When hearing the military pipes I feel and want to be marching with them, its my Celtic ancestry!! Thank you for these wonderful moments. Best wished from Chile.
Battle of Assaye was Arthur Wellesley 's most famous victory in India. But apart from 78 th highlanders , he had 6000 Native troops from the Madras presidency - Now Part of Indian Madras engineering group and Madras regiment
Mal einen Tipp für den Video Ersteller: man schneidet nicht mitten in der Musik! Wenn die Pipe Band spielt, lass es laufen. Ob zum 38x ein Offizier durch das Bild rennt ist egal, dann schneide den weg, damit das Video nicht zu lang wird. Frohe Weihnachten und PIPES UP!
Of course now in 2022 we can't parade those Madras Native infantry - in fact the Assaye elephant is still a Symbol of some Indian army Battalions. Above troops were deployed against the Maratha Army headed by" De Boynes" French trained Scindia army headed by Col Anthony Pohlmann
This parade commemorates the the Battle of Assaye, India, in which the antecedents of these soldiers quick marched into the fire of 100 cannon, backed by 50,000 Maratha troops and cavalry. The 78th Highlanders marched to within 50 yards of the guns, fired a musket volley and then, charging the guns with bayonets fixed, killed most of the gunners (they don't like it up em!) and then, passed through the gun line to rout the enemy infantry and their cavalry. An oversimplification, I know. There's a better account available on Wikipedia. This was the battle that made the name of Major General Arthur Wellesley, later to become the Duke of Wellington.
I been in the army and i know its hard for a platoon to come to a halt. Here we got a full battalion coming to a crisp one two stop! Nothing special though, but it proves they are the real deal.
I'm retired RN. Strangest about turn I've ever seen, and that includes witnessing a mixed parade of representatives from all Nato Army, Navy and Airforces in the early 80's.
@@veterans-tv ex NZ territorial army (infantry )and wondered a bout the officers movement .thanks .also enjoyed a career in pipebands -best of both worlds.hells bells that pace was fast ???112bpm-nearly up to ghurkas. great work.
in every country in the world the officers are almost never of working class origen and because of that have almost never regional accents, certainly not on official duty.
According to Google it seems to have to do with the defeat by the Duke of Wellington of the Mahratta army in India on 23rd September 1803. Not sure what those few blokes walking up and down are about. But who cares, the music's great!
You can learn more about the battle of Assaye through a search engine. This parade was simply for replacing the Assaye colour (that's the flag with the elephant on it) because it was getting old and and tattered. This parade was held because the regiment is rightly proud to display their battle honours (this is what the colours represent). The current amalgamated regiment is 2 Scots and is the only British regiment to hold three colours. As a veteran of 1st Battalion Royal Highland fusiliers (that's the regiment that held the colours before 2 Scots), I was proud to attend this parade for the renewal of the Assaye Colour.
Die bewachen die Zeremonie damit keiner wegrennt wenn er keine Lust mehr hat Dudelsack zu spielen... zudem halten sie das Publikum davon ab auf das Feld zu rennen und allen zu zeigen was sie unter dem Kilt tragen.
if you're not in a highland regiment but are in a parade with on of their bands they are hard as hell to keep proper pacing...either to slow or too fast. Usually to slow really throws of your cadence. But coming from Scottish blood the pipes make my hair stand up and I feel like getting drunk or in a fight...or maybe both.
The old 74th, whose Assaye Colour tradition is being marked here, later became 2nd Bn, The Highland Light Infantry (71st & 74th). Light infantry of the British Army march at a parade step of 140 paces a minute. The Assaye Day parade was then marked by the HLI for the next 78 years until 1959 when the HLI amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to become the Royal Highland Fusiliers. In 2006 the RHF became the 2nd Bn, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, who are filmed celebrating Assaye Day here in such impressive fashion, wearing the kilt that the 71st and 74th wore until ordered to cease wearing Highland dress in 1809 and the 21st North British Fuzileers- never! (Hence the Drum Major wearing tartan trews and Fusilier bearskin cap ) The old Assaye colour is being marched on at light infantry pace evoking the HLI tradition inherited by the RHF and 2 SCOTS. Only in the British Army
Jack, its not the ' Regimental ' Colour which carries the Battle Honours etc of the Regiment. The Assaye Colour commemorates a single engagement of the Historical Regiment.
Neil, I'm told its a throwback to their Highland Light Infantry days. They were amalgamated with the HLI to become the RSF. Cant speak to the Dress Code as I was a tank man and we had none LOL.
@@veterans-tv they are the Royal regiment of Scotland train with all the other battalions used to be the RHF they trained at the Scottish Division Depot with rest of us didn't march at that pace then
