Much love to Fredrickson. A life ruined by injury. However, he is humble and kept his place with honor and distinction. I only hope to emulate a man like him.
@@rollingrock5143 : fredrickson be a bullshit artist. He speeded his souped-out Citroen into a stone wall , no seat belt. The remainder drove around thirty years before seat belts became mandatory ...... Ridiculous !!
Making one of the most polpular tv series ever on almost no budget and a group of extras who can be British, french and Spanish in the same episode. That’s soldiering.
@@Delogros I think he also was his own pall bearer in one scene. Well..... when you have the same small crew for a while it can either be a drag or loads of fun. Me thinks this crew was having a ball doing the series!
It was always hard to hate, or even dislike French General Calvet. But after watching him fearlessly lead his men into Sharpe’s meatgrinder, with not even a spot of complaint or hesitation, seeing him exhibit both discipline and compassion as his troops break and run, and then help his beloved Gaston, wounded, off the field, it became impossible to not admire him. Dude didn’t need to have food in his mouth to make his screentime invaluable.
There are facets to him. Apparently he has been to Moscow and back and lived to tell the tale. A certain disillusionment about the war business is always present, especially during his dealings with the spies and agents trying to abuse his troops for their schemes.
Nous, les grenouilles, sommes toujours prêts à repousser les envahisseurs russes, germaniques et anglo-saxons. On ne meurt jamais. On gratte les yeux de nos ennemis ! Vive la France !!
What did Harper do to Robinson to "teach him that he does not make free with the french girls?" I would assume it was a beating or a flogging or something.
It would be a bit of a beating. As I understand it, floggings were always carried out publicly "pour encourager les autres", whereas Sharpe is a great fan of the privately-administered corrective beating, which allows the culprit to keep his dignity with the other men.
Volley fire was necessary because of how poor the accuracy was on smooth bore muskets. I would say British use of rifles in war, while not exclusive, was a big advancement.
Considering what they are pouring on the French, the masks would be WELL necessary! Quicklime, or more properly, calcium oxide, is caustic, and would cause nasty burns, especially if it came in contact with the moisture in a man's eyes, or if inhaled.
Napoleon Bonaparte may have lose the war but he had a noble ‘cause. Infact, in most part of the world, countries do have government and no more monarchy.
Weird then how of the top 10 happiest countries in the world 6 of them are constitutional monarchies... :S Napoleon was also a Monarch by the way who put his family members on various thrones in Europe and wanted his son to succeed him has de facto dictator of France so I honestly have no idea what the hell your on about :S
@@brokenheroes1463 If you meant something else maybe you should learn to write a sentence properly. Napoleon had no noble cause, he was a Monarch and most of the happiest countries on the planet are Monarchies which you seemed to be suggesting was a bad thing... Unless you live there apparently. Enroll yourself in some English classes kid.
the first scene was awesome but i didnt like how some of the riflemen didnt have the baker rifles only some of them did where as the rest had a mix of obvious probs and brown bess muskets. At least make the riflemen have the rifles the regular army can have whatever. Its a small complaint but I find it off puttting when i spot a riflemen without his baker rifle
I also find this a bit off putting; however the team had no choice. It was either they sacrifice quality on the small things like this or on the larger things since they didn't have a large budget.
Alan , i do appreciate you comments , sincerely. Nobody questions your erudition of subject matter. However , please retain one overriding production rule : LOW BUDGET !!
@@AlexanderDunetz you can chill on the blatant sarcasm jackass from a yt comment. I can comment whatever I want. Reiterating what another guy said to me a month ago doesn't make you smart
It bugs me that they so freely drop their weapons. Sword, musket, rifle, it doesn't matter, it is never out of your possession. When I was a soldier we used to sleep with our rifles and blades in our sleeping bags, they were always in our hands.
When in column, only the first three ranks can fire; but in order to do so, they'd have to halt the whole formation. Doing that leaves the entire formation vulnerable and outgunned, so they would keep pressing forward to try and break the enemy's line with weight of numbers and bayonets. Alternatively, they could try to shake out from column into line, which the British would usually fight in because of the fire advantage (but it's also more difficult to manoeuver in, as the line needs to keep itself dressed so it doesn't lose cohesion). But moving from column into line is difficult, and doing it under fire is even more so. The best way to do it would be in a mixed formation, with two units in line on either side of the attack column to provide fire support while the center unit presses the attack home, and a fourth unit is in reserve to exploit the breakthrough or provide cover during a retreat. But the truth in this case is that they probably didn't have it in the budget.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher it's not just budget, they make the french soldiers look basicly stupid, even ridiculous. They wouldn't just repeat "vive l'empereur" every 5 econds, just like the british would yell "long live the king" every 5 seconds. Dont even get me started on them staying perfectly in place while blinded, and not crawling to the side.
@@Kamfrenchie Did Cornwell make that up then, about the chanting? I always assumed it was genuine, and that they did it to hold the conscripts together and keep them moving forward.
@@talavera9515 Who is Cornwell ? And since the napoleonic wars were big, i can't discount it happening at some point, but really...listen to it... just "Vive l'empereur" on repeat, especially spoken like that wouldn't be very motivating. I'd expect drummers and musicians would fill the role much better. Listen to "la victoire est à nous" for example... what those scene shows here feels very off from what i'd expect.
@@Kamfrenchie Bernard Cornwell wrote the books on which the series is based. Aside from budget issues, the series is by and large closely based on the books, so if you're saying they didn't really chant "Vive l'Empereur", you're saying Bernard Cornwell made it up, or got the idea from someone who had made it up. So I'm asking what is your source for that. And what *did* they actually do? You say you "would expect" drummers and musicians, but are you able to tell us what they *did* have?
The French weee much braver these British troops are fighting the remainder of the French forces after 20 years of constant fighting in seven war of the coalitions
You could reliably expect those bullets to not hit. The reason they fired in ranks was because infantry muskets were smoothbore and wouldn't hit their target at anything other than spitting distance. The reason Sharpe's men are so accurate is because they're using rifles and thus the amount of carnage we see on-screen is higher than usual.
