Charge (1934)
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Full title reads: "CHARGE!! - Broadsword charge made by 2nd Batt. Black Watch in final rehearsal for Royal Tournament at Glasgow."
Scotland.
Military Pipe band marching - 42nd Highlanders. Various shots of the 2nd Battalion Black Watch drill - marching, presenting arms, charging. They are rehearsing for Royal Tournament at Glasgow. The pipe band marching past camera. Troops marching past camera.
FILM ID:781.31
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Cool should bring this back
Absolutely fantastic
Interesting how the mounted officers charge with them
Och weesht man, that's a reenactors dream, tae hae siccan lot o' hielan laddies for a hielan charge!
right ma man, im scottish and having great difficulty deciphering what your saying but after reading it back im kidding getting it now
But how they could fight in such tight formation with long swords?
The "Hielan" Charge was quite simple. They would pack up in a tight square and charge forward, as they fell upon the enemy the front rank would fire off any firearms they had and throw them aside then draw swords. This would be the same for any other rank of the formation, then the formation would spread left and right as more ranks fired into the enemy and then as the square closed the distance they would smash into their enemy with the broadsword and the targe. The targe was a small buckler style shield held on the wrist opposite the sword arm. This tactic devastated the English at Killiecrankie, Prestonpans and partially at Culloden before the cannons and horseman rode down the Jacobites slaughtering them. There was also a battlecry called the "Hielan Yell". This is what they try to duplicate in the video. It was usually started by a low but loud groan followed by yelling and hooting. This yell is believed to be a partial inspiration to the Confederate's "Rebel Yell". That and influence from battle cries from the native Indians of the Eastern woodlands.
Song at the end?
The Scottish Blackwatch