| Trajanus | 17 Jun 2012 2:01 a.m. PST |
The lads of the Guarde Republicaine having some fun! Wouldn't you just love to be in the middle of that? Bloody awesome! Notice near the start how they recreate the painting of "Austerlitz Before the Charge" by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier. Actually the whole thing is about Austerlitz but that one shot jumps out at you. YouTube link |
| Lord Raglan | 17 Jun 2012 2:26 a.m. PST |
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Chocolate  | 17 Jun 2012 2:27 a.m. PST |
They look like Firemen out for a gallop. |
| 10th Marines | 17 Jun 2012 4:19 a.m. PST |
Excellent-very well done. I especially liked that the trumpeters were on whites and greys and where they were positioned. Sincerely,
K |
| mashrewba | 17 Jun 2012 4:43 a.m. PST |
Brilliant -looks like those toy soldiers shouldn't be in such straight lines after all.
Mind you my main period is the FPW so I have a slightly vison of how this could end!! |
| Midpoint | 17 Jun 2012 4:48 a.m. PST |
One of my favourites is the charge from Colonel Chabert: YouTube link |
| Gazzola | 17 Jun 2012 5:56 a.m. PST |
Trajanus A brilliantly controlled charge. Movie makers should be made to watch this before they reconstruct their usual mad mass charges. |
 Condotta  | 17 Jun 2012 6:33 a.m. PST |
Thank you for sharing, Trajanus! When the formation surged forward, trumpets sounding the charge, sabers flashing, hooves churning the ground, my heart beat faster. Only a disciplined and determined foe would stand and deliver in defense, and if not in a confident square, I pity them. |
| Marcus Maximus | 17 Jun 2012 6:37 a.m. PST |
Superb. Nice to see the appropriate presentation of officers at their stations during a charge. Thank you for sharing. |
| malcolmmccallum | 17 Jun 2012 7:18 a.m. PST |
So from the overhead it looks to be 80-100 men in each group, which suggests that it is two companies of a single squadron. So that would be column of companies? |
| spontoon | 17 Jun 2012 9:28 a.m. PST |
" Wouldn't you just love to be in the middle of that?" No. Horses don't like me. I'd much sooner be behind a hedge of bayonets waiting to shoot them to bits. Still stirring. Too bad they weren't in their full-dress cermonial uniforms. Needed a bit o red to liven it up! |
| 11th ACR | 17 Jun 2012 10:07 a.m. PST |
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| Inkbiz | 17 Jun 2012 11:37 a.m. PST |
That was beautiful, really couldn't ask for much better in terms of what a trained, well-drilled cavalry force would look like. Absolutely thrilling to watch, and nothing like anything I've seen in any movie. Very controlled and imposing. Just imagining, however, what rough terrain, and various projectiles would do to that rolling mass of horse-flesh… It really drives home the power and the fragility of the cavalry arm. Thanks Traj, definitely saving this one! Cheers,
Bob |
| Edwulf | 17 Jun 2012 5:14 p.m. PST |
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| Kevin in Albuquerque | 17 Jun 2012 7:17 p.m. PST |
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| MikeKT | 19 Jun 2012 2:36 a.m. PST |
Definitely a bookmark and video to refer to people. |
| pbishop12 | 19 Jun 2012 3:27 a.m. PST |
Watched it yesterday. Good stuff. I can appreciate the work that went into that. |
