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  • Опубликовано: 13 май 2020
  • Sharpe fights on the frontline in the final battle of Sharpe's Waterloo.
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  • @SharpeOfficial
    @SharpeOfficial  3 года назад +49

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  • @Ftanftangfnarrr
    @Ftanftangfnarrr 3 года назад +2150

    Waterloo was a terribly bloody battle. Around 40 people died out of the 118 men who took part. Many of them more than once.

    • @alexl7213
      @alexl7213 2 года назад +219

      And many of them died with a silly walk.

    • @Geth-Who
      @Geth-Who 2 года назад +100

      @@alexl7213 Hey, those army boots were easy prey for legos in the grass, they had to be careful.

    • @azarisLP
      @azarisLP 2 года назад +67

      Including both Wilhelm Brothers.

    • @Iain1962
      @Iain1962 2 года назад +58

      I was impressed with the way the French line bunched together to avoid the pyrotechnic explosions. Typical French.

    • @davidian7787
      @davidian7787 2 года назад +28

      Explosive shells? I suppose it's cheaper than the effects of ball or grapeshot on people. Bang, fall over. You can excuse Sharpe for this though because all the acting was brilliant.

  • @Blitz-0012
    @Blitz-0012 4 года назад +413

    When "Over the hills" starts playing as you see Napoleon on a far hill.
    Now that's musician-ing.

  • @johnspringate9386
    @johnspringate9386 4 года назад +242

    Winning the Battle of Waterloo and seeing Napoleon with your own eyes.
    That's soldiering.

  • @constantinmonopoli8406
    @constantinmonopoli8406 3 года назад +191

    „Your Grace the Prussians are here“
    The Prussians: * 3 guys on horses *

    • @richardsandals785
      @richardsandals785 3 года назад +3

      one was a ring-in ....

    • @SayLentyTM
      @SayLentyTM 2 года назад

      Lmao

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX 2 года назад +2

      Everyone’s favourite reinforcements, taking English into account
      (Plural is 2 or more, teh prussians are generous)

  • @andreaswidham3607
    @andreaswidham3607 4 года назад +328

    Sharpe never had the budget to do these battles justice, but they could still have skillful directing. I love how footage from Talavera is weaved in, along with Sharpe using the old name, the "South Essex," it really underscores the journey this regiment has made, from Talavera, through Spain into France and finally one last battle against Napoleon himself at Waterloo. The soldiers who took an Eagle in their first Battle broke the Imperial Guard at their last, and Sharpe was there to lead them all the way, his journey symbolically concluding with him, finally, in official command of the South Essex. The regiment he forged and, in all but name, led.

    • @julianmhall
      @julianmhall 2 года назад +6

      Actually Sharpe's slip up was reversed. By then they /were/ the Prince Of Wales Own Volunteers, so he should have said 'The South Esse.. er.. The Prince of Wales Own Volunteers..' not the other way round.

    • @Elliot0k
      @Elliot0k Год назад +20

      @@julianmhall The 2nd battalion of the South Essex became the Prince of Wales Own Volunteers. The 1st battalion South Essex still existed and this is the group Sharpe leads here.

    • @1discgolf1
      @1discgolf1 11 месяцев назад +3

      I wonder why they didn't use actual footage from the battle.

    • @GravesRWFiA
      @GravesRWFiA 11 месяцев назад +1

      surely such an act under Sharp would see the king's colours restored.

    • @madjack1748
      @madjack1748 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@1discgolf1 seems pretty lazy on the productions part, but I think the government keeps all the raw footage of the real life battle locked away out of respect for the fallen

  • @fthirtyfivemr
    @fthirtyfivemr 4 года назад +2110

    It’s been an honor ladies and gentleman. Sticking together through all these Sharpe videos? Come on now... say it with me....
    NOW THATS SOLDIERING!!!!!!

    • @cameronschofield6440
      @cameronschofield6440 4 года назад +36

      That's soldiering
      Sharpe's Mission- Sharpe's Waterloo (unless he uploads Challenge or Peril)

    • @detectivedonaldkimball
      @detectivedonaldkimball 4 года назад +17

      goodbye mister fivemr

    • @daverage4729
      @daverage4729 4 года назад +8

      Damn fine soldiering at that Sah!

    • @Pemmont107
      @Pemmont107 4 года назад +16

      There's still two to go! You forgot about Sharpe's adventures in India, sir!

    • @james87367
      @james87367 4 года назад +10

      We did it.

  • @acgorrell
    @acgorrell 3 года назад +302

    I love how Harper looks at Sharpe when they part ways, those two went through so much together.

    • @julianmhall
      @julianmhall 2 года назад +13

      The parting was far better in the book Sharpe's Revenge when they thought they were parting for good.. much longer.. I recommend it heartily..

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 4 года назад +585

    The South Essex, regiment that started out as shiny and green with inept officers that willfully flogged their men for infractions rather than helping them. They captured an Imperial Eagle at Talavera, were at Barrosa where they helped capture another Imperial Eagle, took Redoubt Rodrigo, all the way to Toulouse, and ended their final battle by defeating Napoleon's best soldiers, The Old Guard. The South Essex became a hardened and revered unit through leadership, courage, improvising and sometimes plain luck.
    Now that's soldiering.

    • @ykmvp1870
      @ykmvp1870 4 года назад +1

      Charles saint who did he fight for

    •  4 года назад +4

      Vive le Sharpe!

    • @yokoyamataichi1785
      @yokoyamataichi1785 4 года назад +12

      The South Essex is stood down in name.

    • @doug6500
      @doug6500 4 года назад +16

      @@yokoyamataichi1785 If I wipe the name I may wipe the shame.

    • @GlyntTheCat
      @GlyntTheCat 4 года назад +8

      @@doug6500 I'm making you a unit of detachment, you will fetch and carry.

  • @Shadowkey392
    @Shadowkey392 4 года назад +284

    “THE PRINCE OF-...damnit...”
    Lol now that’s old habits!

    • @kadindarklord
      @kadindarklord 4 года назад +2

      Strangely, I've been hearing it as 'the French have.'

    • @ryangibson5462
      @ryangibson5462 3 года назад +8

      Lol. I like to think it was a legit mess up and they just left it in.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 2 года назад +4

      when Sharpe left the army, it was the Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers. When he returned it was the South Essex again.

    • @deanmckellar619
      @deanmckellar619 2 года назад +1

      Gotta love how the solider next to him notices and has to hold back a laugh at this XD

  • @MateusVIII
    @MateusVIII 4 года назад +288

    0:14 Getting shrapnel on the leg and keep marching? Now that's Old Guarding

    • @stevemccann4166
      @stevemccann4166 4 года назад +8

      MateusVIII Falling down because you have been fragged is for wusses. Get up man!!

    • @johndoe-qo5ki
      @johndoe-qo5ki 4 года назад +10

      Just a fleshwound

    • @santoslittlehelper06
      @santoslittlehelper06 3 года назад +10

      Hell yeah! Came all this way, don't puss out now that you're within spitting distance of the enemy. That's why God invented adrenaline.

    • @serene_actual
      @serene_actual 2 года назад +2

      Tis but a scratch

    • @blakefishburn
      @blakefishburn Год назад

      @@johndoe-qo5ki XD looks so goofy

  • @JimmySteller
    @JimmySteller Год назад +68

    4:19 The most epic head turn in the history of British film.

  • @Siptom369
    @Siptom369 3 года назад +122

    Sharpe getting excited at seeing Napoleon with his own eyes gave me the chills.

    • @MisterTutor2010
      @MisterTutor2010 3 года назад +16

      He's reached the Final Boss :)

    • @kjp.7714
      @kjp.7714 4 месяца назад +3

      He doesnt taunt, he doesnt swear, hes just happy he saw the emperor in his lifetime with his own eyes.

  • @1Loftwing1
    @1Loftwing1 4 года назад +1372

    I love this series but this makes the Battle of Waterloo look like a tiny skirmish

    • @a1denicholls
      @a1denicholls 4 года назад +55

      Have you read the book? If not it's very detailed

    • @settkundesu
      @settkundesu 4 года назад +166

      If only they have more budget

    • @dankennett4372
      @dankennett4372 4 года назад +152

      NUKA MAGE watch the film Waterloo. Uses 15000 extras and is also belting

    • @a1denicholls
      @a1denicholls 4 года назад +90

      @@settkundesu it is a shame, but the days of epics like waterloo are gone. Imagine the budget needed for that no cgi everything you see is a person or horse

    • @a1denicholls
      @a1denicholls 4 года назад +42

      @@settkundesu also not sure if you agree but for me sharpes rifles and eagle seem to have a bigger budget, and are my favourite episodes

  • @Brans-zy8dx
    @Brans-zy8dx Год назад +24

    The look harper gives sharpe at the end… they had the ultimate bromance. What an amazing show.

    • @tyrancarter9684
      @tyrancarter9684 Год назад +4

      And to think he was going to have Harper shot when they first met

  • @lobo81865
    @lobo81865 4 года назад +168

    Bernard Cornwell made Sharpe seem so real that it's hard to imagine him not actually fighting in that war.

    • @user-ft8ir8cr7s
      @user-ft8ir8cr7s Год назад +3

      Если полковник Шарп придуман Бертраном Корнуоллом,, то это никак не означает что он никогда не существовал. Знаю о чем пишу! В самое сложное для меня время, именно лейтенант от инфантерии Ричард Шарп послужил мне примером для подражания.
      -Привет всем поклонникам "Приключений королевского стрелка Шарпа"
      - Привет из 1990-х!

    • @olegevstigneev5367
      @olegevstigneev5367 Год назад +1

      ​@@user-ft8ir8cr7s реальный был ,только звали его не Шарп.

  • @h3akalee
    @h3akalee 4 года назад +189

    I love how he is in shock like seeing a God before him. I suppose back in those times these leaders seemed mysterious and mystical when they appeared and were seen.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +41

      Sharpe is literally the only officer to have fought from Trafalgar to Waterloo, he actually meets the Emperor in the book Sharpe's Devil.

    • @mikecimerian6913
      @mikecimerian6913 4 года назад +24

      It took all of Europe twenty years to definitely vanquish Napoleon. So yes Sharpe can be in awe. But Waterloo wasn't Napoleon's battle, it was Ney who failed him while he was suffering from stomach pain prostrate on a cot. Napoleon would have redeployed under the cover of darkness on better ground.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +11

      @@mikecimerian6913 had Ney not blindly charged into the squares without infantry or artillery support they might have won.

    • @MasterChief-sl9ro
      @MasterChief-sl9ro 4 года назад +6

      You know how close you would have to be to see him? As there were thousands of men on them fields of battle. Filled with Smoke. Cannons. etc.. I bet you had to be within 50 yards...
      But one thing they did show. Napoleon knew about Sharpe by name. Ducos told him about Major Sharpe....Napoleon asked if he was Lucky..

    • @mikecimerian6913
      @mikecimerian6913 4 года назад +7

      @@MasterChief-sl9ro Allegorical. Had he seen Napoleon, I suppose for a soldier, it would give a little glow. It's romance but hey. Personally, I prefer Hornblower but to be fair it certainly had more budget per episode. Waterloo was fubar thank to Ney. We certainly don't see the genius behind Austerlitz at work.

  • @kryptonardus
    @kryptonardus 2 года назад +181

    A brilliant ending! Sharpe's excitement at finally seeing Napoleon gave me chills!! Fantastic actor and wonderful cast.

    • @alexdavis-mann8513
      @alexdavis-mann8513 2 года назад +11

      actually meets him in the books :)

    • @kryptonardus
      @kryptonardus 2 года назад +2

      @@alexdavis-mann8513 marvellous

    • @WesenAusHanikasKommentaren
      @WesenAusHanikasKommentaren 11 месяцев назад +3

      I think they had a beer together after the battle and Napoleon joined the South Essex.

    • @GravesRWFiA
      @GravesRWFiA 11 месяцев назад +1

      just once he sees napoleon, and then, the great thief of europe has no choice but to show his back.

    • @davidreeves4556
      @davidreeves4556 6 месяцев назад

      no!?
      @@alexdavis-mann8513

  • @gypsyemperor7535
    @gypsyemperor7535 4 года назад +1259

    Shame they only had 78 quid to make this.

    • @massarouk8825
      @massarouk8825 4 года назад +143

      They had that much!? Wow I thought it was just the men down the pub

    • @SAndres316
      @SAndres316 4 года назад +65

      Considering the reused shots from Sharpe's Eagle badly edited in, it shows....

    • @HistoryBoy
      @HistoryBoy 4 года назад +29

      It looks pretty great to me! I can’t believe that they only had 94 dollars!

    • @massarouk8825
      @massarouk8825 4 года назад +5

      @@HistoryBoy It's crazy innit?!

    • @ElZilchoYo
      @ElZilchoYo 4 года назад +53

      40 of those on the drum

  • @rowingaway
    @rowingaway 3 года назад +195

    "The Prussians are here"
    Yes, all six of them.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 2 года назад +4

      to be fair Blucher's troops were on the far eastern side of the battlefield so these would have been messengers or somewhat

    • @varelion
      @varelion 2 года назад +2

      @@SantomPh Wellington was constantly informed about the movements of the Prussians. There were no Prussian messengers needed. On the left of the Allied army waited Müffling (the fat guy that disturbed the ball in the Waterloo-movie) for the arrival of the Prussian corps that Wellington demanded as a minimum support on his left flank. And when this corps arrived (Ziethen's 1st corps) the chain of messengers immediately reported to Wellington who now could draw forces from the left to the center. By then a traitor already had informed the Allies that Napoleon would send guards to attack the center. Battle communication was much more elaborated than depicted in movies.

    • @gvicze
      @gvicze 2 года назад +4

      It was Blücher „Marschall Vorwärts“ that went to pursue Napoleon. They captured his 2 Coaches. One was send to Düsseldorf and later sold to M. Toussaud. (1843), the other one was sent to Blüchers Palace in Kriblowitz. It was donated to Malmaison in the 1973. were it is part of the exhibition. Napoleons hat is in Berlin. So yes, the Prussians had a lot to do.

    • @mjoelnir58
      @mjoelnir58 Год назад

      Bullshit

    • @robnewman6101
      @robnewman6101 3 месяца назад +1

      Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
      Prussian Army Field Marshal.

  • @fran87blacon
    @fran87blacon 3 года назад +33

    even tho this whole series was made on a budget of only a tenner, it is and will always be my number one show!!
    making a timeless master piece on a ten quid budget, now that's soldiering !

  • @paulpeterson4216
    @paulpeterson4216 4 года назад +740

    Harper, sees Napoleon in retreat, declares all of his victory conditions met and quits the field.
    That's Retiring

    • @DavBlc7
      @DavBlc7 4 года назад +22

      And his retirement home will be at St Helena!

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 4 года назад +6

      Not sure how they'd let him do that?

    • @paulpeterson4216
      @paulpeterson4216 4 года назад +8

      @@JnEricsonx Walking around in civilian clothes, they may have thought he was Wellington.

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 4 года назад +8

      @@paulpeterson4216 Right, I'm just saying, as much as Sharpe would probably be willing to let Harper go-would it be up to him to let him leave the military?

    • @paulpeterson4216
      @paulpeterson4216 4 года назад +33

      @@JnEricsonx Harper would have been mustered out, as with tens of thousands of others, in 1813. He was not in the military in this episode, just hanging around with Sharpe in between trying to sell horses to wealthy officers.

  • @matthewsykes4814
    @matthewsykes4814 3 года назад +11

    Sean Bean not dying on screen...... now that is something special, must be an award for that??

  • @kogerugaming
    @kogerugaming 2 года назад +27

    1:44 "'Now, Maitland, now's your time!" I love how Wellington says this line in this, and both in the waterloo movie.

    • @ryangibson5462
      @ryangibson5462 Год назад +2

      Finding out Maitland's first name was Peregrine (Pippin's real name in LOTR) cracked me up.

    • @kogerugaming
      @kogerugaming Год назад +1

      @@ryangibson5462 lol thats interesting

  • @LCWrites24
    @LCWrites24 Год назад +18

    Anyone else get a chill watching Sharpe when you hear the French troops chanting "Vive L'Empereur!"? Shows how much devotion Bonaparte commanded from his soldiers...

    • @ErraticFaith
      @ErraticFaith Год назад

      A laughable nobody. If he was alive today the pathetic french freak would be nothing but a meme on tiktok. That people followed these ignorant worthless goons just to die in a meaningless march of not even returning fire shows how brainless westerners really are. Your decline is LONG overdue.

  • @theycallmethomas8463
    @theycallmethomas8463 Год назад +12

    I like how Sharpe almost said "The Prince of Wales' own volunteers" instead of "South Essex".

  • @vmolin2162
    @vmolin2162 4 года назад +51

    Having read the novel these scenes seem so tiny to me. But when Over The Hills starts blaring and the Guard flees the field I can't help but tear up a little. Its over. Finally over! 20 years of fighting and millions dead but its finally over!

    • @alexdavis-mann8513
      @alexdavis-mann8513 2 года назад +1

      well only a couple of hundred :P they couldnt afford that many extras haha

    • @TonkarzOfSolSystem
      @TonkarzOfSolSystem Год назад

      They should've killed Napoleon the first time they put him in irons.

    • @yurigabrilovich2190
      @yurigabrilovich2190 Год назад +1

      A series never does the novels justice Still Sean Bean was a good actor

  • @benedictjlarkin9296
    @benedictjlarkin9296 4 года назад +115

    I hope this isn't the end of the channel, but if it is, I take my hat off to you all, thank you for the fond memories, and I bid a good farewell to you all. You made it interesting to say the least, and if Sharpe's Peril comes up next week, well that will be Soldiering .

  • @knightowl3577
    @knightowl3577 4 года назад +25

    Within budget constraints, they did a fine job, a stirring tale well told.

  • @TheRealBoroNut
    @TheRealBoroNut 4 года назад +59

    At the very crux of the battle, against seemingly insurmountable odds, and at the worst possible time, Sharpes sword was broken completely in two. Luckilly trusty Sergeant Harper was able to provide covering fire while Sharpe made a hasty repair, reconnecting the broken pieces thus allowing him to cut and slash his way to an altogether improbable victory.
    Now that's soldering.

    • @batuksri
      @batuksri Год назад +4

      I see what you did there…

    • @darkcoeficient
      @darkcoeficient 6 месяцев назад

      Lego Sharpe was a good game

  • @daverage4729
    @daverage4729 4 года назад +51

    Its been a blast. Fingers crossed we all get the Indian episodes: they're the only Sharpe episodes I've never seen. If not, god speed fellow Sharpe fans and... GOD SAVE IRREEELAND (Louder Lynch!!!)

    • @AcutePanic41
      @AcutePanic41 4 года назад +1

      Stremio app. You'll find both indian episodes there.

    • @ilikepankakesuk
      @ilikepankakesuk 4 года назад

      I believe they're on Netflix too

    • @LANPartyAnimal
      @LANPartyAnimal 4 года назад

      I've got the blurays, worth watching.

  • @tremblayalex8915
    @tremblayalex8915 4 года назад +35

    Enlisting as a private and ending up being given your own battalion as a lt colonel, now that’s soldiering!

  • @I_Play_Vic20
    @I_Play_Vic20 3 месяца назад +1

    The most satisfied I have ever been at the end of a television show. Thank you, Sharpe.

  • @terrorfire8505
    @terrorfire8505 4 года назад +62

    Taking control of your old regiment when the commander is shot down and winning the battle of Waterloo?
    Now that's certainly soldiering!

    • @lordmarshal3799
      @lordmarshal3799 4 года назад

      Who is the name of their commander?

    • @saadkhan1128
      @saadkhan1128 4 года назад +1

      That’s sharping

    • @royalhero4608
      @royalhero4608 4 года назад +10

      @@lordmarshal3799 Captain Fodder, first name Cannon

    • @darman12able
      @darman12able 4 года назад +1

      The Flying Scotsman media colonel Joseph Ford

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +2

      @@lordmarshal3799 Lt.Colonel Joseph Ford; unlike here where he is killed by cannon shot, he has a complete mental breakdown in the book.

  • @thotarojoestar3045
    @thotarojoestar3045 4 года назад +127

    It was lovely watching this series with you lads, wish you all the best

    • @dukeofwellington8898
      @dukeofwellington8898 4 года назад +7

      Indeed sir

    • @jackhughes1741
      @jackhughes1741 4 года назад +4

      Now, now. Hold on there my boy. Theres another two episodes to go, our man might upload them.

    • @antananarive6298
      @antananarive6298 4 года назад +1

      As well!

    • @thotarojoestar3045
      @thotarojoestar3045 4 года назад

      @@jackhughes1741 I slightly doubt it, as the BBC really hunts down Sharpe's revenge and peril (think I got the names right)

    • @jackhughes1741
      @jackhughes1741 4 года назад

      @@thotarojoestar3045 Do they? Damn. Well, they're both on Netflix, at least in the UK anyways.

  • @sreesanthsasidharan3841
    @sreesanthsasidharan3841 Год назад +6

    Not dying while being portrayed by Sean Bean, now that's soldiering.

  • @JohnDoe-yq9rt
    @JohnDoe-yq9rt 3 года назад +4

    The French army at Waterloo, beaten by Sharpe, Harper, and 12 extras who were paid to the sum of one sausage roll and a can of coke each

  • @megabyte1778
    @megabyte1778 4 года назад +56

    Dramatically running across the battlefield whilst under heavy cannon fire, now that's soldiering.

  • @SMAXZO
    @SMAXZO 2 года назад +16

    Just goes to show how well respected Sharpe is that NO ONE argued when he goes "You see me? I'M YOUR COLORS!" I thought a Regimental Color is damn important.

    • @Bugstofer
      @Bugstofer Год назад +3

      In those days the colour was used as a gathering and reorg point, as well as the battle honours itself, basically the entire regiment would follow the colours in whatever formation was ordered, before a battle, when an officer was to lead he’d proclaim ‘I’m your colour’ meaning the regimental colours (flag) went to the rear of the ranks and everyone reorgs on the officer, and follows him.
      He’s basically saying ‘I am now your marker’

  • @P5kr
    @P5kr 7 месяцев назад +4

    I love how we only get a glimpse of Napoleon. It makes him seem like this elusive villain (even though he more or less became a mad old man after Waterloo)

  • @24Fanboy
    @24Fanboy 3 года назад +10

    God that ending, with seeing Napoleon, and the music... just a perfect end to the series.

  • @bestboiduke9395
    @bestboiduke9395 4 года назад +45

    “Goodbye Colonel Sharpe.” “Goodbye Mr Harper.”

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 4 года назад

      How come they split up at that point? Isn't Harper still under Sharpe's command? I doubt they'd just have let him leave like that, right?

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 4 года назад +3

      @@JnEricsonx
      He'd mustered out after Napoleon abdicated the first time, so he's there as a civilian and horse trader.

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 4 года назад +7

      @@eldorados_lost_searcher Oh, ok. So he was sticking around out of loyalty, and I guess from what he said, he wanted to see Napoleon himself?

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 4 года назад +2

      @@JnEricsonx
      Exactly right.

    • @james87367
      @james87367 4 года назад +2

      After all they've been through. Must have been a bitter sweet parting.

  • @royalhero4608
    @royalhero4608 4 года назад +17

    Bahahah I love how it almost deliberately plays down the Prussian intervention. Gotta love Sharpe and I will miss these videos and comments!

    • @thesnoopmeistersnoops5167
      @thesnoopmeistersnoops5167 4 года назад +2

      SmoothSoulLover Blucher saves the day, absolute legend

    • @USAF-mt1tu
      @USAF-mt1tu 4 года назад

      There is at least one more film

    • @lutzderlurch7877
      @lutzderlurch7877 4 года назад

      'almost'

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +1

      in the battle Wellington couldn't see most of the Prussians, who had emerged from the woods on the left flank. Even he didn't realize Blucher had arrived until the Prussian liaison asked to return to his army.

    • @raka522
      @raka522 3 года назад +1

      @@SantomPh Hours earlier, the 1st Prussian Corps, under the command of General Zieten, had reinforced Wellington's left wing. Therefore Wellington could withdraw troops there to strengthen its center.
      Wellington was always well informed about the Prussian advance through couriers.

  • @DarkReanimation
    @DarkReanimation 4 года назад +29

    "...Shot they will be Sir!" - Sgt. Maj. Patrick Harper

    • @paulmccann447
      @paulmccann447 4 года назад +3

      Its Mr Harper to you..horde dealer to the geantry!

    • @DarkReanimation
      @DarkReanimation 4 года назад +1

      @@paulmccann447 yoi don't quote with Mr, you illiterate bootsoldier ;-)
      Jokes aside, I love the active Sharpe fanbase, I enjoy the jokes 😁
      Edit: oops made a mistake myself :-P

    • @paulmccann447
      @paulmccann447 4 года назад +5

      God Save Ireland

    • @timfj-au
      @timfj-au 4 года назад +2

      Say it, Lynch !!

  • @R3volutionblu3s
    @R3volutionblu3s 4 года назад +30

    Gentlemen, it has been an honor to shitpost my way through this war with you all.

  • @caelan8819
    @caelan8819 4 года назад +127

    4:12 “Your grace the Prussians are here”
    Reality - Thousands of infantrymen, artillery and cavalry exit the woods, storm the battlefield, and help to overwhelm the French army
    Sharpe - 4 Cavalrymen

    • @s208richard8
      @s208richard8 3 года назад +21

      That's budget soldiering!

    • @santoslittlehelper06
      @santoslittlehelper06 3 года назад +16

      If Napoleon had one regret, it's that he didn't burn berlin.

    • @M0butu
      @M0butu 3 года назад

      @@santoslittlehelper06 too many spaces

    • @mulapare2593
      @mulapare2593 3 года назад

      😀😁😃

    • @TheImperialCrusade
      @TheImperialCrusade 3 года назад +2

      They were probably just scouts or messengers

  • @mthom4615
    @mthom4615 3 года назад +11

    One of the best series ever produced.

  • @alfie2468
    @alfie2468 2 года назад +7

    This is the best ending to a series ever

  • @spartanxmonster
    @spartanxmonster 4 года назад +34

    Well lads. It's been a few good years. Thanks to this community for being awesome and good luck and godspeed to all of you.

    • @danieldaly8489
      @danieldaly8489 Год назад +1

      Yes that was great ! I loved it . Thank You Dan Daly

  • @Korschtal
    @Korschtal 4 года назад +42

    Whenever I watch Sharpe episodes I'm struck by the excellent acting, and the sheer bravery of the men involved in these battles in Napoleonic wars, and end up depressed by the absolute stupidity of throwing such people away as cannon fodder.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +2

      given the technology of the time there were no useful alternatives to the meat grinder, unless you were mountain bandits or the Spanish guerrillas.

    • @tommyatkins2527
      @tommyatkins2527 3 года назад +3

      look at world war 1 same tactics walking to enemy trnch but while machine guns tear up your men

    • @varelion
      @varelion 2 года назад +8

      @@tommyatkins2527 I found WW1 tactics even worse. The trench war reflected the industrial age. It resembled an assembly line in which the soldiers were temporarily stored and after all consumed in a direct attack only to be replaced by a new workpiece.
      Both sides cut trenches into the earth to be filled with soldiers. Trains provide a constant delivery of fresh soldiers from the homeland. Behind the trenches you put devastating artillery, before the trenches hindering pesky barb wire. And within the lines you place machine guns that are meant to mow the bulk of the onrushing enemy material. So you shell each other constantly with heavy artillery. From time to time you throw a wave of soldiers against the enemy line. And the enemy does the same against your line. You know that it is very unlikely to break through with a real effect but you have to follow orders and the dogma of the butchering factory.

    • @TonkarzOfSolSystem
      @TonkarzOfSolSystem Год назад +1

      @@SantomPh Better tactics would've made a big difference. But tactics are a kind of technology in their own right, and militaries had to work with what they had.

    • @korianjunakuvaaja7801
      @korianjunakuvaaja7801 Год назад

      Napoleon used to have brilliant tactics

  • @ThorOdinson
    @ThorOdinson 2 года назад +5

    I love how the guy walked over to the precise spot just in time to get blown up by a cannonball.

  • @user-qq9rh
    @user-qq9rh 4 года назад +16

    Soldiering, now that's soldiering

  • @TheNetherlandDwarf
    @TheNetherlandDwarf 4 года назад +36

    that ol' smirk at 1:55 God Speed lads being with this channel since rifles.
    I guess we will all see each other in the strange time warp that is the episodes in India.

  • @Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire
    @Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire 3 года назад +7

    When Harper says goodbye it makes me so desperately melancholy

  • @Southern_Crusader
    @Southern_Crusader 4 года назад +102

    Achievement Earned:
    *The End of an Era*
    *Now that’s Soldiering*
    *Bye Bonaparte *
    Sorry I can’t think of much. This was a great series and I love the comment section community. I hope we will meet again, over the hills and far away.

    • @daverage4729
      @daverage4729 4 года назад +4

      Fingers crossed we get a taste of India, Killer! If not, keep on soldiering!

    • @spartanxmonster
      @spartanxmonster 4 года назад +5

      I've always liked your comments. Brothers in Sharpe we are

    • @joshua211111
      @joshua211111 4 года назад +2

      I guess Bonaparte got Blown apart....Yes I will go sit in the corner now

    • @panthersgb
      @panthersgb 4 года назад +2

      We still have sharpes peril and challenge

    • @terrorfire8505
      @terrorfire8505 4 года назад +1

      @@spartanxmonster we are of the south Essex regiment

  • @abedfo88
    @abedfo88 4 года назад +15

    A battalion in line, firing by company, 3 rounds a minute, destroying French Columns.
    Now that's Soldiering.

    • @johndomnicdowney7296
      @johndomnicdowney7296 2 года назад

      If you ever were under heavy fire you would soon get the romantic idea outa yer head no glory in seeing yer pals shot to bits

  • @mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098
    @mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098 4 года назад +4

    It has been an honour watching Sharpe with you lot

  • @davidsmirnoff98267
    @davidsmirnoff98267 3 года назад +7

    The orchestra in the Finale give me goosebumps everytime . #ThatsOrchestrating

  • @rossholt6847
    @rossholt6847 4 года назад +9

    And here was me thinking the last line from Sharpey would be " See the frogs off, BASTARDS!!!
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @darman12able
    @darman12able 4 года назад +9

    A couple of notes: colonel Ford gets a far nobler exit than his novel counterpart who after seeing most of his officers and a good number of his men die during the campaign has a mental breakdown, soils himself and flees the battlefield and is mentioned as being basically suicidal after the battle.
    Plus in the novel Dogget is promoted to captain and Harry Price to major by Sharpe though whether the promotions are kept by the bureaucrats is unknown and likely doubtful

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +2

      Sharpe is given the South Essex/RWOV directly by Wellington, so the promotions are likely to come through although at the same time the regiment might be mustered out as many were in 1815-1825, rendering their commissions somewhat meaningless without a pension.

  • @detectivedonaldkimball
    @detectivedonaldkimball 4 года назад +6

    chills at the end ... it's been good series chosen youtubers

  • @kjp.7714
    @kjp.7714 4 месяца назад +1

    Bro, the end seen makes me wanna cry, not only do sharpe and harper part ways, but they both see the emperor of france himself, the pure joy in they're eyes, knowing this could be the last time they see napoleon, it's beautiful.

    • @DonaldWMeyers-dwm
      @DonaldWMeyers-dwm Месяц назад

      I loved the joy on Sharpe's face when he spotted Bonaparte. It ranks up there with Jack Aubrey getting the order to raise his flag blue at the mizzen.

  • @phrophetsamgames
    @phrophetsamgames 4 года назад +1

    Just downloaded all of the Sharpe series. Gonna watch it right now. I only heard of it because of this channel and the fans in the comments section.

  • @121Swaleskid
    @121Swaleskid 4 года назад +114

    Giving the Prussians something to do with dramatic music
    Now that's giving them something to do!

    • @panzerlieb
      @panzerlieb 4 года назад +6

      Yeah that was really disingenuous towards the Prussians. The fact of it is that the Prussians has already been engaged against the French right for about 2 hours. In that time they had crushed a French line division and in turn had their buts kicked by the young guard, rallied and threw the young guard back only to be stopped again by the old guard grenadiers.
      That’s why Napoleon threw the old guard chasseurs at the British (the scene depicted here). Napoleon was desperate and running out of time. He thought the British were fought out and the old guard chasseurs would just bowl them over. Why he thought that is a mystery. Other than La Haye Sainte being captured he had no evidence that British were packing it in and every evidence that they weren’t. This charge was a foolish move made by an extremely desperate man. A man that ultimately lost everything because of it. And the world rejoiced when he did. After all, Napoleon really was an A-hole and the world was better off without him.

    • @121Swaleskid
      @121Swaleskid 4 года назад

      @@panzerlieb yee watch the 1970 Waterloo film, its very good!

    • @panzerlieb
      @panzerlieb 4 года назад +1

      121Swaleskid I did. The casting was excellent and they followed the time line fairly well.

    • @generalcurve6480
      @generalcurve6480 4 года назад

      Only thing you were watching 30k trainee members of our motherland’s army firing muskets at each other, makes every other movie about Waterloo look trash

    • @raka522
      @raka522 3 года назад

      @@panzerlieb In the end, parts of the old guard and the young guard took on the Prussians in Plancenoit and lost the fight!
      Only the middle guard began to fight against Wellington's line, while parts of the old guard only advanced with them, but did not attack directly.

  • @joelawton123
    @joelawton123 2 года назад +3

    I half wish they would remake sharpe with a bigger budget
    But then I can’t imagine Sean bean not playing sharpe

  • @mrw1783
    @mrw1783 2 года назад

    I enjoyed this videos so much I got my dvds and have started watching them again

  • @manricobianchini5276
    @manricobianchini5276 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great series. Very glad I stumbled upon on it. 😊

  • @jonkerrmusic
    @jonkerrmusic 3 года назад +4

    Sharpe: And that includes officers!
    Harper: For real? FINALLY.

  • @JTB198819962006
    @JTB198819962006 4 года назад +3

    The best scene of the entire franchise!!!!

  • @SimCityEA1989
    @SimCityEA1989 7 месяцев назад

    What I like about this is the music. The music it used in its series, is now back again with an epic tune to it, for one final Sahrpes moment.

  • @Starjammerblue
    @Starjammerblue 3 года назад

    Now That's Soldiering!!! Thanks For Sharing!!!

  • @PzGren_1907
    @PzGren_1907 4 года назад +19

    To see love, dedication and hilarious quotes in the comment section i must say ladys and gents it was a pleasure to share this journey with you all 👍🏻
    Now that's Comradeshiping 🤝🏼

    • @daverage4729
      @daverage4729 4 года назад +3

      Indeed it was PzGren! :)

    • @DrZeddy-wo5fd
      @DrZeddy-wo5fd 4 года назад +1

      Yes a good jorney and one of the most friendly comment sections

  • @acrylicsuperstar
    @acrylicsuperstar 4 года назад +26

    Being put against the Greatest Regiment of Grenadiers on the planet, Running into the fray and making one final stand with very low ammunition, and using footage from the battle of Talavera due to the low budget, Showing the whole world that the OLD GUARD can be broken, and getting to see Boney turn tail and run.
    NOW THAT IS TRUE SOLDERING!!!!!!!🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @madjack1748
    @madjack1748 9 месяцев назад +2

    Loved the part when they finally get a glimpse of Napoleon on the hill, through all the smoke and gunfire

  • @amandawilliams2907
    @amandawilliams2907 2 года назад +1

    One of the best series ever made.

  • @Cyberbeagle1000
    @Cyberbeagle1000 3 года назад +10

    I seriously hope someone does a fan edit of this series sometime with vastly improved battle scenes. Because the stories are wonderful.

    • @HK_Productions47
      @HK_Productions47 2 года назад

      It would be neat to cut in some shots of waterloo.

  • @bdubbs
    @bdubbs 4 года назад +10

    The shot at 2:58 is great idk, it's only a second really but the thick smoke serves the scene really well. Sharpe has always had the problem of selling scale. That shot was very convincing is my only point.

    • @janicnevim3969
      @janicnevim3969 3 года назад

      i noticed that too, that is very nice shot

  • @wellingtonsboots4074
    @wellingtonsboots4074 3 года назад +1

    Like it when Sharpe pops up in my recommendations every so often. The battle scenes look like a very cheap re-enactment at the local park

  • @TheArmourersBench
    @TheArmourersBench 4 года назад +3

    Looking directly into the camera and calling Sharpe 'lad'.
    Now that's soldiering.

  • @Siabion
    @Siabion 4 года назад +135

    It's been a good journey. Will you be uploading Sharpe's Challenge and Peril following this?

    • @makeitsonumberone1358
      @makeitsonumberone1358 4 года назад +7

      I wounder why they didn't put them on the sharpe hd box set?

    • @DrZeddy-wo5fd
      @DrZeddy-wo5fd 4 года назад +2

      I hope so

    • @MrPimpeekins
      @MrPimpeekins 4 года назад +1

      @@makeitsonumberone1358 probably because they were shite

    • @fxe7332
      @fxe7332 4 года назад +3

      Ye they should upload it

    • @makeitsonumberone1358
      @makeitsonumberone1358 4 года назад +2

      @@MrPimpeekins they weren't that bad.

  • @fladewarn
    @fladewarn 3 года назад +2

    Wellington's dramatic head turn. Now that's soldiering.

  • @lorenzbroll101
    @lorenzbroll101 2 года назад +1

    Amazing what you can do with a few hundred quid and a few good camera angles!

  • @crowbag1361
    @crowbag1361 4 года назад +4

    It’s been an honour lads

  • @fatmandoobius
    @fatmandoobius Год назад +5

    Of all in the series, this one is the most bittersweet. Sharp and Harper both see closure to their campaign careers yet Hagman and Harris die as brothers in arms. On the one hand both of them should have died long ago like their comrades and neither truly had their place in civilian life. So it was in a way fitting they died in duty on the field of battle but at the same time it felt like they were robbed. To survive so much in the peninsular campaign only to die right at the end, then again where would they have gone had they lived through it. They were soldiers, they lived a soldiers life and they died as such. That was their closure and fare, that at the least they died together.

  • @marcosaraiva9205
    @marcosaraiva9205 4 года назад +4

    Sharpe lead's on the south Essex to glory of waterloo! Stand to RICHARD SHARPE ,given them HELL

  • @jakejackson4177
    @jakejackson4177 3 года назад +2

    Now I do love these shows, however, if you haven't read the books, then that is a serious must, they are absolutely marvellous in their detail and thrill. To this day, they're the only books which I can only read more than once.

    • @alexdavis-mann8513
      @alexdavis-mann8513 2 года назад

      im going through them all now, currently on Sharpes Fury

  • @shaneyaw4542
    @shaneyaw4542 2 года назад +3

    This was an excellent ending to this series.

  • @sirethanthegreat4069
    @sirethanthegreat4069 3 года назад +3

    Ah what a good ending. Makes me want to cry.

  • @jamesmasztalerz5930
    @jamesmasztalerz5930 Год назад +2

    Look, my god I saw him, I saw him, well that's all I came for so it is, goodbye Colonel Sharpe, goodbye Mr Harper

  • @thegreat_hambronie201
    @thegreat_hambronie201 Год назад

    Sharps Waterloo. Great episode

  • @paradox7358
    @paradox7358 4 года назад +8

    They're coming at us in the same old style.
    Then we'll meet them in the same old style.

  • @marktcole
    @marktcole 4 года назад +7

    Will we get Sharpe’s Challenge & Peril? Or was that video the end, since it’s the end of the original series?

  • @Bountyhopper
    @Bountyhopper 3 года назад

    I love the officers that fight along side with sharpe

  • @johncheetham4607
    @johncheetham4607 11 месяцев назад

    Brilliant clip thanks.😂😂

  • @willgirvan2491
    @willgirvan2491 4 года назад +9

    Hopefully they start uploading Hornblower then we can change soldiering to salioring

  • @iapetusmccool
    @iapetusmccool 3 года назад +3

    Ah, the old days, when Sean Bean was unkillable.

  • @neadst
    @neadst 3 года назад +2

    4:19 the most dramatic head turn in the history of film

  • @AngeliqueKaga
    @AngeliqueKaga 3 года назад

    I always loved both SHARP AND HARPER!

  • @skitzocrayon
    @skitzocrayon 4 года назад +4

    someone once asked me what Sharpe was about....i told them..."Imagine Jonny Rico from the Starship Trooper movie and Forest Gump had a child that fought during the Napoleonic Wars"

  • @ww2-epicbattles
    @ww2-epicbattles 4 года назад +4

    Achievement unlocked: You've beaten the Old Guard!