"'Old Trousers' - the Pas de Charge" Topic
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| redcoat | 29 Dec 2011 5:13 p.m. PST |
Reading about the Peninsular War, I see that the British humourously called the French infantry drumrolls by the (onomatopoeia?) 'Old Trousers'. What did the Pas de Charge sound like? Can anyone please supply a link to a soundfile? |
| Connard Sage | 29 Dec 2011 5:15 p.m. PST |
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| Evzone | 30 Dec 2011 9:07 a.m. PST |
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| redcoat | 01 Jan 2012 3:52 p.m. PST |
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| Private Matter | 04 Jan 2012 11:56 a.m. PST |
The links are good but I didn't hear any that did not include musical instruments along with the drums. Did battalions march with more than just drums? I would be curious to hear a couple minutes of just the drums in order to get a better feel for the cadence and the sound their opponents would hear as they advanced. |
| redcoat | 04 Jan 2012 3:16 p.m. PST |
In his Osprey 'French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics' (p.56), Paddy Griffith wrote that "The ominous drum roll for ordering the 'charge' was rendered by the French as the rhythm 'PLAN rat a PLAN rat a PLAN (etc), which British witnesses famously remembered as 'OLD trousers, OLD trousers, OLD trousers (etc)'." Is that one of the drum rolls that features in the links supplied by Connard? Music is not my strong point… |
Ligniere  | 04 Jan 2012 3:33 p.m. PST |
Some time ago, I read it as sounding similar to the following; The rum dumb,
The rum dumb
The rummer, dumb, dumb
Dummer, dummer, dumb, dumb and repeat….. npm |
| John Tyson | 04 Jan 2012 4:16 p.m. PST |
YouTube link Go to the 6:25 minute mark and listen to the French drummers beating the Pas de Charge. Bump, Durder Rump. Bump, Durder Rump. Etc. It may be accurate. But it also sounds like the drum beat of the road march. I always thought the Pas de Charge sounded like:
Bump, Bump, Bump-Budder-Rump. Bump, Bump, Bump-Budder-Rump. Etc. |
| 1968billsfan | 06 Jan 2012 1:22 p.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
