"The Charge at Somosierra Spain, November 30, 1808 ..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 May 2014 10:32 p.m. PST |
Beautifull!. link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
| Brian Smaller | 03 May 2014 2:39 a.m. PST |
That was cool, but I always pictured the pass at Somossierra to be a bit hillier. Those Spanish infantrymen pretty much did what mine do on the wargame table. Do you know what film the clip came from? |
 Artilleryman  | 03 May 2014 3:10 a.m. PST |
The Film is 'Ashes' by Andre Wadja one of the great Polish directors. I have the whole film on DVD and it includes the siege of Zaragossa and 1812. Well worth a watch. Sadly I have been unable to find a copy with subtitles so your Polish, French and Spanish better be good. |
| Brian Smaller | 03 May 2014 3:25 a.m. PST |
My Polish is non-existent, and I probably understand one word in five of spoken French and Spanish. With non-subtitled foreign language films I can usually can get the hang of the story even when I don't understand the lingo. Leagacy of watching a lot of Asian wuxia. Update: On youtube with subtitles
YouTube link |
| dBerczerk | 03 May 2014 4:39 a.m. PST |
A rough day for the Regiment! |
 deadhead | 03 May 2014 7:28 a.m. PST |
Great stunt work by the humans but you do have to feel sorry for the horses. Strongly suspect those ropes tied to their legs that let them go just so far etc and led to cuts in Waterloo for some releases in the interests of PC. Amazingly ineffective cannon but, I guess, if you look one's chance of surviving the Charge of The Light Brigade even 40 years later……not the massacre one might expect. Still wonder how Mercer did what he claimed |
| Artilleryman | 03 May 2014 10:18 a.m. PST |
That's a find Brian. I forgot that Raszyn was there as well. The clip does not do it justice, but the Polish losses at Sommosierra were terrible. However, it is still a good piece of cinema. They did try to get the details right even in black and white. Note the trumpeter in a different uniform and on a white horse. |
| Tango01 | 03 May 2014 11:38 a.m. PST |
I was there (as tourist) many times.
If you see the terrain, you would greet the bravery of those Polish riders!
I never forgot that there were a little tomb with the inscription in french about the Polish riders and was full of flowers.
I asked the priest of the little town (the only guide who knows about the battle) about who put that flowers there, and he said that the french on the other side of the border came day by day for replacing the flowers!
When I ask why kind of "french" come to do that he answer. - French!. Sometimes military dress other in civil dress. I was very surprised by that.
The anecdote was 8 years old. Amicalement
Armand |
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