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Unfortunately not, he would be outnumbered if the Prussian forces met up with Wellington. That's why he sent the 30,000 to catch Blucher. The problem was that Gronchy couldn't catch and slow down the Prussians, allowing them to meet up with Wellington and defeat Napoleon.

@@prestonvo333 if grouchy had been more competent and actually catch Blucher napoleon could have easily won

those are Grenadiers, you can easily recognize them because they have bearskin plate which Chasseuers missing

@@matejhaumer350 You are quite correct sir.

A bunch of geriatrics who kicked ass wherever they went. Wellington felt their bite and was only saved by the very opportune arrival of Blücher.

@@gerardosalazar161 They broke. The Guards, 52nd and 71st light infantry, Chasse’s Dutch and Belgians and some Hanovarian militia stopped them then had them running.

They were old. Mostly men in their 40s-50s.

The Old Guard did not mean that they were old age wise but just had gone through at least 3 campaigns with 10 years' service and they must be under age 35 for entry

@@Tiwaz81 Gerardo said that they broke as well. Because the battle was lost no matter what the old guard do, Blücher returned with the prussian army and Grouchy was nowhere to be seen. But up until the Prussians arrived the english were hard pressed and were saved just in time by the Prussians.

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LOL tell em they can have it

Rubbish.

Bit ignorant..maybe stick to US history

The old guard always fights

Believe it or not it was normal for some old guard soldiers to be a bit fat since most old guards were above 60 years of age

@@vmsh9810 I can believe a couple but not near as many as now, plus back then fat people were very far and wide rare.. and most 60 year olds back then were thin as most other people too… JS🤷🏻‍♂️

It would be hard to be fair. To suit the real napoleon élite soldiers, it would need to put in real soldiers. One of the best convincing display of napoleon soldiers, was in the movies of Sergeï Bondartchouck. And it was the Red army soldiers !

I kinda want to get into that but as a bavarian regiement. I don't know where tonsearch or find.

That's just Napoleonic drill

You don't look into history don't you

That's how the marched

@@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470 You mean they didn't march in step with the drum? Nonsense. Marching in close formation isn't difficult. You just have to do three things: a] keep your interval (the proper distance between the man in front of you), b] put your left foot down in time with the drum, and c] listen for orders. That's it. The first platoon looked good, but after that they looked like cows on ice.

YOU ARE BLINED, WAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ARE MARCHING IN STEP WITH THE DRUM

@@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470 The first platoon is fine. The rest of them look like ice skaters...

Completely false, the Old Guard never ran at Waterloo, it died, fighting alone Wellington's army (so ~3.000 vs 90.000). Even Wellington said "Give me the night or give me Blücher" during the French Guard attack. It's the Young Guard who retreated to fight the Prussians coming on their rear and not get encircled.

Lexy Mayo The middle Guard broke the guard division who was save by Belgian and Dutch...

😂😂😂😂😂😂 such ignorant is hilarious you'r totaly wrong ...

@@sreideur3506 All in it together my friend, but the Dutch didn't really pull their weight during the battle apart from levelling the battle field a few years later to build the lion mound in honour to the Dutch and Prince of Orange.

@@irov5884 Lambert's Guards Division, line infantry three deep firing three rounds per minute. This intense volley fire stopped the Guard in their tracks read the books of the time. The British line infantry man was famed at the time for its loading discipline. We all know what happened next.

Germans......Highly overated.

Stephen Michalski , because...?

Because in this case its not too difficult to beat an army when its outnumbered 2 to 1.

Stephen Michalski As if Napoleon had no chance of winning because he was outnumbered. You need to catch up in your reading regarding this- OR Amy battle of Napoleon.

*or any

Right.

krisstian67 and British

Or at least a German victory.

Marc Geerdink-Schaftenaar british, dutch, prussian, brunswicker and nassau

John Jacob Astor, indeed. But with all these Prussians, Hannoverans, Brunswickers and Nassau troops, there is a point in saying it's a German victory. British and Dutch-Belgian troops, though small in number, played their part as well.

After conquering almost all europe they were tired you know...

All those fried onions probably didn't help, either...

When a battle was lost most armies and all units were routed. These guys, the Grenadiers of the Old Guard left with their formation intact, protecting Napoleon.

That was good.... Vive L'empereur

In 1815, there were very few left of the original conquerers of Europe, most of them having perished in Russia.