Lord Kiely Tries Repay Sharpe For Saving His Life | Sharpe

[@gonotgentleman]

Gotta love how Lord Keily always looks like he’s posing for a portrait. Like he doesn’t want to miss the chance in case something noble and valorous happens.

[@connorgonzalez4023]

Google Earth, always taking pics

[@cal593]

Probably grew up seeing portraits and it never left his mind.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

He definitely takes his lady from behind with his hand ready on his sword

[@charleshayes3610]

For some people, such as myself, it can actually be more comfortable to ride with a hand to the waist, when at a casual pace I usually hold the reins with one hand...then again I drive with one hand as well.

[@BigBWolf90]

It's like he's thinking "if I die I will die well dressed and look good."

[@cpy]

Cheers to all the lads stuck in the KZbin Sharpe clickhole

[@kyle18934]

It's been days, stuck in an endless spiral of videos and clicks... help me I dont know how to escape this death trap

[@cpy]

@@kyle18934 it's easy first you.....wait check it out, Sharpe is crashing this guys party!!

[@Useaname]

That word clickhole, never heard it before. Very funny, thank you.

[@SZLEDGEHAMMOR]

You said it, sir.

[@johnclark6562]

Watching Sharpe videos, now that’s soldering!

[@HenriHerbert88]

Kiley was brave. A cut above the regular officers Sharpe was forced to serve with. In fact, Kiley was what Brand wanted to be, but he couldn't so he had to fake it by skullduggery and false derring do. Not soldiering.

[@charlethemagne5466]

Really liked his character, man was tormented by what was expected of him and the fear he would fail his family by letting his line die out. He never cheated or divorced his wife eventhough she couldn't bear him a child, something most other aristocrats would have done in a heartbeat.

[@HenriHerbert88]

@@charlethemagne5466 I think he did cheat on his wife with Donna Juanita.

[@charlethemagne5466]

@@HenriHerbert88 wait really? Damn maybe i should watch sharpe again, must have missed that

[@springyslinky2190]

Soldiering. Now that's soldiering.

[@rosePetrichor]

i find a character who is humbled during the course of a story can be one of the most interesting kinds.

[@talavera9515]

The more of these clips I watch the more impressed I become with Sean Bean's portrayal of Sharpe. (And I was sold in practically the first minute anyway.) In this speech here he does an excellent job of making Sharpe an intelligent, articulate and inspirational leader while never letting anyone - including the viewer - forget he's a gutter bastard from the ranks who can handle anything and anyone.

[@karazor-el6085]

You're not the only one. The author of the novels, Bernard Cornell, liked Bean's performance so much he began to tailor the character to be more like Bean, downplaying the character's initial black hair, and altering his origins to Yorkshire to match Bean's accent.

[@talavera9515]

@@karazor-el6085 Exactly. I always think there can be no higher compliment than for the actual creator of the character to recognise the actor's contribution in such a way.

[@angelbangtana9885]

he always seemed out of breath in most scenes, like he ran there (still genius)

[@TheAzureNightmare]

​​@@angelbangtana9885He has a fear of flying. It's why he was out of breath in Fellowship of the Ring, because he walked everywhere he could. *Everywhere, across Islands in New Zealand.*

[@angelbangtana9885]

@@TheAzureNightmare I thought that was Viggo??

[@wonderboy2402]

Agreeing to show another soldier’s soldiers, how to soldier. Now that’s soldiering.

[@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457]

Having the word 'soldier' in your sentence 4 times. Now that's soldiering

[@lucaswoods1725]

@@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457 complimenting someone’s use of the word “soldiering” Now that’s soldiering

[@mar10ssj1]

@@lucaswoods1725 Soldier soldier soldering. Now that's soldiering.

[@corneliussmiff2773]

@@mar10ssj1 Soldering some broken circuits that needed soldering whilst looking at KZbin comments about soldiering that have lots of words about soldiering, now thats soldering, but also soldiering at it happens.

[@clonecommanderfoggy682]

Sharpe: Awkwardly throws a wolf's head The bois: Yeeaaah

[@seanchan7167]

The bois: Shit that's the most badass thing we have seen in a while

[@markhepworth4804]

Clone Commander Foggy 😂

[@elxaime]

A Dire wolf doesn't belong south of the wall

[@soakingbook]

It seems like they might have made it a little bit too heavy.

[@agentfirekid3373]

The Colonel's name was "Loup" which means wolf in french... it was kept like that to show that his men were there and Sharpe threw it away

[@tnm1697]

Keily in the show is the model “Lord” officer. Kind, thinks much of his men, and becomes a solid friend to Sharpe despite difference. In the books though he turns bitter and kills himself before the main battle.

[@NR-rv8rz]

Oh that's horrible. What caused him to be bitter and also kill himself?

[@hannibalburgers477]

@@NR-rv8rz Yea, why nobody answer it

[@slyze6933]

@@NR-rv8rz the combination of knowing he was cuckolded, and Wellington refusing to allow him to lead the Real Compania Irlandesa in battle instead of as a rearguard

[@jediknight129]

@@NR-rv8rz that he was denied his chance at glory because his unit had a crap reputation from his early idiocy

[@Patton243]

Lord Stark doesn't like his house sigil's head on a stake.

[@AJKecsk]

Richard Sharpe - a character so tough, he survives being played by Sean Bean.

[@aidanazr]

I'm sure Lord Stark didn't like his head on a stake.

[@shadowcat0201]

How does a LOTR ripoff content end on this gem is beyond me.

[@mar10ssj1]

foreshadowing

[@judgeboony2695]

Earning the respect of your comrades by being an inspirational commander. That's soldiering.

[@fbswampfox]

Sean Bean: one day this will be the symbol of my house. Yiahhhhhhh

[@Forscythe80]

A head on a stick? Yeap...

[@eredm7859]

get out of here

[@iona2225]

@@Forscythe80 Oooo DAMN! XD

[@shannonpincombe8485]

Geez I love these speeches Sharpe gives. Sean Bean has amazingly direct eyes and uses them to perfection when eyeballing each soldier or officer he addresses. The meter of his dialogue is always punctuated perfectly to accentuate his emotion or lack of. This series may represent an awful class system and futility of frontline soldiering but it is beautiful and grim all at once. I wish they'd had a bigger budget. As with 'Hornblower', the costs of sets, props, hiring period specific locations and shooting in certain countries...along with insuring such a large cast is prohibitive. Bloody good soldiering though. Loved every minute. Harris, Hagman and Harper are such brilliant compliments to the leading player. Bean owns this series and rightly so. Playing the titular role must be been a great weight on his shoulders bit I've rarely seen an actor embody a character as well as in this monumental period piece. All involved should be rightly chuffed.

[@talavera9515]

For a man who hates making bloody speeches, Sharpe is indeed very, very good at it!

[@sammessenger1170]

And Bean wasn't even supposed to be in the show. Paul McGann had been cast as Sharpe but broke his leg shortly before filming, Bean was brought in as a replacement. McGann of course went on to play a very good second string in Hornblower under Ioan Gruffudd.

[@robintripp8164]

A pity there was always a lack of extras as it was such a good series.

[@OneofInfinity.]

Proves that even with a limited budget its still brilliantly written and performed, just look at GoT the last few seasons, all the money can't buy good writing.

[@crosscounty24]

@@OneofInfinity. great point

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Shakespeare managed to put on Agincourt with about 4 actors

[@johnnyhoang4444]

I agree, a great show, but with more extras, it would have been more powerful.

[@Nick-jb4xi]

@@OneofInfinity. - a larger writing team was offered(GoT), and they rejected it. The show runners stopped caring, already having their eyes on taking over Star Wars.

[@pikiwiki]

how Sharpe nails the psychology of soldiers is pretty impressive

[@SMAXZO]

Damn...Lord Kiely's a decent chap. Most "gentlemen" officer would sneer at Sharp regardless of their experience (or lack there of) but Kiely, saw Sharp for what he's worth. Chaps like that wouldn't last long in the books, I dare say.

[@bronsonperich9430]

He killed himself in the books

[@SMAXZO]

@@bronsonperich9430 Of course..man, officers who are chill with Sharpe just can't catch a break

[@SantomPh]

@@SMAXZO in the book he is not chill with Sharpe, he is much lazier and cowardly. Sharpe called him a yellow belly and Wellington was even harsher.

[@dgerdi]

This self confidence is impressive. I think those actors really nailed their roles. Well, that’s acting!

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Lord Kylie: a Toff,, but in his heart beats the same heart as Richard Sharpe. Loyal, brave, a romantic, steady and courageous. Like the way this is shown - how these qualities of man are unrelated to position. Loving the mutual respect, despite the initial argument.

[@Former_Halo_Fan]

In the books his story is completely different. He never makes amends with Sharpe, becomes increasingly bitter about being denied his chance for glory, and eventually winds up killing himself shortly before the climactic battle.

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Peter wow that’s a big deviation from the script. I’ve only read a few of his novels. Thanks for explaining 👍

[@tnexus13]

This was filmed before the novel was completed, hence the big deviation from each other.

[@Former_Halo_Fan]

@@tnexus13 Oh right, I actually remember reading that disclaimer at the beginning of the book. My mistake.

[@tnexus13]

@@Former_Halo_Fan No mistake made, I just commented to expand the reason.

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

Me, a random nerd who has never seen an episode of Sharpe in my entire life: Nothing KZbin Recommendations: Sharpe meets a dude Sharpe shoots at another dude Sharpe makes the kessel run in 12 parasecs Sharpe DESTROYS leftist SJW with FACTS and LOGIC Sharpe does the cinnamon challenge Sharpe shares controversial opinion on TLJ Sharpe speedruns Dark Souls Sharpe gets milkshake thrown at him (for controversial opinion on TLJ) Sharpe reacts to Mi Mi Mi Sharpe let's plays Napoleon Total War as the British Sharpe shares his workout routine Oh heres a video about something you actually watch and are interested in Sharpe pranks people in the street (gone wrong)

[@vulkanofnocturne]

@@cqtaylor He was making a reference to the youtube algorithm, the algorithm includes political references. What is wrong with you?

[@anglosaxon5874]

@ SerNoddicusTheGallant Sharpe is all that, *BUT* in real life, Sean Bean is a total far leftie! [Supports the liebour [labour] party]. Lol

[@katamariroller2837]

... I would watch Sean Bean play Total War.

[@clonecommanderfoggy682]

@@anglosaxon5874 Does he!?

[@anglosaxon5874]

@@clonecommanderfoggy682 Yes he does. It also says so in Wiki.

[@rosePetrichor]

Kiely is such an interesting character. very proud and foppish, seems a fool. But then he shows himself a genuinely good combatant and recognises Sharpe's superior experience. And is so unsure of himself that he can't make love to his own wife. What a complex guy

[@slayerhuh404]

He dropped the aristocratic pretense for a moment and used some lower class grammar when he said "as me guest!" That's what pierced Sharpe's suspicions, nice touch!

[@herrferret]

I believe it was a stylish affectation amongst the upper classes of the time, a few of the 'high born' in Sharpe do it!

[@OneofInfinity.]

Also me wife.

[@telchalone7115]

It were Yorkshire dialect lud)

[@stevekaczynski3793]

The upper classes sometimes talked like that.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@CB-xr1eg Also in Sharpe At Waterloo, Lord Uxbridge talks in a similar manner.

[@TotallyNotElPresidente]

Well sir un first sighting a Sharpe clip I naturally gave the order to watch it; That's my style sir!

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Take my like and get out of here 🤣

[@A_massive_wog]

Lord Kiely's wife is nothing to scoff at.

[@capnskiddies]

@flownet07 A buxom bossomly maiden. Well no, not a maiden.

[@Stockavelli]

Can't. Stop. Watching. Old. British. TV.

[@jimnorris4600]

Bernard Cornwall is a bloody genius when it comes to historical fiction.

[@davidsande2342]

One of my favorite television series and books recommend reading the books first .

[@radscorpion8]

that wolf head is actually kind of cute lol

[@tomservo5347]

While Lord Keily is always flashy, he does back it up with the one on one duel with the French dragoon and fights honorably. He has set aside his initial dislike of Sharpe realizing only Sharpe can get his soldiers up to scratch. Hungering for glory can be a dangerous game however.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

He actually did fairly well until, well, we know...

[@coffeehound4935]

Welp... Found another love interest for Sharpe

[@Jerubarbaruah]

None are better than Teresa Moreno.

[@bnmbnm]

I'd pay good money for an ordered playlist of these

[@joeyknowitall6656]

I think I’ve watched the series like 7 times not including all of these clips over and over I’m stuck in a loop and happy to be

[@michaelnice93]

Why did that guy blow off his wife at the end? Sounds like she did something wrong to deserve it? Or is she trying to get pregnant or what?

[@elizabethtrudgill3567]

​@@michaelnice93 She had either miscarried or had a stillbirth and her husband didn't love her in that way anymore. He was the last of his family line and he kind of saw her as a failure, he was even having an affair with another woman.

[@justanotherbrickinthewall2843]

*Loup* didn't geld those men. El Castrador did - at Sharpe's request. To stop them from deserting.

[@farmerned6]

yep - the books are always better

[@CommanderStudios]

well i never read the book but this thing is just something id hope was fake, as its treason!

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

When I saw that, I thought "That's alot like what El Casco did to the French cavalrymen, I then began to wonder if it was a leftover from El Casco's men trying to get revenge on Sharpe or something.

[@NJPurling]

El Castrador & Sharpe meet again in Gamarra Major. In the book Sharpe and Loupe fight each other after the battle for the village & Sharpe drowns the bugger. The Royal Company prove themselves in the battle.

[@heliotropezzz333]

*Loup

[@ColonelPeppers]

Good of him for not cheating on his wife.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

Pretty respectable considering the era

[@ButsNustin]

That was his wife

[@OneofInfinity.]

I'd smack him on his face me self with a glove if he cheated on his beautiful and loving wife.

[@dressednplaid4875]

@@ButsNustin oh, well then.

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

Lord Keily was proper bi-polar, man was mental, if his missus had acted like that down the city street, she would have been in an asylum by lunch.

[@vanpallandt5799]

By that time the number of Irishmen in the Spanish foreign regiments was pretty low, so their main reaction would have been "whats that gringo saying?"

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Same with the "Irish" units in the French Royalist army, in their last decades at least. Even Napoleon's Irish Legion often had Germans enrolled to make up the numbers as there were not enough Irish.

[@SantomPh]

this company is fictional. They would be Spanish speakers by now-O'Rourke says his father was from Galway but (before being cut off by Harper) would have been born and raised in Spain. Much like Napoleon's Marshal Mac Donald (the son of Scottish Jacobite rebels), many Irish soldiers would be Irish only in name by now if they served Spain or France

[@butterfunger5081]

Shouldn’t it be named “Lord kiley tries TO repay sharpe for saving his life”?

[@oxygenwarlord9277]

Nothing: Sharpe: gets annoyed at a wolfs head!

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This Sharpe episode foreshadows Sean Bean as Lord Eddard Stark of House Stark in Game of Thrones.

[@forrestpenrod2294]

Oh for god sake just make love and try to have another child! What a sorry excuse for a partner he is.

[@craigporter8873]

Is it just me or is the cavalry officer at 2:27 Captain Leroy from an earlier episode ? "Molasses, Slaves and tobacco Mr. Sharpe" guy.

[@Adie_Brown]

Craig Porter it looks like it 😂 26 odd years I’ve been watching this and I’ve never noticed that

[@henryvkingofenglandandfran7220]

26 years how many times have you seen this?

[@TStyle1979]

“Bring me me wife and bring me me wine, and bring em me here now, say you will, won’t you though?”

[@tommiatkins3443]

4:06 Resisting corseted bangers. Now that's stiffupperlipping.

[@markhughes7927]

Cornwall’s characters are good - they have shape and engage primary emotions.

[@GitSnik-i3m]

In the British army officer ranking system was based on one's birth, class and wealth- as well as the in cases where one could sell their rank to others and "just age into it" as older officers retired in peacetime or rapidly sold off in wartimes to extra sons of the nobility. The French were based on even older concepts of noblises entitlement but having one's kings head cut off recently tends to weaken said class divides. 1 in 20 of the officers in the Imperial French army came up from the ranks, in the British army it was almost unheard of which is why Sharpe is such a interesting character. In his early career when he (almost for real) fake defected to Tippoo Sultan in Mysore he was offered a immediate promotion, he declined, Instead Sharpe wanted to walk intro the streets of the rookey where hew grew up and no other coat would do but one they all knew and feared. I'd have taken the money. In one of his last books Col. Sharpe met Napoleon himself and was told that in his army he'd have been a Marshal and they'd have changed history.

[@sekirashop]

Шон Бин: снимается в множестве фильмов после Стрелков Шарпа Все: ты Шарп! Шон Бин: снимается в множестве фильмов после Властелина Колец Все: ты Боромир! Шон Бин: снимается в множестве фильмов после Игры Престолов Все: ты Эд Старк!

[@AdmRose]

Spoiler alert: dinner goes awkwardly

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

Thanks for the spoiler ya bastard

[@patricklloyd8059]

I really need to watch this show

[@Pemmont107]

You should, it's great! You can find most episodes on Dailymotion these days.

[@patricklloyd8059]

@@Pemmont107 thx pommit

[@Pemmont107]

@@patricklloyd8059 No problem!

[@beornenmannr3218]

Good old +pommit, decent bloke he is

[@kenrichard8870]

They are very good. If you have the BritBox add on for Amazon you can see it there also. The books are great also.

[@magnusdiridian]

sharpe throws the head of a canine. Now THAT'S wolfering!!

[@Wenchework]

Lord Kiely came across as a pretty foolish snobb in beginning but in realety in end turns out to be a scared man who is honerebul at the end

[@Trek001]

Maybe he could spell the word "honourable" correctly

[@Wenchework]

There are other places besides US and UK dear just to point that out for you

[@SantomPh]

He is much better in the screen version. In the book he dies halfway through and with no honor

[@Wenchework]

I know thats why I prefer the TV vertion becose the way they did it made justice to the actors acting and to storyline,but the books always will slightly differ from the TV shows GOT is one of them

[@hofico6]

Trek001 and reality as well

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

watched a fair few of these sharpe clips lately know idea how it first got recommended. Do we know when teh english dub is coming out?

[@heckinmemes6430]

There's not a woman on the continent that can resist Sharpe's charms.

[@chrisberry3048]

Lord Kiely is really a nurse in Casualty

[@khankrum1]

Sharpe would more than likely to have been breveted to the Portugese army to avoid trouble with the " proper officers".

[@SantomPh]

he was not breveted to Major, so his actual rank is Major. Being detached to an allied force does not require actually joining it. Keily's officers look oddly Portuguese rather than Spanish

[@cassconner6023]

Nobody's "Gangsta", until they throw a severed wolf's head

[@TheFarCobra]

Is that Ned Stark and Arthur Fonzirelli in the thumbnail?

[@iagoporto5522]

2:22 that tune! Anyone knows the name? Tried to find it like crazy!

[@monochromaticlightsource9153]

Iago Porto "Over the Hills and far away...King George commands, and we obey...." its recurring in every episode...

[@frankyw8803]

Throwing a Wolfs head ..that's slinging .

[@AFatalPapercut]

0:10 not all are dead it seems

[@cornpowa]

I really wish i could understand everything they're saying in these clips. What I can understand is great, but the accents are a little strong for my ears sometimes. I guess I'll have to splurge and buy the series in the hopes the movie subtitles are better than youtube's.

[@ryanrusch3976]

Ah the Connacht Rangers, proof that the Irish fight better than the English every time.

[@WhySoSerious551]

All that was missing was hakeswill as the sergeant of the real companiere on his donkey with that spear, paddyyyyy padddentiionn!!

[@89128]

Wellington would not commute the death sentence for any deserter or looter. The British army learned that very early in the Peninsular War.

[@tomburton8239]

Why is Sharp carrying a beach towel on his backpack?

[@forlornhope7121]

That's his blankie. Yes, truly. His blanket.

[@benhayfield6182]

He's obviously got a copy of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. I think it's the book he learnt to read on while in that prison in India 😅

[@kentvesser9484]

Well you never know when you might get leave at Ibiza or Mallorca and might need to wash up after the foam machines at the disco.

[@frankyw8803]

Welding two bits of wire together , thats soldering .

[@jackuzi8252]

Technically, welding and soldering are two separate processes (the latter uses a different metal as filler and doesn't involve melting the pieces to be joined), but not bad.

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

Why would the french kill enemy deserters? they would be one hell of a propaganda tool

[@beornenmannr3218]

In the books, it is Sharpe who orders it by the hand of El Castrador

[@dash1141]

Kiely was kickass

[@JaredKaiser24]

Foreshadowing robb starks death

[@Idk-yn4hy]

nice video

[@toastrecon]

Throwing a wolf's head in disgust.... now that's soldiering.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

It looked like the "Courage Wolf" meme... on a stick...

[@famouswarrior327]

0:27 didn't the British thaught the same ?

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

Was there a scene skip?

[@brianellinger6622]

Ty.sa.oul,enos

[@imtherain]

officer in white uniform is a gentleman.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Top ranking officers are always

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@ReasonAboveEverything not always, this show shows that itself more than anything else, it was possible for ordinary soldiers to rise through the ranks and become high-ranking officers, just rare and never easy

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@ReasonAboveEverything it certainly USED to be generally held that only gentlemen could be 'proper' officers though, this era was kinda the first where that, very slowly started to change

[@SantomPh]

@@1IbramGaunt in Kiely's case he was the only Irish noble available to command the exiles in Spain. He did not even buy his commission, Ferdinand granted it to him

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@SantomPh I didn't mean Kiely, he WAS one of the priviledged stereotypical upper-class officers, albeit a relatively decent one

[@dannymeijer1734]

is this a old serie or a new one?

[@badfoody]

80s bruh. Maybe 90s. Maybe 70s. Old stuff

[@daledrakewriter4912]

Its early 90s and its amazing give it a watch.

[@SeaJayBelfast]

This is brand new, 2019

[@camerong3818]

Sharpe was in the 90's, and some episodes in 2008

[@AngeliqueKaga]

So why did they kill the dogs?

[@fatboyscrolls6560]

When did this show aire

[@dantae666]

in the 90's

[@bananaboxman3780]

Please send help.

[@gregjones3678]

Bloody Good

[@bromhead952]

He said that just as I read your comment

[@brianellinger6622]

Heard 'bout da tsa.takn from a poor man

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

It's 19th century Casey Affleck.

[@Briselance]

Why did Kiely reject the young lady's advances? I don't get it.

[@stephenburnage7687]

She said "please, forgive me" so there is history there.

[@SantomPh]

that's his wife. Ever since she miscarried he has been unable to come to bed with her, being in grief.

[@carloreneeventura8714]

I need context, why is the lady cryin

[@michaelcampin1464]

No one says Bastard like Sean Bean

[@mahirshahriyar545]

0:40 what’s with the wolf head on the pike?

[@generaladvance5812]

The French commanders name is Wolf in French. His men wear wolf pelts. The heads probably to show people who killed the deserters (and intimidate probably).

[@patrickwalsh7088]

It’s the French commander Lupe sign saying he was there. Lupe is wolf in French hence the whole wolf theme for the French soldiers.

[@mahirshahriyar545]

Thanks for the info guys!🙂

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

@@patrickwalsh7088 Quick thing, lupe is written loup

[@henrycarras1921]

The North Remembers?

[@gonzalodurannyc]

Why did she ask for forgiveness?

[@teytreet7358]

Lord kiely got a cast on his arm or something? Weird pose to keep holding.

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

Tries *TO*.

[@worldpeace1822]

What’s up with that wolf ?

[@MrHDE-ex6xl]

A calling card...lets the enemy army know who was responsible.

[@GabrielaGARAYREYES]

😮😮😮❤

[@SnakesRaven]

Why the heck am I even watching this, I got this on a dvd somewhere...

[@paddypup1836]

Doesn’t do a bad job pronouncing Connacht

[@markhughes7927]

Fiction here but no different from reality then - God - just read Arthur Bryant’s books - not watch this lesser though very good stuff. For the Irish in the British army nothing I would think so good as Conan Doyle’s short story ‘The Green Flag’. Cheers for these men - over and over again - the ‘Green-jackets’ - first in and last out of battle and with a re-loading time which matched Nelson’s with canon and which carried the day at Trafalgar.

[@continuumsanctum869]

*I will forgive her* 😁

[@georgebuller1914]

4-43: I would have! LOL

[@mfcolston]

Colonizes and brutalizes Ireland, forces them to fight in a foreign war which they stand away better chance under a Napoleonic victory, then insults them for not being good at fighting.

[@jimkilcoyne7904]

Sharpe likes to hear himself talk...

[@silafuyang8675]

Trying to make disciplined men out of Irish: now that's something.

[@ApocryphalDude]

Bloody Ruperts

[@jean-luchochart6960]

allons bon! Qu'est-ce qu'il va faire encore aux malheureux soldats français le terrible "british"? C'est tellement grandiloquent que ça en devient ridicule!

[@brianellinger6622]

She needs a Sybian

[@AlejandroDominguezParedes]

Primero!

[@ardalla535]

Now listen up, Pilgrims, and listen tight. I'm gonna teach ya to be soldiers or kill ya tryin." Could the writers have written a more cliche character?

[@ButtheAdd]

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