shrapnel?
Shhhh...
Exploding shell above his head would spray shrapnel in all directions. The cannon shot that killed him may well have exploded behind him.
It's an old movie. The special effects back then were only so good. Having an exploding blood pack in his hat was the best they could do as far as depicting a headshot goes.
Need more scenes of highlanders advancing, with war pipes blaring to get me going in the morning.
"Has Wellington have nothing to Offer me but these Amazons?" Said Napoleon...
"Lol" said the Scottish 92nd, "Lmao"
When you hear the bagpipes, you know you're doomed.
That was the point of them. You could hear the troops coming miles ahead of when they appeared
This must have been quite a experience for those Soviet soldiers, they where all trained and expected to fight WW3 yet they fought the battle of Waterloo instead :D.
Aww Blyat!
There's absolutely no way you could do this with CGI. This is how you make a movie.
What a terrifying sight it would be too see
1:05 this is Actually Refrence to the G&B Deaths in Halloween
I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE
Yeah right I played too since I’m 11
1:18 I’d fight for this guy
Same.
A Gordon Highlander descendant here! Living in America, Scotland forever! Shawn Michael Gordon, A Cock 'O the north!
I didn't know who the actor Jack Hawkins was before I saw this clip. After watching the moment at 1:17, I not only became a fan in an instant, and not only find myself looking for his other movies, but I'm trying to find a way to mention him in the novel I'm currently writing, which features a classic movie buff as one of the main characters. Imagine an actor that pulls you in after only 10 seconds.
In his early years before ww2 he was a stage actor when the war came along he was in the enrolled in the officer cadet college, before serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers an infantry regiment
He was a great actor of his time indeed i would recommend several films he starred in alongside many hollywood legends of the 50s era
The cruel star (ww2 drama )
Ben hur
Bridge over the river Kwai
The League of Gentlemen 1960
Zulu
The land of Pharaohs
and few of my favorites
Best regiment in the British Army
Does Amazon have nothing to offer me but these Wellingtons?
Picton had been wounded by a cannon ball at Quatre Bras earlier...the surgeon's didn't find out until after examining his body after Waterloo. Fought the battle with a couple of cracked ribs.
Picton's baggage had not arrived. He is probably the only general killed in action while wearing civilian clothes because of it.
I didn't realize until researching him that he had done some pretty bad shit as a colonial governor.
@@yngvebalmsteen9174 yes mainly on the island of trinidad while he was governor.
It is gruesome but Pictons hat was on display at the National Army Museum in Chelsea. London. Bondarchuck got this detail absolutely correct. The hole was huge and right in the middle of the hatband. That shot blew Pictons brains right out.
Uxbridge took the table on which the surgeon finished amputating his leg home with him and used it to serve tea and dainties at formal affairs. Talk about a conversation starter.
I’m English.. I have to hate bagpipes, but this is one major exception. 🏴 🤝 🏴
As per his final words it is suggested that Picton was felled by his own men. Actor Jack Hawkins was dying from throat cancer so all his dialogue had to be dubbed by voice actors.
He wasn't shot it the head, it was fragmentation from an artillery shell burst.
I find it hard to believe that Napoleon or any European general would be in any doubt of the fighting effectiveness of Scottish troops, especially Highlanders. There had been Scottish companies of soldiers in the French Army for hundreds of years, including the King's Guard. Napoleon would have known enough to expect a fierce fight.
There going to fight to last for Gordon highlanders
“Has Wellington nothing to offer me but these Amazons?”
These Amazons going chase you! Going chase you all the way to St.Helena!
They don't make movies like this anymore.
"When you hear the sound of the pipes, pray to God that they're alongside you and not in front of you..."
Ahh, the Scottish. Born warriors.
Worst nation in Europe
@@user-ys5yv2nz6w that is a little harsh to a point, cause the scots were known as the bravest men, and they pretty much lived up to that
stayed behind at Dunkirk - 51st Highland division
Imagine the, I don't know what, the courage/insanity of marching upright into the jaws of cannons and muskets.
This film always makes me sad.
Orson shandilya what is this film
@@badboyhal0 Waterloo 1970
Orson shandilya Thanks
I only recently realized how many great Movies Jack Hawkins has been in: Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, Zulu, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Waterloo
1:05 roblox blood and iron:
Drummer: WAR CRIME. WAR CRIME!!!!
Hey its blood and iron baby
In bliss and iron, the French sappers be building napoleon his soup kitchen
Poor Boney. This was probably his first battle facing Highhlanders. Hence the attitude.
I bet the Highlanders at New Orleans enjoyed the same attitude.
Anyone under the age of 80 thinks the phrase ‘Bony’ is cringe, stop sounding like a dumb newspaper reading commoner.
@@trollege9618 If the British had competent leaders and generals the highlanders would have squashed the Americans like bugs
I'm not an expert on the british army but, Winston Churchill called them 'the greatest regiment there ever was'.
To think what the lily livered politicians have done to great regiments is a crime.
0:44 I love this
Scottish great soldiers !
One of the greater commands in 18-19th century warfare…..”The 92nd….will aaaaadvaaaaaance”