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The whole thing is so brilliant. The work on this video is outstanding, AI narrators let non English speakers get detailed information out to their audience in a quick and easy manner, it shouldn’t be such an issue to people
Absolutely the most detailed Battle of Waterloo program I have ever seen on RUclips. Keep Up The Good Work and continue to do more works of this like. 🏆
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 n the words of Paul Dawson, from his book ‘Charge the Guns! ISBN:978-1-907212-11-6' "The Imperial Guard contrary to the myth of the battle, and some eye-witness accounts written decades after the battle did not make a glorious last stand on the field of battle. The 3rd Regiment of Chasseurs, shattered by the counter-attack of the allied light cavalry and musketry of David Chasse's troops, broke and fled and were rounded up like sheep by the cavalry, the entire regiment being virtually captured on the field of battle 437. …The regiments two battalions seem to have been shattered by the 1st Foot Guards and the men rounded up by cavalry. Neither the 3rd or 4th Chasseurs had been under fire as a military formation before the attack at Waterloo, which may explain why when fired upon by the allies the regiments never made contact with the allied lines before breaking and fleeing, the men being herded up by the cavalry. Allied reports of the 1st Foot Guards all make the comment that the Imperial Guard was there one minute and then it disappeared - the striking sudden appearance and routing of the regiment is born out by archive paperwork from the regiments. 437 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 44, 45, 46 Chasseurs a' pied de la garde, divers corps, 1814-1815 *********************** The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Chasseurs….Was nearly entirely captured. Only nine men from the 1st company escaped being made prisoner of war. The battalion lost 446 other ranks out of 635 men, or 70 per cent of the total, of which 419 were prisoners of war, 65 per cent of the losses the battalion sustained being men captured by the allied cavalry during the rout of the French army when clearly the square collapsed.438 The 2nd Battalion 2nd Chasseurs, compared to the huge losses of the 2nd Battalion 1st Chasseurs or the 3rd Chasseurs, seem to have suffered far fewer casualties, having three men wounded, twenty deserted and 112 taken prisoner. The battalion seems to have held together against the attack of Adam's brigade and the allied light cavalry, unlike the 2nd Battalion 1st Chasseurs which was standing next to the 2nd Battalion 2nd Chasseurs.439 The 1st Battalion 3rd Grenadiers, shattered by the allied musketry and artillery according to battalion commander Guilleman, broke and fled to seek safety in the square of the 2nd Battalion 1st Chasseurs, and it may well be the breaking of this square that resulted in large numbers of men from the 3rd Grenadiers being captured at the same time. The 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Grenadiers, contrary to Hippolyte de Mauduit's myth-making that the battalion was virtually annihilated, suffered the fewest men captured as prisoners of war and appears to have made its way relatively unscathed to Genappe. Here the 4th company of the 2nd Battalion suffered 27 men wounded and 15 taken prisoner. The wounded men were subsequently captured. At Waterloo and Genappe, the 2nd Battalion 3rd Grenadiers lost combined 154 men out of 520 in the battalion or losses of 29 per cent. The 1st Battalion lost 207 men out of 518 or 39 per cent losses. The regiment lost overall 34 per cent of its manpower at Waterloo, but of greater note, it lost a further 62 per cent after the 20th June, more men were lost after Waterloo than during the battle, due to desertion, men being made prisoners of war or being killed in various rearguard actions.440 The 4th Grenadiers, said by Mark Adkin to have been annihilated at Waterloo, retreated in good order and took part in the stand of the Guard at Genappe against the Prussians. At Waterloo, the regiment lost 346 men, but between 20th and 23rd June, a further 736 were classed as deserted or prisoners of war. Clearly, the regiment was not killed to a man at Waterloo, fought well at Genappe, and only disintegrated from the 20th June onward, spurred on we are told, by the men desiring to be with Napoleon as opposed to remaining with the army.441 The 1st Grenadiers appear to have done very little in the battle. The 1st Battalion sent to Plancenoit lost two men made prisoners of war, one deserted, one killed and one wounded, whereas the remainder of the regiment in total lost 9 men overall at Waterloo, but lost a staggering 600 men between 19th and 32nd June. These men quit the regiment and headed off to Paris en masse. Mark Adkin in Waterloo Companion, lists these men as dead, wounded or prisoners on the 18th June which is simply not true.442 438 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 44, 45, 46 Chasseurs a' pied de la garde, divers corps, 1814-1815 439 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 44, 45, 46 Chasseurs a' pied de la garde, divers corps, 1814-1815 440 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 13, 14 Corps royal de Grenadiers de France redevenu corps des grenadiers a pied de la garde imperiale lors des cent-jours, 1813-1814 441 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 13, 14 Corps royal de Grenadiers de France redevenu corps des grenadiers a pied de la garde imperiale lors des cent-jours, 1813-1814 442 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 13, 14 Corps royal de Grenadiers de France redevenu corps des grenadiers a pied de la garde imperiale lors des cent-jours, 1813-1814
Finally a good documentary about Waterloo. Most of these documentaries are made by English so called historicans making it believe the English single handed beated the French. With a bit of Luck they mention Blücher, but this is the first time I see the large tribute of the Dutch mentioned. And neither the Belgiums and Germans were left out.
I have just learned a great of "new" information about the Battle of Waterloo, that previously I had believed I was reasonably knowledgeable about....oh well. This video was extremely informative and well done.... 'two thumbs up'....'a new subscriber'
I've heard the story of waterloo at least a hundred times, and yet you managed to make it all the more interesting again! Well done with the video! (Gotta love the Napoleon Total War clips)
Fantastic work, you have gone deep in trying to uncover what happened. I had not heard of Nassau troops pushing back the Middlle Guard. Something that never made sense to me was the charge of the Imperial Guard. They seemed to have changed overnight from the most feared warriors of the time to an old folks' home. The Prussians/Hanoverians had a completely different recollection of events as described in "Englands große Waterloo-Lüge zu den Jahrhunderttagen von 1815" >>They came up the slope decimating the British forces until Zieten arrived. Zieten had received notice from a Prussian liaison officer in Wellington's camp that collapse was imminent. British and Dutch deserters, on their way to Antwerp, were telling that Wellington had been killed. Zieten ignored orders from Gneisenau and came to the rescue. The arrival came as a complete surprise: "They promised us Grouchy and give us Prussians". This was the reason for the retreat, not in a panic, but in an orderly fashion down the slope, starting 08.30PM. According to this account the British charge never took place nor were the famous words (La Garde meurt ... ) ever spoken (at least not there); instead the word "Merde" was heard frequently. The almost complete annihilation of the British troops by the Guard is described in great detail; after the Guard was driven back by Prussians and Hanoverians faint incoming bagpipe music was noticed in the distance resulting in a spontaneous outburst of laughter in the Allied ranks. Wellington and a handful of staff barely made it to Belle-Alliance to meet Bluecher. Another massive difference between this work and the British version is the timeline. The British timeline places events significantly earlier in time! When I started reading this book I was very sceptical; I expected pro-German propaganda since the book was published in 1915 but I came back on that. The Duke of Wellington is recognised as a great military leader and the British troops are positioned as great soldiers. Napoleon is mentioned as an unreliable source. In a paragraph the Prussians are portrayed as savages so I would not qualify the book as pro-German at all. This extremely detailed work makes complete sense to me and deserves a place in Waterloo studies. There are many versions describing these eventful days in June 1815 and I doubt if we will ever know what exactly happened.
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 I started reading this book because it was very well received in the Low Countries in 1915. I qualify the language as "brutally honest" but it could sometimes be called (too) blunt as well, not everybody appreciates this. When you look through this I learned that an extremely detailed picture emerges where all the pieces fit together. If this is another "Napoleonic forgery" it must be the best one on record ..... or it simply comes very close to the truth ...... don't believe me but decide for yourself. I thank you for your hard work and wish you good luck with further research.
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 I started reading this book because it was very well received in the Low Countries in 1915. I qualify the language as "brutally honest" but it could sometimes be called (too) blunt as well, not everybody appreciates this. When you look through this I learned that an extremely detailed picture emerges where all the pieces fit together. If this is another "Napoleonic forgery" it must be the best one on record ..... or it simply comes very close to the truth ...... don't believe me but decide for yourself. I thank you for your hard work and wish you good luck with further research.
@@Ap-cm7mx the middle guard were only formed once napoleon had returned from Elba and were fairly depleted after a bayonet charge into Ligny. Earlier at Ligny, the prussians cavalry had charged at them taking them for militia as they still had their old uniforms from their original units. They were experoenced individuals but brand new units who didn't trust their recently royalist commanders. I think Mortimer should have lead them but was ill. The difference in accounts between german & british is probably because the advance was split either side of the knoll where the lion mound is now. They wouldn't know of each others actions. For example the 52nd were surprised to see dutch unit in the valley during the pursuit.
@@obiss-e5b Thank you for this information! This could well be the case. The book I refer to is written in German/Gothic script which may also be a reason that is not well known in the English speaking world. I started reading this book because it was very well received in the Low Countries in 1915. I qualify the language as "brutally honest" but it could sometimes be called (too) blunt as well, not everybody appreciates this. When you look through this I learned that an extremely detailed picture emerges where all the pieces fit together.
I really appreciate the level of detail, certainly during the attack of the guard, which is lacking in every video about Waterloo i have seen so far. You made me go "damn that makes sense" a couple of times. Also, kudos for talking about the merits of the Dutch, Belgians and KGL. very nice work! thank you for this!
Very impressed with this presentation, very good narrative, excellent maps, and i love the re-creation. One of the best i've seen, first class job, well done to all.
As a Napoleonic scholar, I encourage you to release this video without the AI voice! It is by far the most in-depth -by-regiment overview I have seen of the battlefield, and have only seen in books up to this point.
Great job, but there is a common mistake in the protrait of Ney's cavalry charge. According to General Delort who commanded 14th cavlary division at the time, Ney at first only ordered one brigade of cuirassier under Mihaud's Cavalry Corp to perform the charge in order to test the water. Also, the actual cavalry charge not only consists by 8 regiments of cuirassier of Mihauds Cavalry Corp, but also the guard cavalry. Even we count the charge of cuirassier as Ney's fault, he wouldn't have time to order the guard cavalry to move as he is at the front. The only one who being able to throw the guard cavalry into a charge at the time is Napoleon. The charge is acutally more like a result of chaos, probably started because Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes, the commander of the Guard Light Cavalry Division, mistakenly understood Milhaud's order, who said 'Cover me' before charge. Then the Guard Light Cavalry Division followed the charge, and Napoleon saw the heavy cavalry and light cavalry are all charging, mistakenly understood that it already come the the moment of devastating strike, than ordered the full charge. Napoleon would think like that because he did make plan at the morning that after British was weakened by d'Erlon's and Reille's Corps, he would launch a cavalry charge to breakthrough just as what he did in Ligny. Therefore his criticise for Ney's charge is "too early", he thought Ney was performing the final strike but Ney was actually just testing the water. Although in later memoir, Napoleon claimed everything is Ney's mistake, but at that time he is not a totally reliable source and his claim contrasts with many others. In conclusion, it's not suitable to blame Ney for all of these as it's a complicated event involving a sereis of misunderstanding, and Ney would likely not take the biggest responsibility judging by his initial intention.
is it the best video i have been watching so far about Waterloo ,Usually the Doc focuses on fight of la haye sainte, British heavy cavalry charge,Ney charge and imperial guard last charge .But with your vid you can undertand it was a very harsh battle and it could be a french victory til 3 PM and for once you are mentioning the great contribution of Dutch and Belgian troops ,especially the countercharge of Chasse brigade .Very good work .Thank you from France .
Good job, the voice-over problem noted. I expect that deciding on the level of detail for narration would have been challenging since so much happened. Le Guarde recule! Looking forward to more.
Very good. Great graphics and I really liked the depiction of the topography. It's always struck me as strange how quickly the horses of the British Heavy Cavalry were blown. When you go to the battlefield you can see that the distance between their assembly point and the French grand battery is nothing, a few hundred metres. Even in heavy mud you wouldn't expect a strong horse to tire so quickly. Similarly the field where the British squares were is also tiny, seems impossible so many men and horses could have been in such a small area.
Thank you for this well designed and constructed video. IMO maps add a lot to my understanding as they can more precisely show written descriptions, so for instance I thought it was helpful understanding some aspects of the battle this way. Its a fine resource and I think the creator.
@@Trajan32 Thank you so much Sir! I have made the maps myself from the original military maps that I can find ! A lot of research goes into that! I am glad that it was helpful!
The famous painting by Lady Butler of the charge of the Scots Greys at the gallop appears not to be an accurate representation of what actually occurred - due to the broken/sodden ground, the charge could only be done at the trot. And, apparently, many cavalry charges were done this way in order to keep the attackers aligned, rather than in a ragged, less effectual manner.
25:28 wait why the squares arent the normal ntw squares ??? did they manage to change how the guys behave in square formation ?????!!!! i wanna konw how they did that !
If I want to know if a waterloo description is worth reading I skip straight to the Middle Guard attack to check its not recycling the same old nonsense. This videos is about as accurate as you can get given the sources for the actions of the guard and as far as I know the only accurate source to then be animated. Brilliant! Pitty lobau is depicted heading straight towards the prussians and isn't shown forming up to repeat derlons assault on Wellingtons weakend left flank at around 4pm. An assault that would in all likelihood have won the battle. The Prussians appearing behind their right flank just in time to call it off. Just to emphasise the moment when the battle was saved.
Thank you so much… it was so hard to find the exact troop movements of Lobau’s Corps, could you kindly provide me with the correct source and material … I will be releasing another map animation of Waterloo soon, I intend to depict it correctly!
This shows the St Helena version of vi corps movements. I remember reading somewhere that vi corps were lined up behind 1st corps for their ill fated advance. Either way, Lobau & staff were surprised by the prussian arrival as they were not told to look to their flank. They redeployed themselves to face the new threat. There are vi corps sources corroborating this. Combes-brassard + other? Bullow appeared out of Bois de paris behind their right flank while they probed forwards. Meaning Lobou must have been in derlons initial position, facing the Allies. Meanwhile, everything was being thrown at the farms in readiness for the next advance, which could only have been meant for vi corps'. The redeployment was the first of 16k ish moved against the Prussians before napoleon ordered the middle guard attack. More if you are count 1/1 Chasseurs holding off probing enveloping movements behind rossomme and the two proper old guard Grenadiers possibly moving towards plancenoit flank...
For Napoleon the battle was only win able if he had DOUBLE the amount of Old Guard against the British/Allies and TRIPLE that amount at Plancenoit and even then it would be a huge gamble!!!! BUT not with the troops he did have…
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 retreat would have meant the allies joining forces, something he dearly wished to avoid as in no way the French could win against the combined might of the allies. Divide and conquer and defeat in detail was napoleons most finest strategy. Didn’t work this time tho
Then you don't know enough about the battle. Wellington fought where he did because of assurances that Blucher was marching to his aid, which Blucher duly did. The Allied army stood throughout. There was no retreat, and the arrival of the Prussians turned the French defeat into a rout.
I do wonder how would Napoleon have won 100 days.. Maybe if he had Davout in charge of his right wing Wavre would have been a done deal like Ausdtrat… and/or if Soult was made charge of the Left wing army at Quatre Bras.. the Dutch would have been smashed and crossroads secured before Wellington arrived and D’Erlon and Soults Left wing marching at Ligny to smash the Prussian Left and rear.. The defeat at Quatre Bras and Logny would force Wellington to retreat and fight at Waterloo without any support..While the main army under Napoleon and Soult could hammer Wellington at Waterloo Davout could have Defeated any remnants of the Prussians at Wavre and turned to Waterloo to hit the allied right and smash the army. Men like Davout, Soult, Sucet, Rapp, Gerard, Massena, Lannes, MacDonald, Saint Cyr, Maison, Vandamme def were. But he only had Davout, Soult, Ney, Rapp, Gerard, Vandamme and Suchet during the 100 days. Suchet and Rapp was guarding the southern borders, Soult was his CoAS after Berthier defected, Davout made governor of Paris and War Minister, Gerard was given a corps command. Others didn’t join Napoleon or retired or died before. So so many mistakes made during the 100 days, Leaving Davout at Paris, Soult made in charge of CoAS a position he didn’t like or know how to operate unlike Berthier… D’Erlon not taking part in either Ligny or Quatre Bras due to miscommunication and confusion again failure of Staff work as Berthier was absent… Ney and Grouchy given command of left and right wing leading to the mess at Quatre Bras, Wavre and Waterloo.. both weren’t competent to handle independent army command unlike Davout, Soult etc… Napoleon being sick throughout this campaign.. ironically the French army of 1815 was the best army Napoleon commanded since 1812 (post Russian and Spanish Disasters) he had Cavalry, artillery and infantry regiments and battalions at 90-100% strength, well equipped, and most units had veterans, and strong and close communication and supply lines, all well equipped, provisioned and organized… capable and veteran commanders, marshals, generals and NCOs and Officers commanding on a relatively smaller theater of operations compared to Russia 1812 or Germany 1813.
@@paulbantick8266 Really? Then kindly share your authentic and genuine information with us, I will rectify the necessary! But all my sources are listed below in the descriptions! PS: when it comes to history, sometimes older and secondary sources are truer than many propaganda driven mainstream and latest works! I am not generalising though! If I am wrong, I will correct myself, kindly share with me what you think is the correct version of the battle!
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 What parts? You surely don't expect me to post the entirety of the battle according to what is known? If you do, I won't. I'll give you a list of tomes and accounts to peruse, Not a post that would be so long that it wouldn't upload anyway. "older and secondary sources are truer than many propaganda driven mainstream and latest works" Really? I go by corroborative, first-hand accounts. Secondary, hearsay, and author's opinion don't interest me very much. At least, I would never quote them. Unless that is, It's backed up with primary sources Are your Ideas of Older secondary accounts propaganda free? Propaganda being those that you disagree with?
@@paulbantick8266 If you have something to share than just your opinion of what you think is right, please do! Otherwise, I can back each and every source of mine! Each and every line that I have valid justification ! My works are propaganda free, for I do not hail anywhere from Europe itself! I am doing these stuff out of sheer interest and nothing else! I repeat, if you can share the link of your sources or the names of the books and authors, I will be honoured!
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@@cqazhan7206 We are sorry for not being able to deliver better narration but at the same time we are hopeful to deliver the best quality narration in the future! Azhan is a very hard working individual with a plethora of amazing talents and skills! I am so grateful to have you on my side, my friend!
You can tell you're making a real effort. I still think the video is great and it doesn't bother me. Thanks for all your work
The #AI you chose doesn't understand how to speak French,@@lionsbergcinematic3215; it's already getting D'Erlon wrong...
The whole thing is so brilliant. The work on this video is outstanding, AI narrators let non English speakers get detailed information out to their audience in a quick and easy manner, it shouldn’t be such an issue to people
@@fiskcakes Thank you so much for your support! I am really a little relieved!
Absolutely the most detailed Battle of Waterloo program I have ever seen on RUclips. Keep Up The Good Work and continue to do more works of this like. 🏆
@@rq83 Thank you so much! I am really inspired 🥹
Thanks for the details. I plan on watching 'Waterloo' with Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer again.
@@casard5235 Waterloo (1970) has been my inspiration always !!! Thank you watching my video as well 🥹
Excellent, well done. Full of details. You should be proud of this video. b
@@RemusKingOfRome Thank you so much 😊 I am glad you liked it !
Awesome effort and pleasure to watch. Thanks very much.
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 n the words of Paul Dawson, from his book ‘Charge the Guns! ISBN:978-1-907212-11-6'
"The Imperial Guard contrary to the myth of the battle, and some eye-witness accounts written decades after the battle did not make a glorious last stand on the field of battle. The 3rd Regiment of Chasseurs, shattered by the counter-attack of the allied light cavalry and musketry of David Chasse's troops, broke and fled and were rounded up like sheep by the cavalry, the entire regiment being virtually captured on the field of battle 437.
…The regiments two battalions seem to have been shattered by the 1st Foot Guards and the men rounded up by cavalry. Neither the 3rd or 4th Chasseurs had been under fire as a military formation before the attack at Waterloo, which may explain why when fired upon by the allies the regiments never made contact with the allied lines before breaking and fleeing, the men being herded up by the cavalry. Allied reports of the 1st Foot Guards all make the comment that the Imperial Guard was there one minute and then it disappeared - the striking sudden appearance and routing of the regiment is born out by archive paperwork from the regiments.
437 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 44, 45, 46 Chasseurs a' pied de la garde, divers corps, 1814-1815
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The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Chasseurs….Was nearly entirely captured. Only nine men from the 1st company escaped being made prisoner of war. The battalion lost 446 other ranks out of 635 men, or 70 per cent of the total, of which 419 were prisoners of war, 65 per cent of the losses the battalion sustained being men captured by the allied cavalry during the rout of the French army when clearly the square collapsed.438
The 2nd Battalion 2nd Chasseurs, compared to the huge losses of the 2nd Battalion 1st Chasseurs or the 3rd Chasseurs, seem to have suffered far fewer casualties, having three men wounded, twenty deserted and 112 taken prisoner. The battalion seems to have held together against the attack of Adam's brigade and the allied light cavalry, unlike the 2nd Battalion 1st Chasseurs which was standing next to the 2nd Battalion 2nd Chasseurs.439
The 1st Battalion 3rd Grenadiers, shattered by the allied musketry and artillery according to battalion commander Guilleman, broke and fled to seek safety in the square of the 2nd Battalion 1st Chasseurs, and it may well be the breaking of this square that resulted in large numbers of men from the 3rd Grenadiers being captured at the same time.
The 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Grenadiers, contrary to Hippolyte de Mauduit's myth-making that the battalion was virtually annihilated, suffered the fewest men captured as prisoners of war and appears to have made its way relatively unscathed to Genappe. Here the 4th company of the 2nd Battalion suffered 27 men wounded and 15 taken prisoner. The wounded men were subsequently captured.
At Waterloo and Genappe, the 2nd Battalion 3rd Grenadiers lost combined 154 men out of 520 in the battalion or losses of 29 per cent. The 1st Battalion lost 207 men out of 518 or 39 per cent losses. The regiment lost overall 34 per cent of its manpower at Waterloo, but of greater note, it lost a further 62 per cent after the 20th June, more men were lost after Waterloo than during the battle, due to desertion, men being made prisoners of war or being killed in various rearguard actions.440
The 4th Grenadiers, said by Mark Adkin to have been annihilated at Waterloo, retreated in good order and took part in the stand of the Guard at Genappe against the Prussians. At Waterloo, the regiment lost 346 men, but between 20th and 23rd June, a further 736 were classed as deserted or prisoners of war. Clearly, the regiment was not killed to a man at Waterloo, fought well at Genappe, and only disintegrated from the 20th June onward, spurred on we are told, by the men desiring to be with Napoleon as opposed to remaining with the army.441
The 1st Grenadiers appear to have done very little in the battle. The 1st Battalion sent to Plancenoit lost two men made prisoners of war, one deserted, one killed and one wounded, whereas the remainder of the regiment in total lost 9 men overall at Waterloo, but lost a staggering 600 men between 19th and 32nd June. These men quit the regiment and headed off to Paris en masse. Mark Adkin in Waterloo Companion, lists these men as dead, wounded or prisoners on the 18th June which is simply not true.442
438 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 44, 45, 46 Chasseurs a' pied de la garde, divers corps, 1814-1815
439 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 44, 45, 46 Chasseurs a' pied de la garde, divers corps, 1814-1815
440 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 13, 14 Corps royal de Grenadiers de France redevenu corps des grenadiers a pied de la garde imperiale lors des cent-jours, 1813-1814
441 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 13, 14 Corps royal de Grenadiers de France redevenu corps des grenadiers a pied de la garde imperiale lors des cent-jours, 1813-1814
442 Compiled from SHD/GR 20 YC 13, 14 Corps royal de Grenadiers de France redevenu corps des grenadiers a pied de la garde imperiale lors des cent-jours, 1813-1814
Stunning.
Thank You so much!
Finally a good documentary about Waterloo. Most of these documentaries are made by English so called historicans making it believe the English single handed beated the French. With a bit of Luck they mention Blücher, but this is the first time I see the large tribute of the Dutch mentioned. And neither the Belgiums and Germans were left out.
@@legomattie3295 I am so glad you enjoyed it !! Thank you for you support!!
Awesome overview of the battle. thank you!
Thank You so much ! Glad You liked it!
I have just learned a great of "new" information about the Battle of Waterloo, that previously I had believed I was reasonably knowledgeable about....oh well.
This video was extremely informative and well done.... 'two thumbs up'....'a new subscriber'
Thank you so much! I am honoured!!
The in-depth details going into this is crazy 😮❤
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I've heard the story of waterloo at least a hundred times, and yet you managed to make it all the more interesting again! Well done with the video! (Gotta love the Napoleon Total War clips)
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Fantastic work, you have gone deep in trying to uncover what happened. I had not heard of Nassau troops pushing back the Middlle Guard. Something that never made sense to me was the charge of the Imperial Guard. They seemed to have changed overnight from the most feared warriors of the time to an old folks' home. The Prussians/Hanoverians had a completely different recollection of events as described in "Englands große Waterloo-Lüge zu den Jahrhunderttagen von 1815" >>They came up the slope decimating the British forces until Zieten arrived. Zieten had received notice from a Prussian liaison officer in Wellington's camp that collapse was imminent. British and Dutch deserters, on their way to Antwerp, were telling that Wellington had been killed. Zieten ignored orders from Gneisenau and came to the rescue. The arrival came as a complete surprise: "They promised us Grouchy and give us Prussians". This was the reason for the retreat, not in a panic, but in an orderly fashion down the slope, starting 08.30PM. According to this account the British charge never took place nor were the famous words (La Garde meurt ... ) ever spoken (at least not there); instead the word "Merde" was heard frequently. The almost complete annihilation of the British troops by the Guard is described in great detail; after the Guard was driven back by Prussians and Hanoverians faint incoming bagpipe music was noticed in the distance resulting in a spontaneous outburst of laughter in the Allied ranks. Wellington and a handful of staff barely made it to Belle-Alliance to meet Bluecher. Another massive difference between this work and the British version is the timeline. The British timeline places events significantly earlier in time! When I started reading this book I was very sceptical; I expected pro-German propaganda since the book was published in 1915 but I came back on that. The Duke of Wellington is recognised as a great military leader and the British troops are positioned as great soldiers. Napoleon is mentioned as an unreliable source. In a paragraph the Prussians are portrayed as savages so I would not qualify the book as pro-German at all. This extremely detailed work makes complete sense to me and deserves a place in Waterloo studies. There are many versions describing these eventful days in June 1815 and I doubt if we will ever know what exactly happened.
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing information! I would very much like to keep exploring on this !! ❤
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 I started reading this book because it was very well received in the Low Countries in 1915. I qualify the language as "brutally honest" but it could sometimes be called (too) blunt as well, not everybody appreciates this. When you look through this I learned that an extremely detailed picture emerges where all the pieces fit together. If this is another "Napoleonic forgery" it must be the best one on record ..... or it simply comes very close to the truth ...... don't believe me but decide for yourself. I thank you for your hard work and wish you good luck with further research.
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 I started reading this book because it was very well received in the Low Countries in 1915. I qualify the language as "brutally honest" but it could sometimes be called (too) blunt as well, not everybody appreciates this. When you look through this I learned that an extremely detailed picture emerges where all the pieces fit together. If this is another "Napoleonic forgery" it must be the best one on record ..... or it simply comes very close to the truth ...... don't believe me but decide for yourself. I thank you for your hard work and wish you good luck with further research.
@@Ap-cm7mx the middle guard were only formed once napoleon had returned from Elba and were fairly depleted after a bayonet charge into Ligny. Earlier at Ligny, the prussians cavalry had charged at them taking them for militia as they still had their old uniforms from their original units. They were experoenced individuals but brand new units who didn't trust their recently royalist commanders. I think Mortimer should have lead them but was ill.
The difference in accounts between german & british is probably because the advance was split either side of the knoll where the lion mound is now. They wouldn't know of each others actions. For example the 52nd were surprised to see dutch unit in the valley during the pursuit.
@@obiss-e5b Thank you for this information! This could well be the case. The book I refer to is written in German/Gothic script which may also be a reason that is not well known in the English speaking world. I started reading this book because it was very well received in the Low Countries in 1915. I qualify the language as "brutally honest" but it could sometimes be called (too) blunt as well, not everybody appreciates this. When you look through this I learned that an extremely detailed picture emerges where all the pieces fit together.
Exellent analysis of a historic battle. But let’s not forget the this was a day of slaughter and carnage on an epic scale.
Indeed! And it's very sad!
I really appreciate the level of detail, certainly during the attack of the guard, which is lacking in every video about Waterloo i have seen so far. You made me go "damn that makes sense" a couple of times. Also, kudos for talking about the merits of the Dutch, Belgians and KGL. very nice work! thank you for this!
Thank you so much for appreciating my work! Means a lot!!
Fantastic! Bravo! Beautiful! ENCORE!!
@@joeonitproductions Thank you so much Joe!! 🥹❤️
Holy shit man I know A TON of investigation went into this
I knew you would understand, my friend! :)
Very impressed with this presentation, very good narrative, excellent maps, and i love the re-creation. One of the best i've seen, first class job, well done to all.
@@XQForce8 Thank you so much! I am inspired 🥹
“Wellingtons beaten… he’s bleed to death… now, now move the old guard forward, then into Brussels” 35:34
EXCEPTIONAL presentation, probably the BEST documentary on Waterloo!!
@@TheSpritz0 I am honoured ! Glad that you like it!
As a Napoleonic scholar, I encourage you to release this video without the AI voice!
It is by far the most in-depth -by-regiment overview I have seen of the battlefield, and have only seen in books up to this point.
@@chasemanhart thank you so much , we shall try !
masterpiece of video
@@ignaciorivero1708 I am honoured!!
Best video on Waterloo I've ever seen!
@@robertferrick494 Thank you so much ! We still have a very long way to go!!
Great job, but there is a common mistake in the protrait of Ney's cavalry charge. According to General Delort who commanded 14th cavlary division at the time, Ney at first only ordered one brigade of cuirassier under Mihaud's Cavalry Corp to perform the charge in order to test the water. Also, the actual cavalry charge not only consists by 8 regiments of cuirassier of Mihauds Cavalry Corp, but also the guard cavalry. Even we count the charge of cuirassier as Ney's fault, he wouldn't have time to order the guard cavalry to move as he is at the front. The only one who being able to throw the guard cavalry into a charge at the time is Napoleon. The charge is acutally more like a result of chaos, probably started because Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes, the commander of the Guard Light Cavalry Division, mistakenly understood Milhaud's order, who said 'Cover me' before charge. Then the Guard Light Cavalry Division followed the charge, and Napoleon saw the heavy cavalry and light cavalry are all charging, mistakenly understood that it already come the the moment of devastating strike, than ordered the full charge. Napoleon would think like that because he did make plan at the morning that after British was weakened by d'Erlon's and Reille's Corps, he would launch a cavalry charge to breakthrough just as what he did in Ligny. Therefore his criticise for Ney's charge is "too early", he thought Ney was performing the final strike but Ney was actually just testing the water. Although in later memoir, Napoleon claimed everything is Ney's mistake, but at that time he is not a totally reliable source and his claim contrasts with many others. In conclusion, it's not suitable to blame Ney for all of these as it's a complicated event involving a sereis of misunderstanding, and Ney would likely not take the biggest responsibility judging by his initial intention.
I love your knowledge. It's one thing to read history, but the real asset is to understand and know how and when to share it beneficially.
Been waiting for this video! and it was worth the time, cant wait for the next one
@@BringMeTotalWar Thank you so much! I am a big fan of your works as well 🥹
is it the best video i have been watching so far about Waterloo ,Usually the Doc focuses on fight of la haye sainte, British heavy cavalry charge,Ney charge and imperial guard last charge .But with your vid you can undertand it was a very harsh battle and it could be a french victory til 3 PM and for once you are mentioning the great contribution of Dutch and Belgian troops ,especially the countercharge of Chasse brigade .Very good work .Thank you from France .
@@DidierDidier-kc4nm most welcome mate! Glad you have enjoyed !!
Amazing video! The most detailed video about this battle I have ever seen and very well presented!
thank you so much! We have worked really hard!
If you hadn’t been on popes discord I never would have seen this absolute masterpiece
Pope's Discord...?
@@NobleKorhedron ye pope John Paul
Good job, the voice-over problem noted. I expect that deciding on the level of detail for narration would have been challenging since so much happened. Le Guarde recule! Looking forward to more.
@@donstratton6343 thank you for your time! We were on the verge of getting a voice actor but this time we could not manage… next time, let’s see !
Excellent video. Story well told. 10/10
@@daverose8082 Thank you so much! I am so glad you liked it 🥹
I just started watching, but congrats in advance!
@@sdtamarinera thank you bro! Glad you have enjoyed it!
Above all, excellent accurate and animated maps
@@France70-r7y Thank you so much !!
Love it. Nice work! Great imagery and details.
Thank you so much! We tried hard!
This is great stuff thank you
@@laneoswego6989 Thank you so much for watching this !
Nice vid, keep up the good work!!!
Thank you for meantion
You are so welcome
Very good. Great graphics and I really liked the depiction of the topography. It's always struck me as strange how quickly the horses of the British Heavy Cavalry were blown. When you go to the battlefield you can see that the distance between their assembly point and the French grand battery is nothing, a few hundred metres. Even in heavy mud you wouldn't expect a strong horse to tire so quickly. Similarly the field where the British squares were is also tiny, seems impossible so many men and horses could have been in such a small area.
Thank you so much ! Indeed my friend!
Excellent stuff
Glad you think so!
A very documentary.👍💯
Excellent work 👏
@@To_be_knowledgeable Thank you so much 🥹
Thank you for this well designed and constructed video. IMO maps add a lot to my understanding as they can more precisely show written descriptions, so for instance I thought it was helpful understanding some aspects of the battle this way. Its a fine resource and I think the creator.
Id suggest Gettysburg in the American civil war that I also think could use a treatment from your videos
@@Trajan32 Thank you so much Sir! I have made the maps myself from the original military maps that I can find ! A lot of research goes into that! I am glad that it was helpful!
@@Trajan32 Thank you once again, I will keep that in mind !
great video
Thank You So much!
The famous painting by Lady Butler of the charge of the Scots Greys at the gallop appears not to be an accurate representation of what actually occurred - due to the broken/sodden ground, the charge could only be done at the trot. And, apparently, many cavalry charges were done this way in order to keep the attackers aligned, rather than in a ragged, less effectual manner.
Excellent, well done. Hope u will make same with Borodino.
Thank you so much, we will try our best!
Excellent 👍 thanks
Most Welcome, Sir!
This has been the hard work of all the members of GUN clan
@@MedjayofFaiyum very true my friend!! As I have credited their names including yours for all the help and support
beautiful
Thank you so much!
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 I mean it man it's really good
Brilliant
Thank you so much!
Looks amazing!
@@gallolocoparisien thank you so much !!
25:28 wait why the squares arent the normal ntw squares ??? did they manage to change how the guys behave in square formation ?????!!!! i wanna konw how they did that !
Hello my friend, we used a mod for NTW called NTW3, which is more historical and much more fun to use
It is called Mont St Jean pronounced like the Normandy town of "Caen ,Jean equals with the name "John" in English.
@@dimitriwolfs9370 thank you so much for the information !
NTW 3 ?
Yes NTW3 and Napoleon's Eagles
“WELLINGTONS RETREATING, WELLINGTONS RETREATING” 24:02
Exactly 😊
If I want to know if a waterloo description is worth reading I skip straight to the Middle Guard attack to check its not recycling the same old nonsense. This videos is about as accurate as you can get given the sources for the actions of the guard and as far as I know the only accurate source to then be animated. Brilliant!
Pitty lobau is depicted heading straight towards the prussians and isn't shown forming up to repeat derlons assault on Wellingtons weakend left flank at around 4pm. An assault that would in all likelihood have won the battle. The Prussians appearing behind their right flank just in time to call it off. Just to emphasise the moment when the battle was saved.
Thank you so much… it was so hard to find the exact troop movements of Lobau’s Corps, could you kindly provide me with the correct source and material … I will be releasing another map animation of Waterloo soon, I intend to depict it correctly!
This shows the St Helena version of vi corps movements. I remember reading somewhere that vi corps were lined up behind 1st corps for their ill fated advance. Either way, Lobau & staff were surprised by the prussian arrival as they were not told to look to their flank. They redeployed themselves to face the new threat. There are vi corps sources corroborating this. Combes-brassard + other? Bullow appeared out of Bois de paris behind their right flank while they probed forwards. Meaning Lobou must have been in derlons initial position, facing the Allies. Meanwhile, everything was being thrown at the farms in readiness for the next advance, which could only have been meant for vi corps'.
The redeployment was the first of 16k ish moved against the Prussians before napoleon ordered the middle guard attack. More if you are count 1/1 Chasseurs holding off probing enveloping movements behind rossomme and the two proper old guard Grenadiers possibly moving towards plancenoit flank...
@@obiss-e5b thank you so much
Appalling pronunciation of the French names in the narrative to this video. But fascinating and detailed analysis of the attack by the Imperial Guard.
What mods do you use?
1. NTW3
2. Napoleon's Eagles
what mod is this?
The game is Napoleon Total War, the Mod is NTW3
It seems like Grouchy's pursuit of the Prussians was a big mistake
@@Kirkee7 I guess we will find it out on our next video on the Battle of Wavre!!
First mistake, Napoleon’s general didn't destroy the German army.
Second mistake,
Napoleon should have attacked early in the morning.
@@arturovaldes546 very true!! The first corps should have made it to the battle of Ligny or to Quatre Bras!
For Napoleon the battle was only win able if he had DOUBLE the amount of Old Guard against the British/Allies and TRIPLE that amount at Plancenoit and even then it would be a huge gamble!!!! BUT not with the troops he did have…
@@TheSpritz0 Very true, my friend! Napoleon should have retreated as soon as he saw the Prussians !
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 retreat would have meant the allies joining forces, something he dearly wished to avoid as in no way the French could win against the combined might of the allies. Divide and conquer and defeat in detail was napoleons most finest strategy. Didn’t work this time tho
When I hear Waterloo I always laugh, because there wasn’t a battle there only a retreat like in Agincourt but then reverse
Then you don't know enough about the battle. Wellington fought where he did because of assurances that Blucher was marching to his aid, which Blucher duly did.
The Allied army stood throughout. There was no retreat, and the arrival of the Prussians turned the French defeat into a rout.
“NOW SCOTS GRAYS, NOW” 19:30
Game name
@@KristinPeller Napoleon Total War with the mods: NTW3 and Napoleon’s Eagles
“THE 92ND WILL ADVANCE. RESERVE THE CANOOONNNN” 17:18
“Return the Colours” meaning place the standards in their proper place,in the formation.
F I R S T
We finally made it!
I do wonder how would Napoleon have won 100 days..
Maybe if he had Davout in charge of his right wing Wavre would have been a done deal like Ausdtrat…
and/or if Soult was made charge of the Left wing army at Quatre Bras.. the Dutch would have been smashed and crossroads secured before Wellington arrived and D’Erlon and Soults Left wing marching at Ligny to smash the Prussian Left and rear..
The defeat at Quatre Bras and Logny would force Wellington to retreat and fight at Waterloo without any support..While the main army under Napoleon and Soult could hammer Wellington at Waterloo
Davout could have Defeated any remnants of the Prussians at Wavre and turned to Waterloo to hit the allied right and smash the army.
Men like Davout, Soult, Sucet, Rapp, Gerard, Massena, Lannes, MacDonald, Saint Cyr, Maison, Vandamme def were. But he only had Davout, Soult, Ney, Rapp, Gerard, Vandamme and Suchet during the 100 days. Suchet and Rapp was guarding the southern borders, Soult was his CoAS after Berthier defected, Davout made governor of Paris and War Minister, Gerard was given a corps command. Others didn’t join Napoleon or retired or died before.
So so many mistakes made during the 100 days,
Leaving Davout at Paris, Soult made in charge of CoAS a position he didn’t like or know how to operate unlike Berthier…
D’Erlon not taking part in either Ligny or Quatre Bras due to miscommunication and confusion again failure of Staff work as Berthier was absent…
Ney and Grouchy given command of left and right wing leading to the mess at Quatre Bras, Wavre and Waterloo.. both weren’t competent to handle independent army command unlike Davout, Soult etc… Napoleon being sick throughout this campaign..
ironically the French army of 1815 was the best army Napoleon commanded since 1812 (post Russian and Spanish Disasters) he had Cavalry, artillery and infantry regiments and battalions at 90-100% strength, well equipped, and most units had veterans, and strong and close communication and supply lines, all well equipped, provisioned and organized… capable and veteran commanders, marshals, generals and NCOs and Officers commanding on a relatively smaller theater of operations compared to Russia 1812 or Germany 1813.
I totally agree my friend, had it been Davout or Soult commanding the Left or Right, the outcome could have been much different!
Nice graphics shame about AI narration as usual.
@@rtk3543 thank you so much, unfortunately again we could not manage a voice actor🥺
Fantastic video, but the pronunciation is awful.
Someone's using old publications and secondary references . We know a lot more of what transpired than this misinforming take on the battle.
@@paulbantick8266 Really? Then kindly share your authentic and genuine information with us, I will rectify the necessary! But all my sources are listed below in the descriptions!
PS: when it comes to history, sometimes older and secondary sources are truer than many propaganda driven mainstream and latest works! I am not generalising though!
If I am wrong, I will correct myself, kindly share with me what you think is the correct version of the battle!
@@lionsbergcinematic3215 What parts? You surely don't expect me to post the entirety of the battle according to what is known? If you do, I won't. I'll give you a list of tomes and accounts to peruse, Not a post that would be so long that it wouldn't upload anyway.
"older and secondary sources are truer than many propaganda driven mainstream and latest works"
Really? I go by corroborative, first-hand accounts. Secondary, hearsay, and author's opinion don't interest me very much. At least, I would never quote them. Unless that is, It's backed up with primary sources
Are your Ideas of Older secondary accounts propaganda free? Propaganda being those that you disagree with?
@@paulbantick8266 If you have something to share than just your opinion of what you think is right, please do! Otherwise, I can back each and every source of mine! Each and every line that I have valid justification !
My works are propaganda free, for I do not hail anywhere from Europe itself! I am doing these stuff out of sheer interest and nothing else! I repeat, if you can share the link of your sources or the names of the books and authors, I will be honoured!
@@paulbantick8266Unless you are an expert in early 19th century warfare it would suit you better to listen to the interpretation of modern historians
@@paulbantick8266 bro is yapping on yapping lol
Sorry I don't like animation.
Please consider looking for other narrators, the vid is quality but the AI voice completely ruins it
Unfortunately, I don't have the funds to get a narrator!
@@lionsbergcinematic3215It's very good regardless!
@@garylancaster8612 Thank you!!