Sharpe's Battle - Inspecting the Real Compañía Irlandesa
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2015
- Major Richard Sharpe inspects the Royal Irish Company, the Spanish King's Bodyguard made up of Irish exiles, led by Lord Kiely. Major Sharpe and Sergeant Harper find the unit's prestige as an embarrassment commenting that though they're good enough for ceremonial duties, they are worthless as battlefield soldiers. Major Sharpe gives a lecture on how and who to kill, starting their training, while butting heads with Lord Kiely.
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"A bad officer is better off dead, and a good soldier had better learn how to kill him, ain't that right Sargeant Harper?"
"Well sir, I was thinkin better for us if we got rid of the good enemy officers"
"Shut up Harper"
I'm just imagining a take when Harper's actor says that, Bean remains in character and responds like that, and all the extras just start laughing
Virtually anything Sharpe does
"Now that's soldiering"
New achievement unlocked: Sharpes left arm
Soldiering. ..
Oh yes Sir ... Soldiering it is Sir!
*Sharpe starts to weld a canon back together*
"Now that's solding "
Part of Murphy's Law of Combat: Do your best to look unimportant. The enemy may be low on ammo
It's more of a Schrödinger's bullet lmao; the enemy both as and doesn't have ammo in their weapon at the same time, you can only find out which after they pull the trigger haha
@@Veckoza The problem is, _if_ the bullet was actually meant for you _and_ well placed, then you will never really find out, because the moment you could, you are dead. :D
It's absolutely perfect that when he say's ''you turn the musket and club the buggery out of the horses mouth'', the horse nods it's head and blows through it's lips, almost in agreement. The director must have had joyful spasms.
That horse is a professional actor. 10/10.
@@Nein1ron now that is real soldiering!
"...and club the buggery out of the horse's mouth*
*Horse nods*
And then you will have a horse on you, espacilly if you kill it.
Ignore the bayonet on the end - if you’ve fired your musket, flip it 180 and use it as a club lol!!
@@probyperson1 Bayonets gotta be sharp and cared for, you gotta fight against the balance of the musket to use them... but the stock is basically a perfect club already, all the time, no fuss no muss.
@@probyperson1 Bayonet for people, club for horses.
Casually admitting that you fragged your CO. That's soldiering.
Sounds like drivel.
@@jafrost1328 fun tends to be better when it's less blatantly unrealistic. Admitting this in front of several of your superiors...? Lol, no.
@@jafrost1328 righto Ja.
@@jafrost1328 what's got into you? I enjoy Sharpe, I've actually just bought the box set. It's just it's pretty obvious that this bit isn't realistic, to the extent that it makes the story less enjoyable, to me anyway. Now stop spitting the dummy and tantruming and relax and enjoy life. You sound like you might be investing a little too much energy into online comments section slagging matches. Go have a nice walk in the woods, pal.
It's kind of missing the point to complain about realism. The intent of the scene is show that Sharpe plans to teach the entire lot, including the officers, how to be soldiers, even the Earl of Kyley, who was just instructed that his horse is not necessarily a safe place to. My great-great grandfather fought in the Crimean War. He remarks in his memorial of that war that the fire of the other side was directed first at buglers. They were normally easy to see because they were the ones on the grey (white) horse. But the bugler (trumpeter) also had to have a good horse to stay with the officer. So, choosing between the right color and the right horse, he was given the right horse and reckoned it saved his life. He was a light dragoon trooper.
I'm angry that this show cut out Lossow and the King's German Legion. Sharpe and Lossow respected each other from the beginning because they were both professionals who knew how to fight, they had a common ground.
It should be remade more faithfully
@@jafrost1328Yes pls. But they have to make it well ^^
Unfortunately, they could never do these faithful to the books. The costs would be astronomical.
@@KaFaraqGatri ... well, each other episode would cost as much as the movie Waterloo and would take as much extras to make well...
Maybe adapt as a graphic novel series, or at least streamline all the tv episodes in a cinematic artwork.
Difficult to tell if they were more scared of Sharpe or Harper.
Or both
Both
A NCO will keep as much as he can handle under his rule. Anything bumping up to an officer reflects bad on him. He'll give the lad a hard time but won't have him flogged or hanged like an officer could. They don't know yet that Sharpe is protective of his troopers.
Bastard.
@@mikecimerian6913 Men fear a bad officer for that reason. Men fear a good NCO because it isn't an officer coming to give you a hard time just because he knows he can.
If they didn't recognize a good NCO and officer before them then, they would soon.
This was a great show!!!!
Still is!
Note that during his speech to Lord Kiley, Sgt. Harper has his thumb around the hammer of that cannon he carries, and if he (or Sharpe) had even SLIGHTLY been threatened those 9 balls would have been in the air in about half a second.
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Sry misspoke, but want to make a bet that monster wouldn't shred lord Ding-Dong and everyone for about ten yards around him?
I doubt it'll shred everything around him, but whoever is hit by the nock volley gun, is going to have a baaaaad day.
Unlikely that Harper would shoot his own colonel, especially someone he does not.yet know. Keighley turned out to be half-decent.
SantomPh in the book he’s an asshole.
Sharpe making friends and influencing people from the start.
Sean Bean IS Richard SHARPE!
More to say that Richard Sharpe is Sean Bean. When Bernard Cornwell saw the original Sharpe series he stopped describing the character in his novels as having black hair.
My wife and I are rewatching the series now.
"An' I'm gonna teach ye how t' be soldiers... An' ye'll never need fear an officer again, yours or theirs"
Ironically, Sharpe's greatest loyalty is to Wellington, a man who never served in the enlisted ranks and bought many of his promotions.
true, but Wellington knew how to fight, and more importantly, how to win. that's as good as gold for a soldier like Sharpe. Also, Wellington didn't dismiss quality, even when it came from the likes of Sharpe. Sharpe owed his commission to Wellington, and was commanded by him in many of his battles. Wellington might not have liked to promote from the ranks, but he still did it from time to time, and his reservations chiefly came from what usually happened AFTER such promotions occurred, which was that the new officer - alone and frozen out by his gentlemen comrades - would almost without fail take to drink and become useless to him.
Wellington did not serve in the ranks but always led his men as a general should. Unlike many of his officers he actually thought about HOW to win and the big picture was always in his mind.
This is why Sharpe always invokes his name- unlike Simmerson , the name Arthur Wellesley carries strong weight among enlisted and officers alike. Caesar might have never drawn a sword himself as a general but his men did love him all the same.
However Sharpe reckognized Welsey's qualities and has no trouble following an officer who can back up his rank and reputation by actual competence.
Many officers bought promotions that was the norm however he still had to observe the minimum service (i.e. 2 years an ensign before he could become a lieutenant etc) no differnt from any other British officer of the time.
Wellington was famous for being conscious of the lives of his men and never glorified warfare. He'd often avoid battle if he knew many men would die and would always retreat if it meant avoiding heavy casualties or defeat, unlike other officers who would take risks to seek glory. He reportedly cried when he read the list of dead after Waterloo.
Teaching soldiers to be real soldiers...
Now that's soldiering!
The red part of the cockade on the hats represented Spain I'm not sure about the black part. There were so many Irish nobles exiled in Spain after the Battle of Kinsale, that some time later Spain had vicerois in America with Irish surnames. The worst thing is that the son of one of them (a bastard son, by the way) turned against his father's homeland and led the independence of Chile with the support of the British.
O’higgins.
Both the British and the French had Irish in their armies.
And the Spanish, of course.
MORE IN THE BRITISH ARMY THO
Irish foght for the Independence of Colombia, Mexico, USA, and many more countries. Very often they foght against other enemies in other war sceneries while being allies with them in other fronts. In Colombia they fought along French soldiers against Spain; in Spain they fought along British soldiers against French and Spanish. Weird.
The French had barely any by this time. The Irish Legion had less than 200 people from Ireland in it and was filled with Croats, Italians, Serbs and any other foreigners that the French needed to dump in a regiment.
Spain had 3 regiments of Irish, most of these were now mostly Spanish born decendents of previous Irish soldiers and very few native Irish… though some officers were still native to Ireland.
Austria had no Irish regiment but it did have at least one unit with an Irish name after its Irish emigrant commander.
Britain had the most Irish of course with the 18th, 27th, 83rd, 86th, 87th, 88th, 99th, 100th, 101st infantry regiments and the 6th Dragoons, 18th Hussars all being officially Irish at this time. Aswell as this most English and Scottish regiments could be anything from 10-40% Irish.
@@Spearca Yeah, they fought in the US during the civil war for both sides and when the Irish fighting for the Confederates had to leave after the south was defeated, they went to Mexico and fought for them againt the US forces. Super ironic.
I freaking love this seen! Love Harper's support comments!
Pompous CO [after realising he's going to have a well trained company with Sharpe] to Major Sharpe: "Carry on good fellow". lol
One of the best scenes in the series.
The stuff Sharpe does in this episode seems like the kind of thing that would definitely get you court martialled or even in a civilian court. Tells a lord to get bent and then casually talks about killing officers in front of the men. Even for Sharpe that's a bit much to get away with
Sharpe is from a foreign country and Wellesley is Commander in Chief in Iberia for the Allies at this point.
Yea, that was more than a little over the top. Sharpe would have been arrested the next day and alone in a prison a day later.
It's called Refuge in Audacity. If you want to get away with something, go completely over the top because no one will believe it.
Sharpe's got Wellington on his side, and MORE than on his side, Wellington wants results and Sharpe can deliver.
Besides, Wellington didn't care too much for the Irish to begin with, no matter who they were, Lord Kiley notwithstanding.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 exactly
Well said, that man!
Shaun Bean acted brilliantly as Major Richard Sharpe something like Audie Murohy n Lt Richard Winters during WWII.
3:52 that guy in the front row is way too happy about the prospect of killing friendly officers.... wondering if that's meant to be foreshadowing or if the guy was just really happy to be on Sharpe
I just notice that, hahahahaha he should be happy to fight for Sharpe
Well in the latter half of the episode the company is not entirely loyal
@@SantomPh But the guy smiling at 3:52 is. SPOILER
It's O'Rourke who actually betrays Sharpe and the others.
@@ESFAndy011 semi-loyal. For a hot minute they get about as close to mutiny as you can until Sharpe sets them straight. But O’Rourke’s death was great to see.
A soldier should have a good reason before he suffers himself to smile
3:40 If you're the officer being threatened by Major Sharpe..... with a sinister looking Sgt Harper behind him.... You'd best be shitting your pants
He runs a pretty risky tongue for someone in disciplining distance
I can’t watch this enough.
Lovin' the HD
An episode where a well spoken, well dressed officer tries to belittle a scruffy looking Sharpe from his horse. When will they learn?
Great clip!
Bloody good series. One of Seans best roles. K
Great scene.
My favourite episode
Love it.
"My name is Sharpe. Major Sharpe."
"That's well and good that your name is very sharp but what actually is it?"
Epic!
Up from the ranks at that time was a different breed as were the rifles.
The Earl of Kylie?
He should be so lucky.
It's a joy to see Sharpe terrify egotistical officers like that. That duke looked like he might wet himself.
That was badass
Harp isn't very happy.
Imagine having your authority getting challenged by an underling.
Off with his head.😁😁
2:00 I give lessons in killing too. LEGEND
3:25 We are coat-blind.
A Yes Man in the army is almost as dangerous as a bad officer
Now that's soldiering.
Sean Bean isn't dying in this scene.
richard sharpe is such a badass, he can survive being played by Sean Bean
Stark!!
BAD ASS!!!!!!!
Props to Kylie though for not flinching though.
Ten-hut! There is real officer on deck
2 Days Loss of Pay, 10 Days ROPs. MARCH OUT!
I am the Earl of Kylie, Colonel of the Real Compañía Irlandesa, and I have this spiffy hat!
Sharpe when the horse have thrown of it's riser in which direction will the horse go - I will tell you, through you.
Sean Bean is clearly a far better actor than anyone else in this movie.
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3:53 lol that soldier is a short one
I love the hats the Irish are wearing. Does anyone have any info on this hat?
Cocked hat or contemporanously known as a Bicorne. No idea on the design. Seems like fiction.
As OP said it's a bicorne hat. The unit itself is fictitious but they are meant to be a foreign company within the Spanish Royal Lifeguards, so their uniform has been based on the historical foreign companies of the guard, such as the Walloon Guard. From what pictures I've been able to find online it looks like the hat is basically the same style - wide and flat bicorne with a rosette in the center - as the historical units had, and they've only changed the colour of the jackets.
Sharpe Is a much bigger hard ass in the books. Keeley kills himself in the book and when sharpe finds out he's like "whatever I don't give a shit."
"overdressed monkey" perfectly describes a modern white collar ceo
Hey....my family's from Galway!
2:56 the horse agrees.
I really hope there were a few Sharpes back in the day, training the men properly.
Well given how feared the British Army, and particularu it's infantry were, they seem to have been getting something right.
The one difference between the army of Britain and that of France was that the ordinary British trooper was trained very well, with every barrack hosting drills on the ground. The French troops also had good training but not to the extent of the British men, relying on their superior cavalry and good officers.
Funny how the Irish soldiers are made to look small and under nourished in this scene, which isn't the impression I get from looking at their national rugby team. I was reading about the exploits of some Irish regimants in the Napoleonic wars (there were Irish regiments on both sides!) and it seems they were a pretty fearsome bunch. When Wellington laid siege to Cuidad Rodrigo, even his Scottish Highlanders were unable to storm the breach (the suicidal "folorn hope"), and they had to withdraw and cheer on the Connaught Rangers who went in and did the job instead. I've read accounts of them slipping on the greasy blood of severed limbs whilst seizing enemy guns. The first British Army soldier to touch a French Eagle was a young Irish officer, Ensign Edward Keogh, although as his hand grasped it, he was immediately shot through the heart and killed. He was followed by Sergeant Patrick Masterson, who grabbed the eagle from the French ensign who carried it, reputedly with the cry "By Jaysus, boys, I have the cuckoo". It might not suit the narrative of this programe, but in close fighting any of those boys would have been a match for either Harper or Sharpe.
Divided loyalties. Many of them don't want to fight for the British and so they don't fight as well.
I agree about divided loyalties, most of the Irish soldiers who signed up to fight with the British would have done so for money. But I disagree that they didn't fight as well. Soldiers always say that in the heat of battle politics are forgotten and their loyalty is with their comrades, and you only have to look at the exploits of Irish soldiers at that time to see that it is true. They had a reputation for rebelliousness and doing bad stuff but they were brave and aggressive in battle. When you consider that 40% of Wellington's troops in the Peninsular Wars, and 30 % at Waterloo, were Irish, he wouldn't have been successful if they were not good soldiers.
I was talking about this unit in specific. The fictional Real Compania de Irlandesa, who are descended from Irish exiles.
Ezekiel De La Croix in any army that by the Napolitano wars was a mess the Spanish army was a mess full of bad morale and suffering neglect
Right, so i get that you want to have your little rant about the mean english tv show.
But all that rant has done is show off your ignorance. Why do they look small? even though, when stood right next to Sharpe and Harper? Because they are poorly fed, maltreated and with poor morale. The South Essex is potrayed the same way in Sharpe's Eagle, until they get rid of the dipshit officer who was causing the problem.
And then they suddenly became tall and proud, because they weren't being treated like whipped dogs anymore.
So get of your high bastarding nationalist horse for a while and think before you rant.
Sean Bean is an awesome expert in killing because he's died more times than Michael Myers.
I give lessons in killing too.
Important part of soldiering.
That was the moment he knew he had fu.... up
Teaching men how to be soldiers...thats soldiering
Can someone clarify what he means when he says “club the buggery out of the horse’s mouth” because I am most definitely not thinking of the same thing.
Buggery is the equivalent of "hell" in this case. Like "Bugger..." or "Damn". Basically "Beat the hell out of a horse's mouth".
@@EzekielDeLaCroixCheers, mate.
When an English guy says "Well, bugger me!", don't take him literally!
@@immortalsofar5314 so it’s like the equivalent of “well, fuck me.”
@@QixTheDS Yes but, for some reason, milder. It's only when you think about the actual _meaning_ of the word that it seems worse. My gran used to call us "little boggers" so when we first heard it, we thought "bugger" was the polite version!
Damian Lewis Play As An Irishman.
My name is Bond, James Bond...
Napoleon had a noble cause although he lose the war. However, if he lives today, he could be the happiest because what he fought (is almost if not all) is what the world is by now.
outstanding lol
This is why I stopped watching GOT after the 1st season. Without my man...wtf is the point eh!?
Good call. Books are still worth a read though even if they are Beanless
Whats he mean by, "even white coats" i understand blue is the french and red is the british, but i'm not familiar with white coats.
Lord Kiely who is at that moment wearing a white coat. It's a veiled threat.
fucking great
A Bad Office is better of dead, to fecking right
Yeah 20 years or so after the Boyne, the Burkes went over to fight with the newly confederated Spaniards, but on their terms.
Wearing a uniform and serving in a army. Now thats soldiering.
Irish vs Irish
What film is this?
A TV Series called Sharpe. Based on the novel by Bernard Cornwell. This episode in particular is called Sharpe's Battle.
Why do the south essex have green uniforms?
Wow we need in a Richard Sharpe in the US right about now perhaps we wouldn’t have idiots as leaders if he was here.
Only if he comes with a Pat Harper.
@@JnEricsonx your right about that.
Harper despite supposedly being from Donegal doesn't seem to have an Ulster accent...
Sharpe's a Londoner from Wapping, but has a Yorkshire accent, and the Irish colonel in Spanish employ talks like an Englishman. I don't think they were that fussed about accents in this show.
The Irish colonels accent wouldn't be out of place though. Most gentry in Ireland would have spoken like that.
you do know donegal is free state, not ulster?
Donegal is one of the 9 counties that make up the province of Ulster.
You do know there hasn't't been a Free State in Ireland since about 1947?
Como se llama la película?
El SHARPE, hombre
whis sharpe is this?
Sharpe's Battle
Is that a young need stark?
Yup.
Sound syncing.
Was this Lord English or Spanish?
Character is supposedly Spanish but of Irish descent.
Ezekiel De La Croix thanks
He is plantation Irish- English nobility brought to Ireland to rule over seized land. Wellington himseld was one. They were English despite holding Irish titles
@@SantomPh Not in this case I think. All of the officers and commanders in Spanish and French service were Catholic of Irish descent. Protestants were not permitted in Spanish service and only Catholics except diplomats could until recently be presented at the Spanish court .
the parade ground does not teach battle skills
Murphy's Laws of Combat: No combat ready unit can pass inspection, no inspection ready unit can survive combat
You are correct except the Parade ground teaches you to follow orders without thinking. Not a good thing in todays world
Obey - stand still - do not move or initiate an action unless told to. Polish your boots to a high shine, press your uniform to impress your Officer.
Never move or think - only act when ordered to do so.
Stand shoulder to shoulder upright and proper, marching straight into the machine gun.
Obey the drill regulations and learn that initiative, cunning and adaptability are unfair and must be stamped out.
Depends on the era. Nowadays of course not, but back then, when troops fought in massed formations, the ability to manouvre large groups of men quickly and efficiently on the field was crucial. For example deploying from column into line or wheeling round, to maximise firepower.
Yes my statement should have been "Parade ground does not teach everything you need to be an efficient army. Neither then nor now." And too much parade drill reduces battle efficiency, as it reduces the time needed for other essential battle skills.
You must then train using weapons as weapons - not display items.
Bayonet drill is more than merely fixing and un-fixing bayonets.
Killing is not learnt by looking good. As looking pretty does not make you ready for the ugly.
1:40 So until you’re introduced to one, there WILL be officers?!
Club? What about the bayonet?
Eh, bayonets get stuck in the worst places.
Doctor Derpington I would imagine a lunging / jabbing motion of a bayonet into a powerful horse won’t end well for both parties. A solid crack across the head seems like it would be more in favour of the person with the gun.
Bayonets are really, dramatically better. The butt of the gun is for when you try to stab with the bayonet and miss.
that's why he was saying to hit the horse in the head with the butt of the weapon, not the rider. a horse could shrug off a wound from either end for a short time before it died, but the shock from being whacked in the face would cause the horse to throw its rider without the risk of getting the bayonet stuck or trapped in the horses body as it goes into a frenzy.
I am sorry but you are incorrect. Butt first followed with the bayonet. Take it from someone who knows
Who?
1:45 very bad his spanish...
He pronounced it in his normal accent is all. It would be weird if he switch accent just to say the companies name.
So, how the F is Sharpe not brought up on insubordination charges? Mouthing off to your superior like that would have him drummed down to corporal.
Sharpe is operating under a British command structure. Even though Lord Kiely speaks English, he's part of the Royal Spanish Army. Usually when two countries' armed forces cooperate, unless there is a specific agreement on who is in charge that is agreed by both, Sharpe can act like that.
@@EzekielDeLaCroix
Also, consider the time period. The majority of officers were aristocrats and so disputes between them were considered issues between gentlemen and instead of formal proceedings, their commander would expect them to settle it like gentlemen by ordering them to apologise to one another. And before Wellington banned duelling in the serving army, that was the other way they used to settle the issue.
As Sharpe was born working-class, no one expects him to act like a gentleman so when he mouths off, it's expected of him and ignored because as far as they're concerned, he doesn't know better. I believe in the book that Kiely even says as much.
Does anyone know was this company ever real?
No, the company Sharpe was training were not real, the same as Sharpe's South Essex were not real, Bernard Cornwell always put a series of notes at the end of the books explaining exactly what he changed from the actual events they were based upon, basically, he wanted Sharpe at all the major battles in the peninsular war, and no unit was at all the battles, so he created the South Essex so Sharpe could be at all those battles without constantly having to change the supporting characters, this specific story was inspired by events of the war but was not based on a single incident, rather a compilation of several incidents.
if you do not hate reading the books are well worth a look, there is a lot more information in the books than the show, and if I had read the books first I would have been rather disapointed with the show.
This one? No, but Spain did have many Irish regiments throughout history
Movie ?
Not a movie, but a TV Series called Sharpe. This one is called "Sharpe's Battle".
Ezekiel De La Croix Thanks.
GeneralCarvalho there was two made in to tv films. Can't think of them of hand..
Never seen this movie, but i was a bit disappointed Sean didn't die at the end of this scene
Ye olde times: "Shoot the silly bugger on the horse. Officers like to be noticed for some reason"
Ye modern times: "Shoot the silly bugger that's pointing at everything. Officers like to point for some reason"
All those years and they *still* don't learn