The Hessians are coming! The Hessians are coming! (Regiment von Huyn)
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- A regiment of Revolutionary War - era Hessians encamp at the Lee farm (Sully Historic Site) in Virginia and conduct drills. Featuring Regiment von Huyn Living History. Includes musket fire and bayonet drill.
To those saying this is an Austrian March, Hesse was apart of the HRE. The march Prinz Eugene was a march for all HRE forces and was used widely across the Empire not just Austira. Today the Bundeswehr even uses it as well as the Austrian army and the Italian army.
As an Austrian Reenactor of the IR3 "Erzherzog Carl" I can confirm that. The Austrians even recruited in all places of the HRR.
My Fourth Opa was a Hessian Lt. In the Revolutionary war. His son my third grandpa was a Colonel in the war of 1812 in Upper Canada. He and Brock were in the same Calvary.
I'm really impressed that those Hessians pronouncing german commands really well !
In our Reenactments as the Austrians in Europe, the Czechs, Hungarians and so on have also to give commands in german (they have to). :)
" Our troops when they are fully closed up are not able to march with in line with the English, but lose thirty paces in every hundred". General Knyphausen.
This quote makes a lot more sense now.
“and the hessians had to stop because their commander got thirsty, no not that kind of thirsty, that kind of thirsty.”
OverSimplified
Wir "coming"?! Bin schon da meine lieber. ; )
May I use some of this footage for a video? I will credit your channel for posting this footage, and include a link to this video, in the description, and with a pinned comment.
Sure. As long as the attribution is there, please.
Thanks
I am very interested in the tactic employed between 2:12-3:25. Is there somewhere I could read more about this?
Alexander Burns - the Regiment has a FB page. Suggest you ask them directly.
Probably a version of the skirmish line. It's how generals found out what was in front of them. Instead of sending a whole unit that could get destroyed they would send widely spaced small skirmish units ahead to 'tap' an enemy line to see how strong it was and what the enemy was possibly up to.
It's a type of Heckenfeuer.
I have collection of Hessian toy soldiers , the regiments of Von Rall ,Lossberg ,Ditfurt they are prize collection
what is the name of the marching tune?
Whats the music?
Its a mixture of period music. "The Hessian" is one. "Prinz Eugen", "Regimental Music" and "Yorktown" (Fife and Drum) to name a few others.
how would one join a thing like this? a website I could visit maybe?
The Regiment has a Facebook page. Try there to start.
Funk Overload but you need to be 1,80 meter high because the grenadiers are only men with this body length
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They were very rough people so the English don't like to remember them as par of their conflict.
Need to work on your drill. I've seen better by jrotc. And that's a stretch in of its self. But exposing the public to the history is the main thing. And I bet you all do it well.
Drill in this period was based a lot more around practicality, and being able to keep order in battle rather than showiness like modern drill. It looks a lot more rough around the edges than jrotc drill, because it’s designed for a different purpose.
Ok I mean it’s obvious these are not contemporary professional soldiers dressed up in historical uniforms but enthusiasts “playing” at being soldiers.
Al that being said there is a misconception of marching in formation because of the fact we (contemporary society) only see examples of it in movies (Hollywood NEVER gets anything military wrong) or in either training or on the parade ground. In truth formation marching while out on campaign would have appeared quite differently there would have been very little marching in step or in line formation but would appear more like the tactical road marching from basic training (think of the movie Forrest Gump where we are introduced to Dallas from Phoenix)
You would have had a small vanguard in the front keeping mostly in tight formation, then a line of soldiers on each side of the road mostly walking at their own pace and then at the year would be the baggage train and civilian camp followers. Officers and scouts on horseback riding up and down keeping an eye on things. That’s a campaign March that Hollywood rarely shows correctly