British cavalry vs Polish cavalry 

For those who have a doubt : Yes the Polish lancers fought at Waterloo. They were one hundred. The one hundred who followed the emperor during his exile and his return. I respect that. My best regards to the Polish people ! (A French.)

in fact polish are brave men! We know about Grunwald, Vienna, Westerplatte...... and of course Warsaw (1920 and 1944) Best wishes for Poland from Russia!

Love Poland from Indonesia 🇵🇱🇮🇩

Polish cavalry is best Calvary :) greetings and respect from USA to Poland

VIVE LA POLOGNE ✝️🇫🇷🇵🇱✝️🇫🇷🇵🇱

Polish Lancers, along with their famed light horse, were just about the finest and most fearsome cavalry forces on Earth for close to three centuries (middle 1500's till the Battle of Waterloo). The best of the best, and those indomitable Polish mounted warriors provided Napoleon with his most determined, loyal, tenacious, most fearless and most die hard troops, those who would rather perish than surrender. Amazing!!

Respect to the Poles...from an Englishman.

Love Poland from the US 🇺🇸🇵🇱

Winged Hussars +33% Cavalry combat ability +10% Cavalry to infantry ratio

The Polish lancers must have been the most loyal amongst Napoleon's foreign troops. They were disbanded when Napoleon abdicated and was sent to Elba, but one squadron accompanied him to exile. And that squadron kept to his side through to the end.

Miło popatrzeć jak nasi leją Angoli. To zawsze budujące.

"Jednak nic nie może się równać z potyczką niedaleko górskiej miejscowości Jevenes w Hiszpanii. Polacy ( - co tu dużo mówić - zaniedbali nieco dyscyplinę i zostali osaczeni przez 8 pułków carabiñeros reales - strzelców królewskich - hiszpańskiej jednostki wyborowej. Skończyło się tragicznie… dla Hiszpanów. Szwadron lansjerów pod dowództwem „dzielnego Kostaneckiego”, jak pisze Woyciechowski, wyrąbał sobie drogę na przestrzał, czym zmusił przeciwnika do ucieczki. Kosztowało to pułk „jedynie” utratę sztandaru - haftowanego, jak na na nieszczęście, przez JÓZEFINĘ, czyli ówczesną małżonkę Napoleona".

Crush that germs!!! SLOBODA ILI SMRT! Slavic power!!!! Regards from SERBIA !!!

Poland has always had the best cavalry: winged hussars, Polish lancers, even lisowczycy

"Los Infernos Picadores" that's what Spainian used to say, after Samosierra Beattle. Proud of Poland. My Lovely Motherland - brave and honor people,

Britain tried to fight the polish by using calvary??? Why did they think that was smart XD?

Polonais, à la baïonnette! Pozdrowienia z Francji.

Polish ulhans/lanciers were probably the best light cavalry units in 19th century and even onward in 20th (battle od Komarów). Other nations started to copy them during and after Napoleonic Wars. They fought at Somosierra, Wagram, Albuera, Beresina, Leipzig, Hanau, Wateroo, Stoczek, Grochów, Iganie, Custoza, Rokitna, Krechowce, Kaniów, Warszawa, Komarów, Krasnobród.

1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard-1er Régiment des chevaux-légers de la Garde Impériale

But then the winged hussars arrived

They attac They protec But most importantly... They make teadrinkers fall bac

Polscy lansjerzy elita wojsk Bonapartego, ich lance zrobiły taka furorę, że zaczęto szkolić w ich wykorzystywaniu oddziały francuskie. Wykorzystywanie lancy przejeła od Polaków również armia Meksyku.

Les lanciers Polonais toujours fidèle à Napoléon ! C'est toujours un plaisir de voir les anglais prendre une rouste 😀🇨🇵🇵🇱

Potrafilismy pieknie walczyc w sluzbie obcych interesow... Bardzo sie to zawsze podobalo. To poswiecenie, ta brawura, krew wszedzie tryska, a my naprzod..... Chwalono nas, ba, podziwiano. Zwlaszcza damy. A jak juz bylo po wszystkim, zostawiano Ruskim i Prusakom.

I tak to się kończy gdy wkurwić ułana 😊

Great Poland☀️🇵🇱☀️ from kranji singapore☀️🇸🇬☀️, i am Peruvian☀️🇵🇪🦁

Napoleon's bodyguard, composed of the Polish cavalry, are descendants of the Winged Hussaria, the best military formation in the 16th-17th centuries. The mercenaries, who signed contracts in the 17th century, promised themselves that they would fight against all but not the Polish hussars. The Battle of Kircholm in 1605 in which the Hussars under the command of Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, The Battle of Little Cannons, taught at the US West Point Military Academy as an example of a cavalry master maneuver. This battle, together with the 5 years later battle of Kluszyn (1610) and the no less legendary commander, Stanisław Żółkiewski, opened the way for Poland to capture Moscow and settle the Russian King as the Tsar of Russia. Tsar Szujski offered obeisances to the Polish King, and Jan Matejko immortalized it in the famous Polish painting - "Homage from Russia". That is why the Russian tsak hate Poland to this day. No less famous unit of cavalry, light cavalry, were the so-called Lisowczyki, it was the Polish SAS, Delta Force, Navy Seals and GROM on horses

Las lanzas polacas dejaron un recuerdo imperecedero en los británicos. Saludos a los bravos polacos de la Argentina.

Polish Cavalry, the Power of Europe for so long.

Saudações brasileiras ao heroico povo polonês!

Respect from Portugal for the great people of Poland, such cavalry could only arise from the courage and nobility of the polish people!

The lack of historical and military knowledge in these comments is shocking, waterloo wasn't British vs French, but a European coalition of the German states, Prussians, dutch and belgians against Napoleon, wellington was given overall command, the charge of the British heavy cavalry union brigade comprising 3 regiments, 1000 men, one regiment had battle experience, the other 2 did not, the charge was to disrupt the main French infantry attack, this it did successfully, mainly because the French didn't train to deploy into squares, 5 French infantry divisions were destroyed, over 4000 casualties and 2000 prisoners and 2 eagles captured, 2 British cavalry regiments started to withdraw but one, the least experienced, tried to continue the attack on the French infantry and artillery positions, this led to them becoming cut off from the rest of the brigade, they were then attacked by Bro's 4th lancers which included one squadron of the polish legion, about 225 men, the Scots greys received heavy casualties but managed to withdraw, the heavy cavalry were able to charge a further 5 times that day, the main French infantry assault was stopped.

rescpect Hungary -from POLAND!

Działania jak za czasów niezwyciężonej Polskiej Husari . Wiec wniosek , Husarska krew i moc płynie w Nas nadal. Bądzcie dumni Polacy !

Fun fact: Poles and Brits have almost never fought against each other on the battlefield Another fun fact: All of such battles I know were won by Poles, for example Battle of Fuengirola in Spain, one of the greatest Polish victories of all time. Geetings and best wishes to all from Poland :D

Los Húsares Alados polacos son los mejores exponentes del Cuerpo de Caballería. Gloria y Honor a ellos. Saludos desde Argentina

"Los infernos pikadores Polakos" - "piekielni lansjerzy" jak mawiali o polskich ułanach zestrachani Hiszpanie...

British cavalry vs. Polish cavalry would have the same outcome as Smurfs vs. the Dothraki.

Пехота у поляков всегда дрянь была, но конница хороша, с этим не поспоришь.

Dziękuję. Mój pradziadek był ułanem z Wielkopolski.

VIVE LA FRANCE ! VIVE LA POLOGNE ! VIVE L'EMPIRE ! 🇫🇷

As an English and Pole, this brings back memories... Nostalgia

Ech polski pościg za herbaciarzami :D !!!!!!!!

Those were the days when there were amazing battle scenes, without some crap CGI.

Polish lancier in the Grand ARMEE

Polish cavalery was always the best cavalery, Its like trying to beat Ronaldo or Messi in football not even knowing the rules of game

Widzę POLSKIE PRAWDZIWIE POLSKIE WOJSKO (choćby z wyglądu) i jakże mi miło....uśmiecham się, dziękuję

Polish cavalery was the best in the world. British navie was the best in the world :D Greetings from Poland!

British and Polish cavalry Both sides speak Hungarian

The Polish lancers and Napoleon's Polish legion, joined him to rebel against the Polish government, when he was on the March to Warsaw. After they helped him take the city, they marched back into line with the rest of the troops after they set ready for parade, to reorganise after the Battle. They had pledged their loyalty, and it would not waver, just because Warsaw had been liberated. Napoleon never forgot that. During his exile, many went with him, because they refused otherwise. They may have been a slightly rowdy bunch off the battlefield. But Napoleon noted, they would withstand, shelling, musket fire, anything, and then still charge at the enemy and get stuck in. His Polish legion would hold any position they were tasked with and they would have done so to a last man if asked. I should technicaly be biased, as an Irishman, saying that his Irish legion were the best. But not even they pledged such a strong loyalty.

I love this scene - polish lanseners were (together with cossacks) the best light cavalry in the world and scared all opponents - worthy heirs to the famed polish hussars, once the best heavy cavalry in the same world. :-)

"He who refuses to pass through the door of my mercy must pass through the door of My justice!!!"

Magnifique ! Amitiés de France 🇨🇵🇵🇱

Great movie by great Sergei Bondarchuk. No computer effects. Live reconstruction

Pierogi has suscesfully defeted tea Wiwat Pierogi B) Im Polish

Polish cavalry (in 18th and mid 19th century )was hands down the best cavalry world has ever seen But gun powder techs like (musket to rifle) artillery ...UK had upper hand

Polish cavalry was the best, always.

и большим любителям России это художественное произведение снято русскими и итальянцами

In 1807, Napoleon created the 1st Cavalry Lancer Regiment of the Imperial Guard composed of Polish lancers. These lancers were not part of the troops of the Duchy of Warsaw, but were directly subordinate to the French command. After Napoleon's first fall, some of them voluntarily decided to go into exile with him to the island of Elba, creating the so-called "Squadron of Elba" under the command of Paweł Jerzmanowski. After Napoleon's return to France, the "Squadron of Elba", due to the disbandment of the 1st Regiment, was incorporated into the Dutch 2nd Light Cavalry Lancer Regiment of the Imperial Guard as the last Polish unit fighting alongside Napoleon. On June 18, 1815, during the Battle of Waterloo, the English, in order to stop the attack of the French, threw their elite Guards cavalry units into battle, the 1st "Household" brigade of General Edward Somerset (11 squadrons - a total of 1,319 men) and the 2nd "Union" brigade (9 squadrons - 1332 people) General William Ponsonby. General Somerset's brigade in a destructive charge crashed the French cuirassiers, while General Ponsonby's brigade attacked the 1st French Corps, scattering three divisions one by one and taking about 3,000 prisoners. At this point, Napoleon launched the Polish-Dutch 2nd Regiment of Light Cavalry Lancers of the Guard which swept the British dragoons brigades from the surface. Unfortunately for the Polish lancers, this did not mean victory in the battle. Interestingly, only a few Poles died near Waterloo - Łukasz Biernacki, Jan Nowak, Karol Pawłowski, Ignacy Rużyczko and Sylwester Zeleski, and Paweł Jerzmanowski himself was injured.

Polish cavalry win so justice win too :)

Да Поляки наваляли этим Англичанцам)))

Bravo Poland.

Polski żołnierz kawalerzysta był i jest do dziś najlepszym na świecie a husarja to moc i potęga Europy gdzie pognalismy Turków 👍🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

Only one cavalry is compatible to Polish, the Hungarian hussars. I'm sure our Polish friends also agree. Greetings from Hungary!

А здорово поляки бриташек чванливых разнесли!

Gloire aux lanciers polonais ! Fidèle parmis les fidèles !

We have nothing... only cavalry... but the BEST cavalry. Vive la Pologne. France too...

Niech żyje Polska!

"Polish-Lithuanian light cavalry units armed with lances, sabres and pistols. The Polish uhlans became the model for many general-purpose cavalry units throughout Europe in the early 19th century as use of traditional heavy cavalry declined..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhlan

Oh, you didn't see Somossiera charge... it might be beautiful

Napoleon just said "Lengyel" ("Polish" in Hungarian) and frightened Brithis started falling from their horses. I loved it! :) Another example of the bravery of Polish soldiers was the battle of Fuengirola in which Poles defeated Brithish forces being outnumbered 10:1!

Lanceiros poloneses valentes soldados corajosos guerreiros.Grandes e destemitos cavaleiros.ź

Well, Polish teardrop has a long tradition from antiquity. Unfortunately, I can't say in which year, but the ancestors of the Hungarian tribes and the Poles signed a blood treaty. So we have become a fraternal people through a blood covenant, the traditions of which are still alive today. At least for those who know. However, the hussars themselves are completely Hungarian in terms of both arms and clothing. The armament and clothing of the hussars have been constantly changing since the supposed battles against the Turks. Our common king István Báthory also took part in the formation of the Polish winged hussars, partly based on Hungarian experience. - The crab-tailed helmet is clearly a Hungarian development ... The recent hussars spread throughout the European continent after the national uprising against Habsburg in Hungary in 1713. The extraordinary success of the Hungarian hussars was noticed .... The 300-year-old war against the Turks blew up the country, so the uprising failed ... It is important to keep it completely unchanged. My weapon was so mature .... Hussar = Huszár comes from 20 Hungarian words, even from the 15th century. In the video, there is an English hussar dressed in Hungarian clothes at 2'-50 '' .... For 200 years, the hussar was one of the defining elements of the battlefields in a completely unchanged form. In the little video, 80 hussars try to escape to join the uprising for patriotism. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-76BoKooapRo.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WTguCxmuzq8.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F7NxQKPrTLQ.html Hungarian traditional hussars at the bike race ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1JOfnVoPhq8.html There is still a Hungarian-founded hussar regiment in France, Bercsényi hussars. The French soldiers still sing in Hungarian. Long live the Hungarian-Polish friendship, but we also love the Germans ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hDYBEtFIdag.html And one more thing. The real relationship and traditions of the Hungarians go back to the Scythian-Hun past. Unfortunately, there is no translation ... Deliberately ... Our glorious past is also being robbed ... The battle was in 907, when Lajos, a child, the King of the Franks wanted to take the Hungarian Carpathian Basin. The Frankish army was the contemporary NATO ... the Hungarian army won against 3 times. Well, here's the skill .... Besides, the Hungarians were even allowed to leave the army at home, because there was unrest on the eastern borders as well.

Co Francuz 🇫🇷 nie umie, to Polak 🇵🇱 ❤️ Potrafi 💪

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

Did Napoleon actually speak Hungarian?

i pomyśleć że, ratowaliśmy im doopska w każdej wojnie. jak nie na koniach to w samolotach i czołgach.

brawo, ciekawa Historia

Brilliant photography - for the battle of Waterloo!

British cavalry against actual cavalry.

Amor Patriae Nostra Lex ;)

I do not recall any engagement in the Napoleonic wars where British and Polish cavalry were engaged on the field. There most famous engagement was against the Spanish before they became part of the Imperial Guard. On 30 November 1808 their most famous charge up the Somosierra Pass took place. That day the 3rd Squadron under Kozietulski (ad interim)[39] was on duty as a personal escort to the Emperor. After the failure of the French infantry attack, Napoleon ordered Polish chevaulegers to take the pass defended by 3000 men and four batteries of Spanish cannons. The narrow road to the top (300 meters level difference, 2,500 meters long),

Polish lancers were the brave soldiers under the flag of Napoleon.

Very beautiful images, some of them better than the lord of the Ring's movie.

Kasimir Pulawski from Poland father of american calvary who fought with british also. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski

Dobra robota!

For ordinary viewers, the image of a lancer is a Polish confederate slingshot (rogatywka). Director Bondarchuk portrayed it that way. However, in fact, the uniform was like that of the chevau-legers. Their headdress was in the form of a cuirassier helmet with a crest.

G🌞...P🌞ls....👍🍀😊🎉 All the best from Cr🌞atia...😊🍀👍🎶🎉

Unfortunately polish cavalry was misused by Napoleon. They took part (unfortunately with success) in fighting Spanish upraising. Battle of Somosierra. Paradoxically people who were desperately fighting for freedom of their own country helped to enslave others. In this place as a Pole I can only ask for forgiveness for the Spanish people !

Poland NEVER die

Polish Lancer, unmatched and unforgiving....

love poles from turkey

...nie wkurwiaj Polaka bo bedziesz plakal...husarzy,lansjerzy,strzelcy i piechota...i nie zapominaj, ze mozesz dostac kosa od prostego chlopa...Polak zjednoczony jest niezwyciezony...mowia o tym wszystkim kart historii strony...

1:38 - just beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

When you sing rule britannia but you realise that you are actually fighting on land

Honneur et Gloire aux Lanciers Polonais. Les derniers à s'être opposés réellement opposés aux panzers de la Wehrmacht.

Honour to Polish knight!

Nawet armia amerykańska a raczej kawalerja amerykańska dzieki Puławskiemu ma nasze Polskie proporce. Puławski był twórcą US kawalerji. Kościuszlo ojciec amerykańskiej artylerji i inżynierów.

Polish Ulans Legions Heroes of two Nations.

Polska do boju!!!