British Red Coat Soldiers in Boston Affix Bayonets and Charge the Crowd

[@flailingelbows7073]

They chuckle now But back then that was probably one of the most terrifying things to have come walking towards you lol

[@Were_the_tops]

Ikr

[@char.ger-3321]

Until some farmers and colonists decided to rebel

[@JBGARINGAN]

Their time's equivalent to our police shield line, direct military intervention was only form of crowd control then. Bayonets, horse, and sabre held back citizens as if they were the army of an enemy country. Thank god for modern dedicated police forces, rubber bullets, chokeholds, and tazers because riots in those days ended much more costly. Many people these days may think that rubber bullets, chokeholds, and tazers are "unnecessarily violent" but in grand scheme of things those are the minority of cases now, especially compared to back then when it was the opposite as the majority of cases ended in unnecessarily violence. I bet you'd much rather get hit by a rubber bullet, tazed, and held in a headlock by a modern professional policeman trained to arrest and most likely survive VS getting bayoneted, shot by real bullets, and chopped down and trampled under hoofs by a soldier trained to fight and kill and most likely die.

[@hcinternationalinc.7177]

No not really 1776 🇨🇮🇨🇮🍀🍀

[@mmablaster]

If there were 40 guys in lockstep with muskets and bayonets that'd be pretty terrifying. 2 not so much.

[@captainobvious7153]

Title: British soldiers in Boston Me: they’re going to shoot into the crowd aren’t they.

[@IVALKYRIE925]

Wow just wow

[@IVALKYRIE925]

The Boston massacre reference

[@_just_another_filthy_redcoat]

- me as a Brit having no actual connection to the ref but yet know it was a dick move - 👀

[@jonathanl.7174]

@@_just_another_filthy_redcoat wdym you have no actual connection, its litterally british troops

[@_just_another_filthy_redcoat]

@@jonathanl.7174 none of my family or me was there, so I'm not personally connected to it :)

[@Travio247]

The funny walk is most likely to help them step over the bodies that would be piled in front of them as they advanced

[@rgg2090]

😂

[@johnstevenson1709]

No the entire performance is made up bs at the time of the first American civil war roughly 1/3 of the colonists remainded loyal to their monarch and a significant portion left the nascent United States at the end of the war.

[@ironmatic1]

This isn't historically accurate drill.

[@IVALKYRIE925]

Well the redcoats are British so if some British taught if this is real than sure and why the hel do they re-enacting Redcoats if they are in Boston...............

[@chevychase3103]

@@IVALKYRIE925 did my tax dollars pay for nothing?

[@averylividmoose3599]

That drill is not only wrong but unbelievably cursed

[@stopmotiongarage220]

Being unfamiliar with how this is supposed to be done im curious. What exactly is cursed about it?

[@splinx1819]

I wanna know how it’s cursed? 🤔😂

[@chevychase3103]

The Moose is loose!

[@troyvincent8933]

@@chevychase3103 it married a goose

[@stopmotiongarage220]

@@MusketMan1997 sweet! Thank you!

[@francis9428]

People in the crowd: [Laughing] The souls of those who died in the massacre: *That's not very cash money of you*

[@harrydarwin1874]

Yes, all 5 of them The event was massively blown and out of proportion in order to create more anti-British sentiment among the general populous

[@keeperofthecheese]

Throwing rocks at armed soldiers. That's a paddlin.

[@julianpichardo5045]

@@harrydarwin1874 it was still an army shooting at its own citizens. There were riots here in America because a dumbass newbie cop didn’t take his neck off a guy and it sparked international outrage. I do agree maybe “massacre” was a bad word to use but it by no means diminishes the fact the the Boston Garrison which was sent to “protect” the colonies fired at their own people

[@harrydarwin1874]

@@julianpichardo5045 Fair point, but then again, it was 5 guards being heckled by an entire crowd of people, and as the crowd got more militant towards them, the guards panicked and fired. Although it was a regrettable incident, it cannot be dismissed as an unprovoked act of violence

[@julianpichardo5045]

@@harrydarwin1874 and I agree with you but I was stating how every group of people does this. The cop who unfortunately killed George Floyd was inexperienced and was being yelled at and heckled by a crowd of people. Should he have been charged? Yes because he ended up George but I do agree with you about the militant crowd but talking about why they were militant is a story for another dau

[@David-lu4gq]

Reads Title. Expects a charge. *Exaggerated villain walk intensifies*

[@yonetakamori4801]

Well thats how they applied the fear factor back in the American Revolutionary times

[@Christ_maxxing]

@@yonetakamori4801It’s not accurate

[@RicardoD957]

That's how we walk in Britain

[@ethanbrown5565]

And they all died, the end. - Patrick The Star

[@cassierbutler6073]

*Patrick Star

[@jeonazagis452]

Patrick, the best friend of Spongebob. lol

[@da90sReAlvloc]

War of 1812 and they burned down the white house

[@leifewald5117]

That didn’t help at all

[@DominicKawaihae-dv9ft]

It was a lovely tale Mr star

[@johnfitzgeraldkennedy3928]

One snow ball and this would’ve been on live leak.

[@norskball6732]

Underated comment

[@heavenlywithhishands]

There's an alternate reality where that happens and they discover a lost descendant of Crispus Attucks in the aftermath.

[@spilledmilk5743]

They were actually also throwing clubs at the soldiers, ice, and oyster shells. The captain didn’t tell fire, he was standing in front of his men. Somebody behind of them yelled fire, and the men mistook it for an actual order.

[@User-ge7ni]

@@norskball6732shut up

[@Revolutionist646]

Actually, they are modern day loyalists. They are liberals!!! NOOO!!

[@young.angry.devildawg]

*throws brick* “fuck! not again, i forgot it was 2021 and not 1775. silly me!”

[@tomedy_official]

1776, it began almost immediately after the decoration

[@da90sReAlvloc]

1812 they burned down the white house

[@noahwootton8092]

Actually the Boston massacre happened March 5, 1770

[@cherreline]

1770

[@kaziiqbal7257]

@@tomedy_officialyou’re both wrong but what fucking history book are you reading?

[@nickoloes]

Redcoats never left MA. Poor souls the lot over there.

[@wanderingronin6462]

No if only we still had redcoats here

[@FPS_Wingo]

This state is garbage

[@shadowsinmymind9]

@@FPS_Wingo then leave?

[@FPS_Wingo]

@@shadowsinmymind9 working on it

[@lukko6117]

@@FPS_Wingo *Thats what you think*

[@stevenh8174]

Making America great Britain again

[@joeloates1685]

@Banknote Collector 27-BC27 Its a joke you moron. And the American government is even worse.

[@joeloates1685]

@Banknote Collector 27-BC27Okay, but it was never really on offer. We've got our own shit to deal with, can't really deal with America's shit too.

[@joeloates1685]

@imgladandrew gillumisnotmykang We have enough rights, like free healthcare and decent public transportation, mr mass shootings.

[@joeloates1685]

@Off Road Guy Which gays would they be? 😂

[@BT-qs7id]

Englanghanistan......no thanks it's not "Great" Britain anymore

[@definitelyjustcj4148]

Might have been funny now but back then this was a boss fight

[@erickmejia4602]

Great-great-great-grandpa suddenly gets flashbacks to the Boston massacre

[@mmablaster]

Yep, usssa

[@NothingButPureBrainrot]

Everybody gansta until somebody’s impaled

[@cool9229]

Well what are they going to do, declare independence? 😂

[@NothingButPureBrainrot]

@@cool9229 who said it was the americans

[@cool9229]

@@NothingButPureBrainrot hey any countries state or county could try and declare independence how do you know I was referencing America

[@NothingButPureBrainrot]

@@cool9229 Even if they tried they would fail, NATO and the UN would stop them, also I knew because they are redcoats, who fought the redcoats? Americans.

[@theaceygeneral]

"Wait for the police to arrive because triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up! "

[@elizabethwang7408]

History should never be forgotten. Glad some people are educating.

[@masonmcgrew9790]

Some history should in fact be forgotten the british enslavement and slaughter of innocent Americans should be forgotten nothing good comes from remembering that our greatest ally would have every american man woman and child in chains if they could manage

[@___E]

​@@masonmcgrew9790When you say Americans you mean native Americans right?

[@masonmcgrew9790]

@@___E yea native born americans immigrants americans born overseas to American parents just americans in general really

[@oliverquinn472]

As a reenactor I can say that they did the drill horribly and wrong.

[@mmablaster]

I'm no expert but it just didn't look quite right.

[@loganwindsor6319]

I feel they did that purposely to mock the brits

[@heavenlywithhishands]

@Denise Bond Can you talk like you have a spine, woman? For how much you brits love to take the piss, you sure are one uptight bitch while remaining remarkably coy about it.

[@juneyellowsnek]

​@denisebond1319learn how to fucking type god damn

[@sciepan666]

Two last guys in the San Sebastian:

[@quinnleahy5948]

True

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

Go get em lads! Take it all back!! 🇬🇧👑🇬🇧

[@mranonymous6156]

Fuck that they can keep it 😂

[@archmemegod5891]

French,USA, and Spain watching this like so you want round 2

[@kur0sh1]

you wont be laughing when these guys take the country back for the crown

[@stealthandysteath1069]

Nice one brother. Push back before someone

[@EagleTheGreat]

*Colonialisim intensifies*

[@Peterson404]

THE RED COATS ARE COMING

[@marcantoinelab12321]

I would just throw myself at them screaming "THE REDCOATS ARE ATTACKING, TOSS EM BACK OVER THE POND LADS!"

[@TemplarKnightKEKW]

You wouldn't. You just wouldn't.

[@ramoucho8577]

xD

[@benwood535]

@@TemplarKnightKEKW for someone whose entire existence is a bad joke you sure don't know how to take them

[@thecpmr6276]

I'm mean...uh...in an over simplified way... *that's kinda what happened*

[@craphat1873]

They would be glad to get out and back to Gods Country.

[@roboroberts1246]

'Carefull you'll have someone's Eye out with that'..😂

[@newrisingdamned7604]

People: chuckle People in 1700: why are you laughing on your death song?

[@elwolf8536]

Thankfully thay didn't advance like thay for real 😂

[@elijahcrane5688]

British soldiers showing a crowd how there weapons work in Boston, now where have I heard that before? 🤔

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

The Boston Massacre, where a whopping 5 people were killed. Making more of a Boston Kerfuffle than an actual Massacre. Good for colonial propaganda though.

[@NUFC4LIFE-1]

It was the yanks fault, they were chucking rocks at the english and threatening them, and they warned them but obviously the yanks have no commen sense and continued and they got shot WHAT A SHAME 😂

[@aaropajari7058]

​@@NUFC4LIFE-1Given what the US police shoot people over today...

[@lonewolftech]

@@NUFC4LIFE-1and England got its ass whipped and is now not even a super power. Stfu

[@eliteofthe9136]

That guys hat is driving me crazy...

[@mmablaster]

Yeah, I don't know how it is on his head at all

[@mybodyisreggie2759]

Not only is this not a real drill, the way of saying huzzah was actually pronounced huz-ay back then

[@masonmcgrew9790]

Britain has damn near a billion accents for a country the size of Vermont someone at one point has pronounced it this way

[@sundancetitan5675]

@@masonmcgrew9790is true you walk down the road someone’s speaking differently and you need a code breaker to understand them

[@thirsty7281]

A leisurely stroll... leisurely... *but deadly.*

[@chadhunter6250]

POV: your country has tea and spices.

[@Tempusverum]

Tea? Spices? 🎵This land...is mine. God gave this land to me... 🎶

[@user-lh4mv2nd2x]

Girls going to England: ew this place is so old The boys:

[@ricraftz76]

More like going to boston

[@bradenvester4308]

Wait! There are redcoats in Boston again

[@kuruk0115]

Redcoat holdouts circa 2021

[@gamestian2824]

Plot twist: the video ended because they started to bayonet charge people

[@mmablaster]

All those people were bayonetted

[@sololobos6969]

That old dude on the far back is having some flashbacks... Lol

[@OfficiallyFreehugs]

The IRS doing it the old fashion way

[@tomato1087]

I like that guy on this side laughed in the last lol

[@mmablaster]

Yeah, I don't think he was expecting the march.

[@__Jp]

just wait until you hear British Grenadiers

[@zakadams762]

Get those scoundrels, teach them to obey the crown

[@mmablaster]

Pay the tax

[@mrhost8882]

@@mmablasterHUZZAH! SPILL THE TEA! DOWN WITH THE KING!

[@user-si5zq1zc7v]

When I forgot to level up one division in hoi4

[@creativezaara7823]

When you forget to add milk to your tea

[@Ironclad001]

Make America Great Britain again!

[@lifeisamatrix5960]

I think most people wouldn't make it if time flipped back to then. that's when real wars happened. hand to hand.

[@mmablaster]

+LosRioDelMar yeah, basically just lining up face to face with a line full of guys shooting once or twice then charging with bayonets.

[@robertwilson8184]

Anyone who says “real wars” hasn’t been anywhere near a gunfight. EDIT: Go read “On Killing” by Dave Grossman in order to realize how wrong you truly are.

[@vikzn1607]

“Real wars” yeah you definitely have never served

[@Moojingles_]

Guys, I don't think there's much difference in terms of wars nowadays and wars back then, sure the weaponry changed significantly but they're both wars! They're shit in their own ways!

[@u.s.citizen9933]

@@Moojingles_ "War, war never changes."

[@W1LLCHANG]

This is pretty cool. Love historic reenactments.

[@mmablaster]

Yeah it was really cool and sprung up out of nowhere.

[@W1LLCHANG]

@@mmablaster Man! Talk about right place, right time!

[@jamiewalker8772]

I think this is the first time I’ve heard the words “AFFIX BAYONETS!” Without one random Scottish guy screaming “YAAAAAAAAS!!!” Directly afterwards. Somehow... some way... there’s always one. And I remain grateful for that 😅

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

Poor guys they still don't know that it's not Englands land anymore

[@antsocke2116]

Those commands and movements are absolutely made up

[@j0ey311]

Their uniforms are wrong as well

[@thekingshussar1808]

Nope. "Shoulder your bayonets," "Adjust your bayonets," and "Charge your bayonets" are real orders from the 1776 Manual of Arms. The alternative would be (musket not having a bayonet fixed): "Shoulder your firelocks," "Adjust your firelocks." No charge position cus no bayonet, ofc.

[@thekingshussar1808]

@@j0ey311 Well, you're maybe right or wrong. It depends on what regiment they're in, but they do lack the gaiters which is inaccurate.

[@sailinganthony1549]

uniforms are wrong, the commands are all s*** basically everything on that s*** I watched about 4 times, thinking about sending this to my friend that dos Revolutionary War reenactment an see what he thinks about that, I done ACW reenactments and I can definitely tell that the commands are really s****

[@thekingshussar1808]

@@sailinganthony1549 British 1770s commands are very different from American 1860s...

[@mad1478]

I see a lot of people calling the walk unrealistic, well, you’re kind of right. While the walk was not used in the British army, and I think it was already outdated, it was used by the Prussians in early to mid 1700s, and then made a return in the napoleonic wars where a regiment used this walk during the battle of Leipzig because of the amount of bodies.

[@icarus_falling]

"The shot heard around the world" was a smaller conflict compared to the other wars across the British empire. Had the colonies been the only enemy the UK would have flooded North America from Canada down and Virginia up with troops. But with European wars getting rowdy the Royal navy and British army were being held back to defend the homeland. The French did help but the debts they amounted in doing so garunteed the revolution and eventually napoleon's rise to power. P.s. the drill is terrible in this.

[@chevychase3103]

On the bridge! Or at least really close by can't remember.

[@PlayerBRUV]

Nah, the UK wouldn't have handled the colonies in a similar manner as to how the US couldnt fully take outh the 'Nam. Guerilla warfare is a pain the arse

[@kidfox3971]

Though considering the shot heard around the world led to the revolution, which led to the French revolution, which led to Napoleon, which led to the revival of Prussia after his fall, which led to the Franco-Prussian War, which led to WW1, which led to WW2, which led to the Cold War, which led to 90% of the foreign issues we face today from Europe to Asia, I'd say it's still a pretty massive event.

[@ilovemuslimfood666]

What other conflicts? The Napoleonic Wars were a few decades away and Britain wasn’t having much trouble from their Canadian and Caribbean holdings.

[@masonmcgrew9790]

The british couldn't of sent enough men fast enough to replace the amount of lobsterbacks we killed look up francais Marion a few dozen men fought and won against hundreds of brits it wasn't a war it was us grinding their entire fucking empire for XP

[@alphathewolf5054]

Who else really wanted someone in the crowd in a ye olde accent to say “Get out of here you bloody redcoats before I run you two out me self “ and they play along like “ As long as you’re under the kings crown we can be wherever the hell we want you yank”

[@mmablaster]

Yes

[@ellisthur1498]

Remember: *triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to fix!*

[@mmablaster]

I'm sure they weren't fixing much back then

[@mmablaster]

@imgladandrew gillumisnotmykang if by fix, you mean amputate, then ok.

[@lonewolftech]

Not in modern medicine it isn’t..

[@Gab28371]

We be getting out of San Sebastián with this one

[@ajes3987]

this was painful to watch

[@seanglennon4012]

Ya the british are silly lol

[@Ali_Ali-4830]

@@seanglennon4012maybe.

[@twinsnails4983]

There’s only two they better bring some reinforcements those farmers

[@sethchiaroproductions2171]

Is this satire? It's got what the hell is this written all over it.

[@mmablaster]

I honestly don't know. They kinda popped up out of nowhere and the drumming started.

[@HelpW4nted]

​@@mmablaster Oh, so it's definitely a joke then.

[@DeltaDanner]

When the cops say “shoulder bayonet” you know you’re in trouble

[@chaospatriot76]

I've seen this one before! It's a classic!

[@this_is_patrick]

*Modern crowd:* Haha, red man walk funny! *The colonists who died in the Boston Massacre:* Are we a joke to you?

[@mmablaster]

I read somewhere that the walk is to step over all the dead bodies...

[@jorgeamchz6942]

Me gusta mucho el uniforme inglés de esa época con ese color rojo y blanco greetings from Guadalajara México

[@chongxina8288]

As a Brit this is really cool. 😂 If I went to Boston and saw this I’d freak out! Much love to my American friends, we all feel that way. 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸 God bless America and her independence. ❤️

[@dWFnZWVr]

Hasn’t even changed much today: “King’s guard… fix, bayonet. King’s guard… shoulder, arms”.

[@aaropajari7058]

That is ceremonial today. Just the same as with military guard in almost any country including the US.

[@dWFnZWVr]

@@aaropajari7058 Both. The UK uses bayonets and trains all soldiers on their use, attachment, detachment and maintenance during training; this command is still given in combat situations when applicable.

[@aaropajari7058]

@@dWFnZWVr I totally misread your post incorrectly seeing it meaning something else. You are absolutely correct.

[@oogityboogity6644]

It’s all fun and games until you see Mel Gibson hiding in a tree

[@9562david]

Omg lol I just got it ahahaha

[@yorkshire_tea6875]

I can confirm we still dress like that in Britain

[@ThatEnglishGuy21]

When you sleep in late for the Revolution and have to find the lads.

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

As someone who does not reenact. I don't care if this drill and march is wrong and horrible. I just find it amusing and funny.

[@chaptermasteraltethius]

Crowd control tactics at its finest. Who needs CS gas when anyone who tries to knock you over gets stabbed in the chest. This is a joke

[@mmablaster]

Affix bayonets wouldn't be something you'd like to hear.

[@chaptermasteraltethius]

@@mmablaster ikr... Lmao

[@ramoucho8577]

acab

[@ssgbuddha400]

Wheres the American rebels in blue, I'd come charging lmao

[@Gavin_Playz649]

That walking ahh animation😭😭

[@Black_567.]

Prime example of: Lost a war, won a fashion show.

[@corcor5938]

It’s all fun and games till one of them has had enough

[@enzoocampoiii2881]

Queen Elizabeth : I have seen the start of a great empire. Queen Elizabeth ii : i have seen it fell down.

[@xiaoliu7071]

Imagine losing a 13 colony lead. Could not be us. 🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@nikusa590]

Guts and blackpowder rtx update looks awesome

[@IVALKYRIE925]

Wait wait wouldn’t this be the uk

[@mmablaster]

Nope, Boston

[@Messier__]

@@IVALKYRIE925 That was 200 years ago. It's safe to say that both sides have cold off since then.

[@Clee-os6pv]

Huh? I thought they were from the 1700s. When did they get mid and late 1800s shoes.

[@Helismoke]

Before going to Vietnam the scariest words I ever heard in training were " FIX! BAYONETS!".

[@thesocialistlion2904]

For most country's natives this is the tutorial stage

[@stealthandysteath1069]

For King and Country..... 😁👍🇬🇧

[@rxinpharoah]

Damn it, they came back for round 2

[@creeperminecraft294]

This gave my great great great great great great grandfather flashbacks

[@Silly_cheesy90]

We getting out of san Sebastian with this one🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@Awfulfeature]

As long as they don’t start throwing things at the British, nothing should go wrong.

[@dnorman1717]

Those hats are such a bad fit lol

[@mmablaster]

One dude's hat is so far up on his head.

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

You could put this song in any movie scene and it'd be infinitely cooler. Trust me. I've been testing this theory for hours.

[@atomicemerald5669]

Damnit, they’re back!

[@patrickasplund]

Did the British General infantry really wear those type hats. I thought they were in the Napoleonic Era and wore those taller round hats with the unit badge o. It's fave?

[@npickle54]

Do you mean a shako and if so it came after the war of independence and before the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars so yes they did but these uniforms are shitty tourist attractions at best

[@norcocg]

A cockeyed or tricorn hat was common during the period portrayed. However, these people clearly have no idea what they are doing and their uniforms are so terrible and improperly worn it's almost comical.

[@chase1144]

Is this what they mean by cultural appropriation?

[@chrismoderate3495]

Theyre coming back.

[@Screwtxpe.]

Lol I wouldn't want that charging at me man haha

[@kommandantgalileo]

Boston Massacre part 2

[@alex99891]

Mr. Washington I got my musket lasered on both of them when do I take the shot

[@KenCrutchfield-qs9ht]

My great great great great grandfather fought in the American Revolution and is buried just south of Dothan, Al.

[@Minuteman2005]

Everybody gangsta until Mel Gibson comes in with a tomahawk

[@Avis_Victoriae]

Now that is soldiering.

[@thehistoadian]

Very inaccurate drill... It hurts to watch

[@Corsairerian]

Imagine being an american farmer in the early America and then seing two red coat walking at you like this

[@JoseQuarvo818]

Mean while the enemy is unloading while they playing with the guns 😂😂

[@nomorecomply4044]

Me, an American man. I can smell the tea from the west and I can hear the lies over sea. Weakness is among us.

[@union310]

If you are referring to what i think you are then your history lessons were taught in an American society, not that of the rest of the world. As if it were the rest of the world you would understand that to Britain america was a mere side show to the wars the British Empire were fighting on its own shores, indeed if it were not for the french ans spanish you would still have British troops in your streets. And do not forget that when america later flexed its muscle in Canada, Britain marched across america and burned your capital buildings down .

[@buhgman2205]

AMONG US

[@Messier__]

sus

[@averagecustodes2562]

God, 300yrs later and they are still salty that we destroyed their tea. Edit: I don't say this as an American, I say this as a bostonian

[@heavenlywithhishands]

those are the same things

[@averagecustodes2562]

@@heavenlywithhishands there's a deeper history on why Bostonians hate the British, we threw their tea in

[@YsriyianLiberationMedia]

Its not called charging the crowd. Its called disperse

[@mohammadzaid1221]

Here we have our typical islanders who are proud of their colonial history.