Could You Survive as a Sharpshooter in Britain’s Elite 95th Rifles?

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @survivehistory
    @survivehistory  7 месяцев назад +110

    We hope you enjoy the episode! Let us know what you think in the comments and please consider supporting the channel at: ko-fi.com/survivehistory
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    • @JhettSimpkins
      @JhettSimpkins 7 месяцев назад +3

      do a US civil war video

    • @harrypainter266
      @harrypainter266 7 месяцев назад +3

      Great video ,my dad is part of the 2nd battalion you filmed with

    • @davidelabarilemobile7094
      @davidelabarilemobile7094 7 месяцев назад +2

      Yes i have enjoyed both man

    • @davidelabarilemobile7094
      @davidelabarilemobile7094 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@JhettSimpkinsoh me too im waiting for that thing
      But i Hope its about the confederate side

    • @LorenzoFerrari-d5e
      @LorenzoFerrari-d5e 7 месяцев назад +2

      Great video.
      Nice shot on that French Musketeer at the end, by the way, you took him when he was distracted and shot him down. Good job

  • @MilkOutsideABagOfMilk0
    @MilkOutsideABagOfMilk0 7 месяцев назад +1244

    Before watching, no I wouldnt survive as a rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 7 месяцев назад +65

      Well, you might, but you would probably hate it🤣

    • @LorenzoFerrari-d5e
      @LorenzoFerrari-d5e 7 месяцев назад +19

      Probably I would.

    • @Skyraider356F
      @Skyraider356F 7 месяцев назад

      @@LorenzoFerrari-d5eNah, I would 👍

    • @josephturner7569
      @josephturner7569 7 месяцев назад +16

      I'd have joined the RN. Purely for the prize money you understand.

    • @LorenzoFerrari-d5e
      @LorenzoFerrari-d5e 7 месяцев назад +15

      @@josephturner7569
      I would join the Navy too, but that's because I'm in the Italian Navy

  • @ostrowulf
    @ostrowulf 7 месяцев назад +414

    As some one who has been in combat, and has commented a number of times that as soon as you fire your rifle back, I found (and others have said the same) that I had a feeling of control in the situation, which helps with the obvious fear of being shot at. An officer with no musket knowing he is the prime target sounds absolutely terrible in evey way to me. I imagine they felt a bit of control of their destiny in normal fights, when giving commands, but seeing the green of a rifles uniform likely removed all of that. Respect for those French officers standing their ground.

    • @JvmCassandra
      @JvmCassandra 7 месяцев назад +13

      Interesting perspective.

    • @bigprovolone4209
      @bigprovolone4209 7 месяцев назад

      rah you have to just smile

    • @gabrielboi3465
      @gabrielboi3465 6 месяцев назад +1

      if i may aks sir, in what conflit did you take part? huge respect btw

    • @ostrowulf
      @ostrowulf 6 месяцев назад +3

      Afghanistan, I went in early 2008 and again late 2009 (which carried into 2010).

    • @basamortua8791
      @basamortua8791 6 месяцев назад +7

      To some degree, it’s still similar. I’m not sure who you served with, but I assume similar doctrine. I was trained that officers shouldn’t be focused on shooting so much as being aware of what’s going on and communicating. Yeah, they are armed, but their priorities are different and they aren’t so focused on shooting. Not that different, in terms of specifically targeting them. What the hell do I know, I was a medic. Regardless of all that, you’re right that being armed is better.

  • @tylerframpton2113
    @tylerframpton2113 7 месяцев назад +314

    A video aboit the 95th rifles? Now thats soildiering

  • @ThePilot4ever
    @ThePilot4ever 7 месяцев назад +267

    Surviving history? Now that's soldiering!

    • @NOTurbuisness-r5q
      @NOTurbuisness-r5q 6 месяцев назад +3

      Find me one soldier from the 95th who’s alive today. Check mate

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 6 месяцев назад

      ​@user-gj6rl7pyo9q they still exist

    • @thomaseubank1503
      @thomaseubank1503 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@NOTurbuisness-r5q It's a reference to a TV show

    • @NOTurbuisness-r5q
      @NOTurbuisness-r5q 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@thomaseubank1503 yeah I don’t know why I said what I said. But I was probably fucking around trying to make not sound sense

    • @desertraider2424
      @desertraider2424 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@NOTurbuisness-r5qthe rifle brigade continued to exist up to 1966, so there are probably plenty.

  • @davidintrabartolo5887
    @davidintrabartolo5887 7 месяцев назад +674

    Making a video about the 95th Rifles, now that's soldiering.

    • @Jmatthaeus184
      @Jmatthaeus184 6 месяцев назад

      NW reference?

    • @AlexrsGAME
      @AlexrsGAME 6 месяцев назад +16

      Sharpe reference

    • @Ratmasssss
      @Ratmasssss 6 месяцев назад

      Shut up​@@ralfklaus64

    • @williambuchanan8607
      @williambuchanan8607 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ralfklaus64Are you the expert, what association do you have ??

    • @ENIGMAXII2112
      @ENIGMAXII2112 6 месяцев назад +1

      Oi, I heard that some where eh..!

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher 7 месяцев назад +251

    Upon sighting a video about life in the 95th Rifles, I proceeded to click on the thumbnail to enjoy the content therein; that's my style, sir!

    • @zachsmith1676
      @zachsmith1676 7 месяцев назад +19

      And what of lieutenant Sharpe?

    • @ethanhatcher5533
      @ethanhatcher5533 7 месяцев назад +25

      ​@@zachsmith1676 he led a relief effort into the comments

    • @malcolmmacgregor8837
      @malcolmmacgregor8837 5 месяцев назад +7

      Major Hogan leaves the best for the last. He says you liked the video!

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@malcolmmacgregor8837
      The fault was not mine, sir. Major Lennox should answer.

    • @malcolmmacgregor8837
      @malcolmmacgregor8837 5 месяцев назад +8

      @@eldorados_lost_searcher MAJOR LENNOX ANSWERED WITH HIS LIKE!

  • @valdeingruo
    @valdeingruo 7 месяцев назад +87

    The quality of this channel, especially with its first video being posted only 5 months ago is unmatched. Informative and fun. Everything is so well done.

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  7 месяцев назад +14

      Wow, thanks!

    • @duncanhenderson005
      @duncanhenderson005 2 месяца назад +1

      I agree. I've only just found your channel, but it is excellent! Well done 👏

  • @TheIrishvolunteer
    @TheIrishvolunteer 7 месяцев назад +88

    I was petrified that this was going to be an April fool’s joke! Thankfully it was another informative and interesting documentary, please keep them up!

  • @AdministrativeResults
    @AdministrativeResults 6 месяцев назад +347

    Id be the one dude that got his head taken off by a canon, I'm not built different

    • @artyom1264
      @artyom1264 6 месяцев назад +7

      Same I guess

    • @garethmorgan3665
      @garethmorgan3665 6 месяцев назад +17

      😂😂 I would probably just have died of the shits . No mention in dispatches for me .

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 5 месяцев назад +9

      Shredded by cannister for me. Just erased in a pink mist.

    • @Potatoes_police
      @Potatoes_police 5 месяцев назад +4

      Oh hi admin

    • @georgieland3747
      @georgieland3747 3 месяца назад +5

      I would of probably fell into a hole lol

  • @FuFureal
    @FuFureal 7 месяцев назад +53

    Oh good Sir, I do indeed enjoy this episode. You have earned my thumb up and this humble little comment just after 4 minutes time. This is a help for you, and I am left with another 44 minutes of joy.

  • @justinchu6170
    @justinchu6170 7 месяцев назад +29

    This was my first time learning about the 95th rifles. What a show it was!

  • @romahors7453
    @romahors7453 6 месяцев назад +7

    One extremely underrated channel, good content and explanation and generally story telling, this is cool

  • @OceanlinerDesigns
    @OceanlinerDesigns 6 месяцев назад +10

    Brilliant stuff! This is TV quality reporting. This channel is going to go FAR!

  • @Grognard-ne3pf
    @Grognard-ne3pf 7 месяцев назад +27

    I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series on Napoleonic warfare

  • @jakukuja7736
    @jakukuja7736 7 месяцев назад +43

    I was in middle of watching Joshua. But I had to watch this as sooon as I saw the notification

  • @mouthfulofdirt
    @mouthfulofdirt 7 месяцев назад +7

    Great video! I've never found Napoleonic War stuff engaging but your channel has made it gripping to me and I've learnt so much! Keen to see more of your fantastic content in the future

  • @GlazeMyDonuts
    @GlazeMyDonuts 5 месяцев назад +8

    The RUclips shorts pulled me into the longer formatted videos! Keep up the great work, I look forward to future installments.

  • @dylanmckinnon5465
    @dylanmckinnon5465 7 месяцев назад +4

    This channel has made some of my favorite historical videos I’ve seen yet on the platform. Y’all are awesome, and it’s clear how much work and passion goes into each video.

  • @geoff-brady
    @geoff-brady 7 месяцев назад +7

    The best live action doc I have seen in ages. Great info. Brilliant camera work. Love the uniforms. The Bakers Rifle is so cool. Now I will check out the other vids.

  • @OotsutsukiShibai
    @OotsutsukiShibai 7 месяцев назад +7

    What can I say, awesome as always. Thank you and thanks to reenactment group

  • @AsutoroNami
    @AsutoroNami 7 месяцев назад +63

    gotta love those dark green KGL uniforms the british had, honestly one of the best uniforms in the napoleonic wars in my opinion

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 6 месяцев назад +8

      They’re not specific to the KGL. The KGL certainly had them as well, doubtless copied from the British example. The Brits, however, got them by copying other Germans in British employ in America, namely the Hessians. Most of the KGL were recruited near Hannover rather than Hesse.

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 6 месяцев назад +4

      The KGL at Waterloo were typically wearing the British red.

    • @River.E.M
      @River.E.M 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@carrott36he means The K.G.L. Light Infantry

  • @jiaang256
    @jiaang256 7 месяцев назад +9

    That is the most coolest regiment in my opinion. I also have a grandpa who fought late WW2 he was a staff sergeant

  • @kianabogaert
    @kianabogaert 7 месяцев назад +89

    now thats soldiering!

  • @lcpltpow5870
    @lcpltpow5870 7 месяцев назад +58

    I hear the 95th used to repair their damaged buttons and cap badges by melting small bits of wire. Now that's soldering!

    • @sidwills
      @sidwills 6 месяцев назад +1

      Underrated comment!

    • @samellowery
      @samellowery 5 месяцев назад +2

      Ahh I see what you did there have my 👍🏻

    • @MDuarte-vp7bm
      @MDuarte-vp7bm 3 месяца назад

      What did they use for flux?

  • @Techn9cian123
    @Techn9cian123 6 месяцев назад +2

    The shorts were so good, I had to watch the full video!

  • @Raindiation
    @Raindiation 7 месяцев назад +22

    Upon sighting this video i naturally clicked on it to watch thats my style sir

  • @ericbraley838
    @ericbraley838 7 месяцев назад +7

    Y'all are putting out some top tier content on a channel with relatively low subscribers (primarily because you're new). Is this simply a passion project or affiliated with some museum or university? Some of my favorite genres of books are historical first hand accounts of regular people and historical fiction in the same vein, so I love these videos!

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  7 месяцев назад +5

      Thanks Eric! It's a passion project with a small team at the moment, but who knows in the future.

  • @FelixstoweFoamForge
    @FelixstoweFoamForge 7 месяцев назад +12

    I'd recommend the bool "Rifles", by Mark D'Urban for more detail and history. This video was your best so far. More than a mention to the KGl riflemen who held La Haye Sainte until they ran out of ammunition would have been good though, they took 90% casualties during that long and bloody day.

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 6 месяцев назад

      The KGL, imperative at Waterloo and iirc the only unit to break a square with cavalry.

    • @williambuchanan8607
      @williambuchanan8607 6 месяцев назад

      I read Urbans book, very interesting account. Swift & Bold.

    • @River.E.M
      @River.E.M 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@carrott36 breaking squares had occurred a few times in the early french revolutionary war in the 1790s, but the KGL Heavies are the main example in The Napoleonic Era

    • @JamesHS
      @JamesHS 4 месяца назад

      Can also recommend 'Fusiliers: Eight Years with the Redcoats in America' from the same author which acts as a kind of prequal to Rifles

  • @SMJ495
    @SMJ495 7 месяцев назад +8

    What a great channel. Love the insights from the re enactors and the passion they have for history. Easiest sub ever!

  • @zulubeatz1
    @zulubeatz1 16 дней назад +2

    I blooming love British Light Infantry ! You can keep your paras and marines, these boys started the whole thing ! I have had the luck to have trained alongside a few of them, and they are game as hell and a great laugh too. If you have ever witnessed the RGJ double time marching, you will never forget it ! Thank you for this excellent video. Well presented, interesting and entertaining. These guys had the most stylish uniforms ever created, I think !

  • @bismarckbismarck6352
    @bismarckbismarck6352 7 месяцев назад +97

    Everybody´s gangster until a frenchman with an axe shows up.

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 6 месяцев назад +5

      They are killed all the time in Napoleon battles against the British.

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 5 месяцев назад +8

      He takes a musket ball as easily as a general. They all fall to the baker rifle

    • @randomhttyddev9245
      @randomhttyddev9245 3 месяца назад +1

      Blood and iron moment

    • @monkewitbignose3238
      @monkewitbignose3238 3 месяца назад +1

      sapper jumpscare

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 месяца назад

      You dithered.

  • @its-antiquitas
    @its-antiquitas 7 месяцев назад +75

    Where are the baker rifles with telescopic sights? They were in that historical movie about Napoleon weren’t they? 😂

    • @marshalmichelney-bc8qn
      @marshalmichelney-bc8qn 7 месяцев назад +28

      lol yeah that was absolutely silly. I audibly groaned when I saw that in the theater

    • @AtlasNL
      @AtlasNL 6 месяцев назад +21

      @@marshalmichelney-bc8qnI cackled from the unexpected ridiculousness of it, earning me many angry glares of the people around me. I couldn’t help it!

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 6 месяцев назад +22

      Ahh, the famous telescopic sight invented in around 1800 by that great scientist Sir Wrigley Scott!

    • @al_wombat
      @al_wombat Месяц назад +2

      Are you saying that not only the French in Scott’s “blockbuster” were speaking English, but some fantasy weapons were cast into it? Mon dieu.

    • @TheDsRequiem
      @TheDsRequiem Месяц назад +1

      ​@@AtlasNLI'm sure you're just insufferable to be around lmao

  • @keonidiacamos5265
    @keonidiacamos5265 4 месяца назад +2

    Very fun doc. I miss when History channel used to do things like this. Keep up the good work! I may pick up Sharpe's Rifles after this

  • @andrewevans6172
    @andrewevans6172 7 месяцев назад +4

    Swift and bold, proud to have been a chosen man

  • @amyfoster3554
    @amyfoster3554 7 месяцев назад +4

    I was super glad when he uploaded again

  • @charlies40556
    @charlies40556 7 месяцев назад +3

    great video! was waiting for this one

  • @IvanPopov-gq1sp
    @IvanPopov-gq1sp 7 месяцев назад +5

    Great video as always!

  • @Youraveragesillygoober-s6p
    @Youraveragesillygoober-s6p 6 месяцев назад +45

    Me who has played countess hours of blood and iron and guts and blackpowder: "Nah, i could survive"

  • @PeterOConnell-pq6io
    @PeterOConnell-pq6io 5 месяцев назад +10

    My guess is riflemen had significantly better odds than their redcoat counterparts, and French opponents. Their green uniforms offered camouflage, their freedom of movement better cover, their Baker rifles, while slow to load, outranged their opponents muskets by five-fold. Their detached skirmisher assignments from the rest of the army likely protected them in part from the epidemic diseases responsible the vast majority of fatalities in that era.

  • @Saurischian
    @Saurischian 7 месяцев назад +4

    A spectacular spectacle

  • @w-qwerty
    @w-qwerty 7 месяцев назад +3

    Best video yet, love to see it.

  • @malcolmdonnison3987
    @malcolmdonnison3987 4 месяца назад +4

    This was the forerunner of my old regiment 95th rifles became the rifle brigade and then the royal green jackets ♥️👍

    • @scrappydoo7887
      @scrappydoo7887 18 часов назад

      My old man was a green jacket. A few of my friends are/were in the rifles after the name change for Afghanistan

  • @marshalmichelney-bc8qn
    @marshalmichelney-bc8qn 7 месяцев назад +18

    General John Moore was the innovator for these tactics after serving in the American Revolutionary War. He was a good man. His actions in Ireland prevented Dublin from being sacked by more….less than honorable British soldiers. He was hit with a canon ball and died in Spain. Where Marshal Soult of the French or the Spanish commander, had a monument erected in his honor.
    Sir John Moore was a brilliant general, and a good man. Lest we not forget great men like him. 👍🏻✌🏻💂🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast 4 месяца назад +1

      Did he innovate by seeing Hessian Jager in America and making a British version under similar colors

    • @martinanderson4721
      @martinanderson4721 3 месяца назад +1

      Thers a statue in Gasgow's George Square of Sir John Moore.

  • @codmzyd
    @codmzyd 2 месяца назад +9

    16:47 sapper jumpscare

    • @Caleb244dd
      @Caleb244dd 2 месяца назад +3

      "over thereee"

    • @cheesy_mayo_studios
      @cheesy_mayo_studios Месяц назад +1

      the one sapper telling you to move out of the way so he can build:

    • @BradKesalowski
      @BradKesalowski 18 дней назад

      @@cheesy_mayo_studiosblood and iron flashbacks

  • @joeking1956
    @joeking1956 5 месяцев назад

    I am so happy to see more of these videos! They are always an entertaining and informative watch.

  • @Vega_13
    @Vega_13 6 месяцев назад

    Quality stunning as always. One of my favourite history channels, keep em coming!!

  • @bobthebomb1596
    @bobthebomb1596 6 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent documentary, thoroughly enjoyed that.

  • @abieldiaz4015
    @abieldiaz4015 7 месяцев назад +2

    Love the channel I love the Napoleonic error videos hope to see more in the future❤

  • @damiengreenhill3631
    @damiengreenhill3631 6 месяцев назад +1

    I did a battlefield tour of the western WW1 trenches during basic training and one location “I can’t remember the name, but it was Hill something” was a trench line held by the rifles and it was literally 20 meters from the German trench! “Still can’t wrap my head around how opposite trenches became so close”, but i learned a lot from the tour guide about the rifles not even knowing they stretched back as far as the Napoleon wars

  • @JonSiegel-ts2gk
    @JonSiegel-ts2gk 6 месяцев назад +1

    This channel should have 30x more subscribers than it does. Great work on a quality documentary.

  • @Robquest38
    @Robquest38 7 месяцев назад +1

    Christmas cane earlyyy! Great work lads

  • @okancanarslan3730
    @okancanarslan3730 7 месяцев назад +2

    amazing documentary

  • @Dullborn
    @Dullborn 7 месяцев назад +1

    I have enjoyed this series and wish you success...

  • @mario_1683
    @mario_1683 7 месяцев назад +2

    Really amazing video. I loved it.

  • @generalsandnapoleon
    @generalsandnapoleon 3 месяца назад +1

    Great video! I'm a huge fan of anything from the Napoleonic Era.

  • @darthguilder1923
    @darthguilder1923 7 месяцев назад +1

    Another great video, these are better than tv quality

  • @Yung_Corz
    @Yung_Corz 7 месяцев назад +2

    This was great, thankyou

  • @rosenbaek5708
    @rosenbaek5708 7 месяцев назад +2

    Keep up the excellent content.

  • @NoSaysJo
    @NoSaysJo 5 месяцев назад +1

    Really well made video. Thanks lads

  • @jonathalon6022
    @jonathalon6022 7 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant video, cheers guys

  • @nice_ol_history
    @nice_ol_history 6 месяцев назад +1

    As a history nerd I love this channel & I’m subbed

  • @KingMegsgaming
    @KingMegsgaming 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love your videos since the first Episode! keep up the good work! ❤

  • @ColinTruong-r2h
    @ColinTruong-r2h 7 месяцев назад +17

    How the hell did 95 people watch this in 9 minutes when this just came out and it’s 48 minutes long.

    • @The_Great_Letter_E
      @The_Great_Letter_E 7 месяцев назад +7

      I believe views are added when you click on a video, not nessaserily when you finish it

    • @lancerstudios.development
      @lancerstudios.development 7 месяцев назад +8

      95 people 95th Rifles.

    • @MDuarte-vp7bm
      @MDuarte-vp7bm 3 месяца назад +1

      It probably measures views as unique visits, not completions.

    • @oscodains
      @oscodains 2 месяца назад

      Average Watch time is remarkably low, 3 minutes is the average.

  • @almadesikevin1525
    @almadesikevin1525 6 месяцев назад +1

    Guys love your shows

  • @ramblinfan99
    @ramblinfan99 6 месяцев назад +1

    This was amazing!!! Thank you for making this!
    Now do Roger’s Rangers!!

  • @Azfernious
    @Azfernious 7 месяцев назад +4

    Survive history? Yes please!

  • @Tactical_Airsoft
    @Tactical_Airsoft 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great video guys!

  • @Tonks143
    @Tonks143 7 месяцев назад +10

    TV quality stuff. I'd like to see it expanded to civilian occupations - Could you survive a tudor farm, Could you survive a Victorian coal mine, etc.

  • @gregoryhoddinott8502
    @gregoryhoddinott8502 6 месяцев назад

    I love this channel just started watching today and i love history thank you so much keep up the amazing work guys

  • @anacapamori
    @anacapamori 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love these! Hope to see many more

  • @08mlascelles
    @08mlascelles 7 месяцев назад +5

    I have to say I think I'd much prefer being a rifleman than standard infantry. Still incredibly dangerous, but at least you're allowed to use some form of cover and ingenuity, rather than relying purely on luck, and the tactical prowess (or lack there of) of your superiors to keep you alive. Plus, there's a decent chance you'll actually hit your target long before they're even within range to hit you.

    • @JayJet53
      @JayJet53 7 месяцев назад +3

      Just remember you are more vulnerable to cavalry and infantry charges, which makes you more reliant on officers and NCOs, and your weapon has the same effect range as muskets but is more accurate.

    • @poil8351
      @poil8351 7 месяцев назад +2

      Well that really depends on how good a shot you are.if you have bad aim the target has better odds.

    • @badideagenerator2315
      @badideagenerator2315 7 месяцев назад

      Cover was certainly effective at protecting against musket fire, but wouldn't have done much to protect against sabres or muskets if you were caught.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 6 месяцев назад +1

      Must say I agree about preferring to fight as a rifleman rather than an ordinary redcoat. But it was actually far more dangerous in the long run. Riflemen were in constant demand on campaign for all the dangerous tasks. As a result the 95th had the highest casualty rate of all British regiments in Spain.

  • @philgreen815
    @philgreen815 6 месяцев назад

    In 2006 I joined the 2nd Bfn 95th Rifles and was lucky enough to attend Waterloo that year, it was amazing, and we were allowed to camp within Hougemont Farm. We were told the term grasshopper related to a type of movement on foot ? Almost like a hop skip and jump ? To cover ground. And yes whilst skirmishing we also trained to fire in volleys like the main army, but the rifles covered the flanks of the army.

  • @pielover1455
    @pielover1455 6 месяцев назад +2

    When the coffee mug actually having coffee in it you left me no choice but to subscribe 4:18

  • @theprancingprussian
    @theprancingprussian 6 месяцев назад +1

    One thing not brought up much if how skirmishers would find it difficult to hold ground
    Besides engaging other skirmishers they would do things like give a good volley to enemy line infantry then retreat and disperse
    They would in genral take less losses while dealing less damage
    This is why they were great for raiding camps, batteries and since they have so much space to manoeuvre they don't have to fight a large conflict if enemies advance
    They would also chip away at line infantry while focused on fighting your line infantry
    Pretty close strategy and tactics to medieval archers, chip away and fell back behind lines / outflank and help delay enemy retreats with shots while they are focused on something else

  • @4sakenreaper42
    @4sakenreaper42 7 месяцев назад +2

    Cool reenactment at the end

  • @zororosario
    @zororosario 6 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent stuff superb reenactment ❤ Thanks cheers 😊

  • @CelxD
    @CelxD 7 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic video!

  • @TheRendar
    @TheRendar 7 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent video! Subscribed. Keep up the awesome content

  • @TimeWarpKing
    @TimeWarpKing 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love your channel guys, I'm subscribing :)

  • @maapaa2010
    @maapaa2010 7 месяцев назад +2

    You could get a feeling for their power when they fired them.. quite scary

  • @MaximMladenovic
    @MaximMladenovic 6 месяцев назад +1

    i love your napoleonic videos keep posting them please!

  • @artoriasabysswalker4812
    @artoriasabysswalker4812 7 месяцев назад +2

    great vid champ

  • @SamWright-yu3qv
    @SamWright-yu3qv 6 месяцев назад +5

    I know it's marginally off the main topic but it was mentioned, but being in a square formation being hit by canon must feel truly apocalyptic.

  • @philipprichardt8057
    @philipprichardt8057 Месяц назад

    There's the account of a soldier in the King's German Legion who entered service as a rifle man in 1806 and he served through the whole Peninsula campaign witnessing many of the major battles (El Bodón, Arapiles, the siege of Santander, Waterloo to name a few). In Waterloo Friedrich Lindau was among the last 49 survivors at La Haye Saint. His memoires are astounding. And they were translated into English.

  • @cleveedmonston1235
    @cleveedmonston1235 27 дней назад

    I served in the Royal Green Jackets, first as a gunner (GPMG) then a sniper. Their history goes right back to the 95th Rifles and many things are still just as relevant today, as they were back then. Bayonets are never called bayonets, but `swords`. All the battle honours are on their cap badge, not on any flag. Their buttons are black. And they march at 140 paces a minute and can carry their rifle at the `trail`, and not elevated upright in the shoulder.
    With so much history. One cannot feel anything but pride in having served it the regiment.

  • @AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging
    @AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging 7 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome idea for a video I’m excited

  • @grumblekin
    @grumblekin 7 месяцев назад +2

    Surviving a single battle without injury...THAT'S SOLDIERING

  • @kv-2156
    @kv-2156 7 месяцев назад +4

    Lovely vid

  • @ParutoTH
    @ParutoTH 7 месяцев назад +8

    Do one next about the Light Infantries of the french. (or you can't do that)

  • @MentallydeficientMentallydefic
    @MentallydeficientMentallydefic 3 месяца назад +1

    I was told to comment, I really love this channel so I had to

  • @The_Great_Letter_E
    @The_Great_Letter_E 7 месяцев назад +1

    I'd love to see a video on the American Revolution or the american Civil War! Great video, as always!

  • @ComfortsSpecter
    @ComfortsSpecter 5 месяцев назад

    Incredible History
    Amazing Demonstration
    Beautiful Work
    Wonderful Vibe
    Improving but Inefficient History
    So Inspiring
    Thank You

  • @mammasut8280
    @mammasut8280 6 месяцев назад +1

    Upon seeing a video about Sharpes Sharps I clicked the link - That's my style Sir!

  • @ChosenMan-be8mz
    @ChosenMan-be8mz Месяц назад

    Years ago I read a book called Fusiliers: how the British Army lost North America but learned to fight, it went very deep into the hard lessons learned and the light infantry doctrine they had to develop as the war progressed and although they lost the war the junior officers like John Moore who would climb the ranks would go on to advocate for implementation of these tactics that where so vital in defeating Napoleon who despite his own military genius did not recognise the potential of troops armed rifles.

  • @kaiusbellum107
    @kaiusbellum107 2 месяца назад +2

    Proud Rifleman of the 3rd Battalion the Rifles

  • @SomethingSpecial.
    @SomethingSpecial. 7 месяцев назад

    Did you work in production before this? Your channel quality is documentary-like with how good it is

  • @jeremypike5263
    @jeremypike5263 5 месяцев назад

    Very well presented and great insight into the lives of soldiers during the napoleonic wars .And Louis you seem genuinely engaged in this documentary and not falsely interested like some presenters

  • @kennethr2525
    @kennethr2525 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is just an amazing video

  • @Artaxian_Debacle
    @Artaxian_Debacle 5 месяцев назад +1

    Sharpe got me more into the Napoleonic Wars