Sharpe Reunites With An Old Friend | Sharpe
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- While defending a salesman, Sharpe reunites with an old friend.
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In the Peninsular War, a British sergeant is field promoted to a lieutenant in charge of a disrespectful rifle company.
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Humiliating Simmerson by marching quick time and killing a rabbit to eat - that's soldiering. Spearing an apple with a sword and humiliating yourself in the process - not soldiering.
I wanna like it, but it’s got 69 likes
@Noel Bryson I hacked.yours.... Amazing!
That's Simmersoning.
@@MarkGoding losing the Kings Colors and blaming a hero of Assaye. The Ultimate Simmerson.
@@davidtuttle7556 the ultimate simmerson was by Jane Gibbons.
That Spanish captain judged the hell out of Sharpe. "Look, I know you mean well, and I appreciate it, but you're about to blow my cover." All while saying "Nada".
With everything the show gets wrong from a historical standpoint - it's this little details who make this series great.
@@robertnett9793 yeah, don’t watch Sharpe for a history lesson, watch it for the outstanding writing and acting. It more than makes up for the painfully low budget!
@@realburglazofficial2613 I honestly question, if the series would have been so good, when given a way larger budget.
Just follow me a sec - restrictions fire up creativity. You can't just make what you want, because you don't have the means to do it - so you have to get creative to achieve the best thing possible with the means you have.
If it was just another high budgeted project someone threw tons of money into, I don't think that it would have made the story much better.
@@robertnett9793 I agree! With a low budget the emphasis was on the performances rather than “how can we make this battle bigger?”
Actors had to work more along the lines of “I need to play the best Officer I can be to distract from the fact my ‘Battalion’ is 20 men, not 200!”
Even today, I have a chuckle at how bad the production _looked_ on this show, but there will _never_ be a time where I won’t binge watch this entire show for the outstanding performances in it.
@@realburglazofficial2613 tbh I honestly started watching for the battles and the fact the 95th is my favorite regiment in British history
Michael Cochrane, who plays Simmerson, apparently was in real life a nice fellow who enjoyed playin nasty people.
@S T Everything I've read says he was a very fine actor, so one could imagine he could do any part equally well.
@@amadeusamwater Now thats soldiering
He played the character Oliver James in the final episodes of The Uninvited, written an directed by Lesley Grantham, who also had a part.
Thanks God! I really hated him in the series.
@@dgerdi He's quite a good actor if he's a normally nice fellow who can make people hate his character.
Sean Bean used all of his 9 lives up in Sharpe.
That explains a lot. ;-)
It’s a film you plant, no one died!
Mind you he seems to keep playing the same part.
I enjoy it though:)
@@tedwarden1608 what? I thought people died in real life in this movie
Dildo Faggins :)
Sean Bean stays alive in a role : 1 Sean Bean dies in a role : 23
Ironically this is possibly the _only_ time Simmerson exercises sound military judgement (though for the wrong reasons naturally) when he orders a slow, cautious advance towards the sound of gunfire ahead given that he doesn’t know the ‘enemy’s’ strength or disposition !
Partial anyway - no scouts or skirmish line.
@@julianmhall Traditionally that was the rifles job.
@@greentriumph1643 Traditionally, However situations can merit the unorthodox.
it was serendipity , his cowardice , belligerence and caution all happenstance'd together
well, sound caution would've been to deploy his troops in a defensive formation and sent ahead scouts, not just keep marching slowly and blindly into unknown gunfire in a warzone.
I like watching Hogan's expressions behind Simmerson. You can see he wants to help Sharpe in dealing with Simmerson's milksop nephew over paying for the apples and his barely contained dislike of Simmerson but he's developing Sharpe and only watches (and quietly supports) to see how his boy handles things. Hogan is a master of subterfuge and knows how to give 'suggestions' that are really guiding words to buffoonery like Simmerson without ruffling his feathers. A true operator that knows which buttons to push depending on the person and situation.
Which makes even more inpactful the fact that, after Simmerson loses the colors, he blutly tells him to "blow out whats left of your brains "
@@ArgentumFox At that point, Simmerson was pretty much off the board... less a potential threat and moreso an annoying cockroach that kept turning up again at the most inconvenient times.
Hogan is an officer of engineers on Wellington Staff. Which often means he did not buy his commission. Hogan is a staff officer, and he can not tell simmerson what to do with his own company. Simmerson is an officer of the line and outranks him in the field. Hogan can't get involved. It wasn't until the late 19th century that artillery and engineer officers could equally command in the field and not subordinate themselves to officers of the line or cavalry. The whole issue between bromhead and chad in zulu outlines this.
@@kincaidwolf5184Commissions in the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery were never sold. Officers in both had to be graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Promotion likewise was by seniority only.
@Tourist1967 that's my point, and they couldn't command infantry or officers of the line.
Major Hogan is truly a master of the quick change and disguise. First dressed in a blue tunic then a white one.
Major hogan's coat buttons up tight over a number of other -duties- coats
That's soldierin'
@@davebealrugby3882 Now That's Wardrobin'
Plus he can teleport right behind Simmerson whenever he wants.
He’s a spy and a master of disguises
Sharp gets all of the ladies. The James Bond of the Napoleonic Era.
And lose it all.
He even get's the James Bond of a later era killed. No wonder Bond hat such a rivalry with Travellian in Goldeneye...
Michael Cochrane simply superb as Simmerson, no wonder he made so many returns. This appearance, his first in release order is in Sharpe’s Eagle and is the best. His ‘herumphing’, the noise he makes clearing his throat is spot on. There would be many a murdering (EDIT: murdering replaces killing as pointed out in the comments) officer (officers who get their men killed just because they can) after Simmerson but none as great or as well played.
Now bleed me damn you..... HERUMPH!
What a fantastic comment! Made my day :)
didn't Harper say killing officers only get you killed by accident, murdering officers were the ones that sent you to your death. but yes the actor playing simmerson is fantastic
Now Oliver Sterling in “The Archers” on radio 4.
Edd Herring Yes. And Elizabeth Hurley 25 years ago. What a beautiful creature.
He would not have appeared in anything after the Eagle Wellington would have destroyed him back home
First saw this series when the History Channel, when it actually gave a shit about history, aired episodes in the late 90's. Bean totally carried the series and embodied Richard Sharpe. Sharpe, since he and his men were often in combat, didn't give a rats ass for protocol or appearance. If you did your job as soldier, that was all that mattered, a trait many military officers should carry to this day. Excellent supporting work by O'Malley as Harper, a perfect foil for Sharpe.
Oh come on now Good Sir…the History Channel is airing absurd docuseries like ancient alien tech, scary ghost stories, and other mindless nonsense. All high quality content, I might add.
Sorry, I know I’m three years later to the party, but I couldn’t help myself 🤣🤣🤣
The Spanish call her the needle - Don't ask why. I love it.
That's Arya's sword, isn't it?
@@AlgaeNymph it's a needle
Like most women, she likes to sew.
She gives really good thread
@@owensteam that is some sharp wit, my man!
>Sharpe hunts and earns food
>"He's making fools of us! I know! Let's just steal a bunch of apples from a defenseless peasant!"
>Eight guys run over and begin throwing apples at each other
>"Haha! That'll show him!"
I swear the writing on this show is God-awfully entertaining sometimes.
I think a lot of the time they just wanted to make all the officers seem like snobby ponces, I mean I'm sure quite a lot were but in Sharpe it's like the entire Officer class are just nasty people.
@@GooglyEyedJoe I'm sure not all were 'evil' or anything. Its just that the class divide was a vast chasm that nothing could overcome. Its more a case of two worlds with little in common trying to interact.
@@GooglyEyedJoe Leroy wasn't evil not was Hogan
@@michealohaodha9351 It was the British that really needed the French Revolution
@@MrDeadsr Leroy hated himself though. That's still making the same point.
4:18 those Boys Carry Bolt Action rifles thats some advanced piece of Tech for the time lol
John Iron hot damn you’re right. Just having proper rifled flintlocks would have changed the game. But bolt actions. Good lord that is domination
@@blackopesghost LOL
I never noticed, hot damn!
@@blackopesghost Sadly they were going up against one of the strongest military forces in human history in Napoleon's Grande Armee.
@@EnforcerX71 with the assumption that with the bolt action rifles they also had clips and enough ammunitions. the total losses of a single skirmish alone would yield unacceptable losses to Napoleon's forces. they'd shoot faster and one regiment can take apart 3 french rediments.
The best thing about this show was it was very well casted as you hated everyone you supposed to hate as they were well portrayed by the actors playing them
At 0:09 Hogan's coat changes from white to blue!
his coat is buttoned up tight enough to conceal many things
Never noticed that before.
Then at 3.33 its white again!! Haha!
Then at 0:34 it's back to white!
Now that's magician-ing!
“The French live of the land why not us?”
Usually that means you eat any wildlife you can catch, but apparently to him it means any food some local is carrying.
The French also looted food from peasants. This worked OK in central Europe but in Spain and Russia foragers often never came back - the locals killed them.
No, in military terms "live off the land" means procuring food by force from the locals.
The sinews of war is correct. It can be a form of state terrorism, "billeting on the land" meaning that unco-operative locals can be starved to death by having all of their goods taken. Often used in ethnic cleansing.
just read an a post by someone who noted that Xenophon would almost never rely on stealing food from locals, that the Greek custom was to encourage the free market every chance they got b/c it simply worked best for them, and got the locals on their side. This was while they were carving their way through Persian dominated territory.
That's more or less what European armies of the day meant by "foraging." it had been a common practice for centuries for armies to simply take food from civilians, including livestock and vegetables, without paying for them. This included friendly civilians and on more than one occasion, the civilians of one's own country. It's one reason why the Bill of Rights included the Third Amendment, which prohibits quartering soldiers with civilians except in times of war and only when necessary. In most cases, "quartering" meant being kicked out of your home or at least forced to share it with a number of soldiers or officers, and feeding them at your own expense under threat of death or arrest.
Plenty like simmerson got fragged in Vietnam and afghan
When in Afghanistan?
Yeah course they did
and they were all treated as heroes as result
@@grisom5863 Last week
One of my uncles was a life long games keeper in the highlands, like my grandfather before him. He would pick off rabbits with a revolver, and have someone spook them first so they were on the run; only fair. He didn't kill anything for entertainment though. Part of that job is controlling numbers of predators and prey.
He volunteered, prepared to fight in Europe (WWII) but they kept him back to train others to be snipers. He was too good a shot to risk losing him. He was a super gentleman and a great resource of history and talented people of that area in Scotland.
Hunters always make great snipers
not really allowed to have much use of a revolver anymore sadly
Thats rabbiting!
Given that one of Sharpe's men was hung by the Provosts for stealing a chicken with a peasant, I'd say he's well within his rights to execute any man who steals an apple- and arrest the officer who allowed it.
That would be true in a modern army. IF you can proof your case and don't get killed by some men of that other officer that is (who was willing to commit one crime - so why not another one on top of it to cover the mess?)
Back in the day, social standing was at least as important as the rank. And Sharpe - a measely liutenant and a commoner, would have practically no chance to arrest a Colonel (I believe) who is also a Lord.
Provosts (many of them commoners as well) were only there for hanging lower classes. And have been notorious to cozy up with the rich and powerful. They weren't as strict and unbiased as depicted in the show.
The provosts tried to hang the man, but Sharpe wouldn't let them, as I recall.
loved the books loved this series wish more people could see Sean Bean more as a hero than playing all the villians, although he was a pretty rough hero
In ta hut! Sorry wrong show
The original "hero" didn't look at all like Sean Bean, but broke his leg in a friendly game of cast vs others soccer and was hurriedly replaced by Sean Bean, who Bernard Cornwell had never considered. This happened after the second book. After this, Cornwell said, all of the Sharpe stories were written with Bean in his mind.
Sharpe was a rough hero am a man who would take a wound to defeat another
And less death like in Sean Bean's previous roles.
Netflix has the last kingdom on it. It’s another of Bernard Cornwels books
I get the feeling that if Simmerson hadn't been quite so close to Major Hogan, Hogan wouldn't have pointed out the sharpshooters and just let Simmerson get capped.
I agree
Lol
I loved these episodes, me and my son watched them together and it was great bonding time for us, we even used to yell out “form line” or “form square” haha such good memories
Great series
Oddly, I remember somehow managing to watch Sharpe's Rifles on first broadcast with the colour TV to myself. That didn't happen often!
I wonder if the British, who shot the film and this series in particular, knew that they were on the site of the famous battle at the village of Shumy? The battle took place on July 24, 1774 between the Russian troops and the Turkish landing. The Russian grenadiers, acting in the minority-- defeated and forced the Turks to retreat to Alushta. In this battle, the future field marshal and the winner of Napoleon in Russia ---- Colonel Kutuzov was injured in the head.
Thank you for the history lesson sir, spot on.
Considering shows like this had experts on hand to help with authenticity I imagine they were informed of the significance.
Damn, that is so cool!
He must have been a young Colonel to still be in active service forty years later.
@@stevek8829 Nepotism is a powerful tool.
Sharpe is a man of honor.....obvious the "gentlemen" officers are not.
It’s a show man
@@patlogaming6450 It's a five month old comment man.
That's part of the story the whole show tells.
Its amazing what they achieved with a few Ukrainian extras and the theatre wardrobe left over from the film Waterloo - even if the acting was a bit cheesy at times.😃
Hearing gun shots and immediately going to an old friends aid now that's soldiering
Does anyone else think the most deadly soldier in this scene is played by Brian cox?
Fun fact: not a single Portuguese uniform in any of the episodes. However, half the allied army.
OLDEST ALLY
It's true. If you'd seen a Portuguese uniform, you'd be a Frenchman with a smile from ear to ear.
@@DrCruel Indeed. They were laughing as crazy in Buçaco, 1810. Too bad they either died immediatley after or ran back the hill. By Arapiles (or Salamanca), 1812, the French weren't laughing at all. By Vitoria, no Frenchman had time to laugh, they were running for their dear lives.
Actually, the British helped to reconstitute the Portuguese Army and it served them well.
@@stevenpilling5318 Yep. The trial was at the battle of Buçaco where the Portuguese held on to Wellesley satisfaction and standards. Equal number of dead also, just to confirm the symbolism of the date.
Ned Stark could have learned a lot from Sharpe. Like firing a shot and letting the Spanish know troubles at hand. Then stalling for time
11 guerillas defeat an entire British regiment? Way to make the king proud, boys.
Not the whole regiment, just the self-important, cowardly, lying sack of shit who bought his commission who leads the regiment
@@weldonwin At this time, an officer buying a commission was required, with some exceptions. And they would have to cough up upon a promotion too, again with some exceptions.
So even Sharpe would likely have had to drop coin on his commission at some point in his career.
And there were requirements (education or prior service at a given rank for some length) before you were allowed to purchase a rank. The notion that some rich nobleman could just turn up at a barracks and buy himself a regiment is quite false. Ironically, the whole system was in part set up this way on purpose to filter out the incompetent*. It ended up favouring the upper class, to be sure, but only that part of the upper class that was serious about becoming an officer.
*Though nothing can explain the dismal quality of Wellesley's cavalry officers. The best one Moore had, Paget, was banging the wife of Wellesley's brother so he wasn't invited back in 1809!
@@Elmarby He thought little of his cavalry as they tended to charge too far in a battle and not respond to recalls transmitted by bugle. He did praise one unit of them for not dissolving into a mass of looters when the French baggage train was captured late in the Peninsular War - the commander of the unit, Ponsonby, detailed some NCOs to collect loot while the rest of the unit remained in formation. The loot they gathered in sacks was later shared out with the other men. Ponsonby was later killed at Waterloo.
Send those Brits to Ireland, they'll be free in a week ;)
@@Elmarby
What about Le Marchant, killed at Salamanca?
Sharpe's rifles, the special forces of the day.
That would be the coldstream guard
@@vongolaprimo837
No, they were just very steady troops, who would hold a position to the end. Special Forces operate independently, often behind enemy lines.
@@adventussaxonum448 "special" is relative to the time period
Skirmishers. Light Infantry often placed in front of the regular Infantry to take out Officers on a distance or doing reconnaissance tasks sometimes. Special Forces in a more traditional way.
I LOVE Bernard Cornwell's writing... he's my Aaron Sorkin of historical fiction.
Retired as a "First Shirt" probably the proudest I had been in 24 years of service. Proud most of my soldiers.
Like Sean Bean. Like him as a hero more than when he plays bad guys.
its interesting to see how soldiers carried gun in possible combat areas then compared to today. it wouldnt make sence to have your musket pointed down with the butt close to your shoulder as the ball could dislodge and it would be harder to pull the striker back. it made much more sense to hold it where the barrel was up slightly and the hand on the striker so it can get primed easily. also the guns then were much heavier compared to the much lighter guns used today, which would make them more difficult to hold in awkward positions
just something i was thinking about.
a well-patched ball wouldn't dislodge from a musket or muzzle-loader however you pointed or shook it. aside from potentially falling out, a loosely patched ball wouldn't be as powerful.
The fact that the musket could only be loaded quickly in a standing position is one of the main problems involved with using them. It's why soldiers at this time formed in solid ranks as it was the only way to mass firepower-and keep it going by standing out in the open in tight ranks. People scoff today but with the limited smoothbore musket range it was actually quite effective. You'd volley away at 50 yards and finish the matter with bayonets. It was also believed that defenders that didn't meet attackers out in the open but instead were dug in was a sign of demoralized troops. Many American Civil War generals found out this wasn't true only after they got obliterated attacking trenches manned by soldiers with rifled muskets.
0:28 is my favorite part cuz I thought they were hunting down French but instead they hunted rabbits. Also the music was funny.
I like that Hagman, who is the best shot of the regiment always has his rifle with him
Love how you can hear violins when Sharpe and Teresa lock eyes, even when there's none on the soundtrack. Concerto De Aranjuez Adagio, I think.
3:24 Annnnd The Flood Gates Are Open
sean bean. I have enjoyed his work since Patriot Games back in the day
lol, this predates PG's by at least a decade if not more ,
@@100mmtubeofjustice7 patriot games was 92, Sharpe ran from 93
I think its just finished a run of the whole series sat morns drama channel 20. At 11.00 am. Pure dead brilliant man!
Wish I knew earlier. Just found out its still on.
Fucking why aye!
I've always viewed her as the 'real' Commandante Teresa.
Sharpe could've smashed that commandante anytime anywhere.
And he did.
Repeatedly
@@joshmcdonald5520 until Hakeswill offed her!
Wait did this guy change uniforms in a few seconds 0:17 and 0:34
He clearly does but there's also a large span of time between those two scenes. He may have taken off his blue jacket to reveal a white underneath.
Or it may just be a continuity error.
Well, at that time shapes men cooked and ate and traded with a merchant, soI say it's fine
Are these in order? Or random clips would love to watch the full series in order from season 1.
Now, actors! You’ll be portraying characters in Sharpe! The officers will be either saints or horrible, cowardly tacticians! The woman will either end up dead or in Sharpe’s pants! Those playing French soldiers won’t even be portrayed as human! All antagonists in this series are mere obstacles to Sharpe’s glory!
I see no problem with this.
so?
This is the way
Bastard!
Now that's soldiering
2:00 "not some stinking peasant"
Me: The stinking peasants who not only form the core of any enlisted army but also the conscripts, levies, and manufacture the food and goods an army needs to maintain itself... Yes Simmerson... that's definitely not our allies.......
Best TV series ever, I never tire of it
Rich Nobility: Live off the land(Take away what they want)
Commoner Former Thief: Will pay for it with his own money
This movie looks like my cup of tea. I must see if I can hire it.
Its a series
@@Mrkabrat Oh I see. I'll figure something out. Thanks mate.
@@BelloBudo007 get the entire series on dvd on Amazon
Bill Binky -
Just BUY it, Mate.
You'll be watching it years from now, believe me: British telly at is very best.
(And the perfect companion to the _Hornblower_ series)
@@marvinc999 awwwwww snap Hornblower was awesome
Cooking 2 rabbits in 30 seconds and embarrassing simerson in the process. Now that's soldiering
Is that....Brian Cox?
Indeed it is, as Major Hogan.
...and Daniel Craig at 4:15
you will also see Greard Butler in this, in some epsode
Scolar Visari and 007.
Agamemnon keeps Odeseyus close.
Back in the day when wives were allowed to follow husbands into battle. They would watch along with other spectators. Then loot the dead and marry someone else of hubby died.
Sounds like a wild time.
It's the natural way.@@niallreid7664
Reminds me if that "War brides" book :)
Alwyn Dellow War is just life sped up.
I think they were servants for the lady on horseback. "Camp follower" women would be at the back of the line, if even that close.
Ian McNeice is an absolute star. Love the guy. Absolute Gentleman in real life to my experience too.
She was a lovely girl. I wish I could remember her name.
Asumpta Serna
Teresa or Josefina?
@@MichaelLee-tt7gm Teresa - Assumpta Serna. Spanish and well accomplished and awarded. I wish she got more exposure in English language productions. This is the only thing I've seen her in. She's convincing in the part and certainly has presence. Twenty five years later, you can tell I'm impressed, :)
@@charlieross-BRM I know who Ms. Serna is. I was asking Mr. Pilling if his description "lovely girl" referred to Josefina (Katia Caballero) or Teresa.
@@charlieross-BRM she was also in the film "The Craft"
_"I don't think he's heard of Second Breakfast, Pip..."_
There's no applecart Simmerson can't upset, ... apparently.
They should have this series available to rent or buy on youtube
Good news, they do now
I really couldn't stand "lord" Simpleton... he truly was "the very model of a modern major general"
stryker214 if that’s a general I want to be a private
The perfect Right Pommie Bastard
really you had to nsult gilbert & sulivan?
Did Hogan change from a blue to a white dinner jacket in anticipation of coneys and apples?
Sharpe to Simmerson: How do you like them apples?
I really want some dramatic flamenco guitar to play every time i walk into a room.
In every scene, SB seems to out of breath. I had no idea acting took it out of you so much. either that or his pants are too tight.
Yes its strange, but he's like that in every part he plays and no one else seems to notice.
Actually, Sean's costume was made for another man and was too tight.
Leave his trousers alone, they were perfect in my opinion (Sean’s got a lovely bum) 😉
@@IlikethingsIdo That may well be, but on this particular show, he was a last minute change due to the other guy not being able to make it. The costume was tailored for Paul McGann in this movie.
Is that the same Sir Henry that lost the kings colours?
Great "Harumph!" And NO STUPID ELECTRIC GUITAR! (But the flamenco was wrong, it is from southern Spain.)
Brian Cox.
Calling someone a sharp shooter in the days of sharpe…?
leading a unit of picked "chosen men" rifle/scouts and then getting surprised by guerillas because you are busy hunting rabbits. That's not soldiering.
Isn't this his first meeting with Teresa rather than a reunion?
Having rewatched the first few episodes, I was wrong. He meets her in Rifles. This is Eagle.
Can anyone explain to me what soldiering is all about?
He was well cast, old beany.
Tricky to thread. Good nickname.
Watching I wonder how many useless officers like Sir Henry actually existed in real life.
Brilliant character sir Henry.
Did any body spot the young Daniel Craig?
Ha! Daniel Craig.
I only caught bits and pieces of this series when PBS broadcast it originally (was working nights). One question I've always wanted answered; was Sharpe a real person, a blend from history, or totally fictional ???
Fictional,though his regiment,the 95th rifles,did exist.
Didn´t like Daniel Craig that time. Still don´t like him.
Sharpe failed. He was the advanced scout and instead he was hunting rabbits. The fact that they were ambushed shows that he failed his mission.
The advanced scout of whom?
3:28 that look. You're in there, mate
Carrying bolt action hunting rifles in 1807? Now that's props ordering.
How did they mess that up? Was it budget?
When I first saw Cochrane (Simmerson) I thought he'd be killed in an episode or two. Then I realized that he was too good to waste. He acts the part of an arrogant, privileged buffoon to perfection.
Cochrane's acting in this series is outstanding. He's the one you just love to hate!! :):)
I wouldn't want to be Simmerson in a battle - he'd be likely to catch the first round fired by his men!!
4:24
Yep. That look will get them every time Sean Bean.
I am from the American south and Capt. Leroy always reminds me of Foghorn Leghorn with that silly accent. The actor was American. He died several months ago.
I've got to watch this show!
What's the dude from Dexy's Midnight Runners doing in the Sharpe movie?
I've only seen these short youtube-videos of Sharpe. Does he ever wear a hat? Since he is in the military and all that.
Yes, in the video titled "Sharpe Rescues His Regiment" among others.
Sharpe neglected his duty - his light infantry is supposed to be screening the South Essex from patrols and keeping away ambushes along the flanks, and above all, avoid unnecessary confusion for the main column. Instead he's hunting rabbits! Simmerson should have chewed him out.
huh, I just relized that those green apples shouldn't exist for another 50+
A fine example of a Yorkshireman being asked to pay.
Not Shooting Sir Henry upon First Sight.....poor soldiering!
FOREVER SHARPE 💎
This scene describes Britishness to the full,soldiers lead by donkeys, officers borne with silver spoon in their mouths with no moral compass and in the face of adversity cowards, unlike the men or officers who make it through the ranks.
A good drama isn't always good portrait of history. I wouldn't take sir Henry as a typical British officer of the day, he is a caricature of stereotypes ramped up to the max, he is no more realistic than Sharpe is himself.
The British army of the peninsula war did pay its way most of the time but so did the French sometimes.
@@CS-zn6pp Its historically accurate that Wellesley was very particular that the British Army in the Peninsula War paid its way and treated the population with civility. He was well aware of France's experiences in which they did what they liked on more than one occasion, which pissed off the local population and always caused problems. Best to keep the civilians passive, march on through and pay for any food and supplies required. An occupying army that takes a hard hand in doing what it wants.......will generally not last long when the people have had enough! Not to mention, Wellesley needed the locals support, and what better way to earn it by being civil.
You're only 100 years out of date, but don't let the facts get in the way of your pathetic chip-on-the shoulder bollox.
Most officers were competent and civil and Simmerson is a caricature of prevailing historical myths. Just because commissions were purchased doesn't mean they let any old bugger walk in and buy his way into the army, British officers weren't always the best but they were not as hopelessly incompetent as historical stories suggest. Officers treated the local population fairly, although they couldn't always control their men, who would sometimes go on a rampage and have to be harshly brought back in line.
@@sulphuric_glue4468 Hence Wellesley's strict rule of any man caught stealing was to be hanged.
Who's the actor next to Simmerson ? His face rings a bell
Pity Simmerson doesn't have a moustache to twirl.
If you had to describe Simmerson in one word what would it be
where can i watch sharpe serie videos???
Buy them on Amazon
THERES a WOMAN WORTH HER CHALLENGE !!!✌Vehemente Sinorita 👏☝g
Spanish beauty Assumpta Serna.
Who are the Mexican guerrillas ?