"Loup is French for 'Wolf'" "Well, we all know what to do with wolves...YOU WILL TRAIN HIM YOURSELF, FEED HIM YOURSELF, AND IF HE DIES YOU WILL BURY HIM YOURSELF!"
@Andie Williams www.amazon.com/Sharpes-Complete-Collection-Sean-Bean/dp/B000E1NWPA It looks like buying the indivdiula films would be cheaper, unless you like the dagger and fancy box.
Man, Loup was a really good character. He is one of the few villains in this show that actually have a good motive for being evil. And he is also the only officer in this show (besides Sharpe) who actually cares for his men's lives. Plus his acting was great.
Jormangandur83 were you not listening? The Spanish Guerrillas were slaughtering his men so he sacked the town. It’s not like the Spaniards were following the rules of war then
Jormangandur83 Getting real hostile bro, I read the book too and honestly can’t blame Loup, ain’t no other way to put down a local Guerrilla cell without some hearts and minds bullshit, but again that would be pretty hard to pull off in 1808, Loup was putting down the rebellion so I ain’t gonna put any blame on him, but I’m just saying it didn’t happen without reason
@@RinoGato the French didnt follow the rules of war!!!! They looted and stole from towns and farms, Napoleon called it "Living off the land". They murdered surrendered troops and slaughtered civilians. Everyone in the Peninsular war committed horrifying acts of barbarity, that's how war goes. In my original comment i just said that Loup has reasons for slaughtering people, other than just "were at war". He is kinda like the US military in Vietnam, sadly, he doesn't know where the enemy is or who is the enemy so he just kills everyone.
Its a rare moment that even Sharpe is surprised - as no one wants to do it as its usually shooting a fellow soldier, a friend. But the rifles had seen what Loup's men had done and seen the horror. ALL were part of the firing squad. However what Sharpe did here was technically a breach of rules of war - he shot unarmed POWs. No matter the crime, it is not up to the opposing officer to be Judge/jury. And he did it in front of the enemy - this, if it became more well known, could mean French doing the same to British POWs. Wellington would have a talk to Sharpe about it and he should not act out of passion But one can make the argument that Loup had a point and did his orders effectively. As a result of the horror he did, no partisans attacked loup's patrols.
Read Memoirs of general Manès, who explains how he submitted Calabria by being more terrible than the guerillas. And the story of Fra Diavolo, the guerillero he fought.
Loup isn't trashy evil, I love that. He's the classy villain, the kind who'd capture the hero, give them dinner, then casually release them and their friends with a simple "You'll see it my way, some day."
@@eliasfrp also I think rapping , pillaging and slaughtering a entire village including children for just being Spanish is a bit worse then a execution
I don't think the legal term POW existed back then but as far as I know it was already established in medieval times that treating prisoners, at least important ones, like one of your own (except bearing arms and movement) was considered honorable. So if Sharp has the legal authority to punish his own men for the same offense in the same way, he should have the same authority concerning his prisoners. Or you could just shorten the whole debate and argue that martial law says: "Fu** you, General Loup!"
@@eliasfrp Not codified, they had some general conventions of respect as per rank, and general honour etc, but Sharpe was exacuting two men caught raping, looting and as such had no such code to protect them.
You know, as comically evil as General Loup is, it was impressive that he cared enough about his men that he was willing to trade vital military supplies just to get two of them back.
You can tell Loup genuinely cared for his men. Having traits like that makes a fantastic villain. It makes him more than the standard cartoonish bad guy
The main difference is here the "Commander Wolf" is a bad boy. In Star Wars he was a proper, if traumatized, Commander of the Wolffe Battalion - also one of my favourite Commanders. Cpt. Rex, Cmdr Wolffe, Cmdr Cody and Cpt Boss (Delta 38) are my favourites.
Even though Loup was evil, I cant help but respect his loyalty to just two of his men. Many in his position would not care, our Generals have no issue leaving some poor johnny to die just to avoid a headline
I just clicked based on the thumbnail to see if there was an episode of Sharpe I missed where he soldiered so hard that he was able to scream out muskets at his enemies
All good soldiers are murderers when it is required of them. By making those murderers face a firing squad would have done more to bolster British support amongst the population than any terror tactics coud ever achieve. That is why Wellington insisted his men purchase their supplied from the locals rather than just plunder them like the French.
Loupe kept his promise to his men: he didn't abandon them. He was prepared to risk his own life when he started to draw his sword, stopping only when he knew he would be killed by Sharpe's rifles. If Sharpe had handed them over, Loupe would have taken that as a sign of weakness and attackedSharpe's men at the first chance.
I saw this and thought it was a great visual metaphor for Sharpe's command and unleashing of his riflemen. Almost biblical, in a sense, like the line in Revelation about "a sharp sword comes out of his mouth to strike down the nations".
Loup is a great villain, very rarely see the likes written in modern TV or film. He is a monster, but he knows he has to be to maintain control, whilst also carrying passionately about his men, which is very rare in a villain. Normally their troops are a means to an end and their deaths are little more than collateral damage. As opposed to someone like Calvet who also cares about his men, but does so more for the love of his country. Very good writing.
Rewatching this, honestly if I was Sharpe, when Loup says "may I remind you of the rules of war", my response would have been "you violated them first, lads, fire"
>fire then that means you Violate the 'rules of war' by shooting an unarmed party there to talk to you. Man I love that zero of you retards will actually participate in armed conflict
@@wishingwell12345 sort of. It was an unofficial job title. It basically meant you were respected enough that you were allowed little privileges - like not doing latrine duty
@@Anarchik654 i mean i studied it in history and they never used the same language as they do for the nazis. Idk what your personal opinion is or those of fully fledged historians, im talking about the basic view everyone is shown in school here
@@Anarchik654 no the standard curriculum is ancient medicine, american west, the troubles and nazi germany (edit; uk based. Tthe american west part is very specifically about the expansion to the west and the relationship with the indians, almost no mention of wars between the french english and american colonies)
I watched the original series and am thrilled to find bits of it on here. It occurs to me it must have been great fun to make: costumes, location and great scripts! Looks so authentic, it must be soldiering...!
I love this series, this is what got me into reading Bernard Cornwell, but I'd love them to remake this series. With today's productions the BBC could really show the massive scale that these books cover. Sean Bean isn't too old to take up a role either, he could portray Sir Arthur Wellesley which would be sort of fitting as Wellesley is the one who gave Sharpe his commission.
@@lordomacron3719 what on earth are you talking about? That's a completely nonsensical comment. "Identity politics"? You mean what? Women dressed as...what? Women? French soldiers looking and sounding French?
Sharpe: I want a firing squad *cue the entire rifle detachment forming up without being asked* Loup: *goes for sword* 95th Rifles: *execute perfect about face whilst flicking the safety catch off* Loup: *awkward face*
@Herr Eisenfaust I know that is suppossed to be the actual phrasing for the weapons. But I can't help but to hear the equivalent to "half-mast" and "full mast" :p
@@PercivalC Why do the people in these comments talk in such an affected way? His accent seemed off and so did the accent of the Spanish woman, as well as the accent of the man who was shot.
@@dogestranding5047 Don't ask me. I hardly ever comment on these Sharpe videos, and I too usually find the comments to be too glorifying to the show. And no, I live in Europe, his accent for an English actor playing a Frenchman is quite good.
Luv the fact sharpe and Harper only give half orders. Never asked for the firing squad. Just said it was needed. Never ask for support when wolf went for his sword. Just the noise
firequacker actually executing the men is entirely in line with the laws of war at the time. Soldiers who raped and pillaged were routinely hanged or shot
@@tekha1977 They were literally taken in the act. I believe in innocent until proven guilty, but Sharpe and his men saw what they were doing with their own eyes and they even admitted to it.
A great reincarnation of Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo (and other characters he's done). I kid, of course. But seriously, what was that actor thinking?
I mean, at least it seems that Brigadier General Loup cared for his soldiers and tried to look for their safety, despite how much of a 'villain' he may be...
I have served under some great Officers in my time in the Infantry... however, I would have served with Sharpe in a NY second given the chance . God save Ireland!
Naaa except for the core 4 or 5 the life expectancy for an associate of Sharpe was about a week.... And even the core got wrecked in the end. He was a killing officer.
Still, you have to admit the tv series is really biased against the French. It shows them committing atrocities all the time, and while that did happen in real life, the series never seems to show any crimes from the British or Spanish resistance fighters, both of whom committed many as well.
@@TheStapleGunKid it was responded in a comment to one of the vids on this channel. The French army looted freely, just as they did in any country they occupied. The Brits made it a point to never loot, steal, or rape, as they positioned themselves as liberators, not occupants. Occasional looting and harassment took place at first, but provosts (Military Police), who hanged the looters in place, took quick care of it. That won the Brits support from Portuguese guerillas, who provided supplies and intel, which helped win the campaign.
"Ah...sir? Were you supposed to do that?" "Ah well, if it meant satisfying justice of what these men did to this town, to let the survivors know that we're serious in trying to protect them; furthermore to tell a certain animal-behaving human calling himself General Loup that he has found an enemy in me, and perhaps for some pleasure in seeing him put in his place...yes, I think I was supposed to do that."
Oh(facepalm)how could I forget HRH Dooshbag😂😂 Sharp could not get to him thoe as he was a officer and realative of brittish royals,thoe he did shoot him in the em em butt when he knew noone saw him or could pinpoint were it came from😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
I think Loup did take the hint. But the fact remained he had promised them he would not abandon them. In this situation he either attacks, dies, and abandons all in his company. Or he stands down, abandoning 2 members of his company
