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Fun fact: at 10:59 the image on the right shows Spanish Grenadiers storming the walls of Pensacola. The Spanish would capture the city, and with it attain control of the entirety of West Florida from the British. This was in 1781.
Before anyone comments about 2:17 the use of 'Wesley' and not 'Wellesley', Wesley was actually the surname of his family and was subsequently changed to Wellesley later on. Source: Rory Muirs's Duke of Wellington biography
Interesting that the main assault failed and yet the less important assaults achieved a lot. Reminds me of that Sun Tzu principle where you make your enemy concentrate their forces where you want them to be so you can succeed somewhere else. Great video.
The bloodiest siege of the Napoleonic Wars was the second siege of Zarogoza in 1809, between the French and the Spanish, with an insane 76,000 killed ! Badajoz pales in comparison...
There's a memorial in the former fortress town of Elvas, just a few miles over the Spanish/Portuguese border, to the British soldiers who fought on the side of Portugal. I visited that recently. The Town of Badajoz is now very built up, Elvas and its surrounding fortifications are better preserved. Worth a visit.
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It is true, although it must be clarified that the walls are still there in Badajoz, except for the area of the Alcazaba and its surroundings, which have been little intervened, in addition to the river front, the rest has several buildings built very close to the walls, but most of them are still preserved (they have not disappeared completely). However, in that case I recommend visiting the fortification of Ciudad Rodrigo, which has the walls in a similar state to those of Elvas, maintaining even the ditch and the Glacis, unlike Badajoz.
Very good! There is a curious story from that siege, that of Juana Maria de Leon who ended marrying a captain Smith and giving her name to the city of Lady Smith in South Africa
Wow I had no idea the assault was won by the flanking attacks! How very total war of them.
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The painting on the left at minute 11:00 is from the siege that was actually the bloodiest of the Nepoleonic Era (a total of more than 70,000 civilians and soldiers from both sides died in the two sieges), and there were two in less than 2 years, which is the Siege of Zaragoza in 1808 and 1809. It was a Numantian defense, in a city that was not at all fortified, unlike Badajoz, but the population of Zaragoza sold their defeat dearly (which indicates that fortifications are not important, but rather the desire of the defenders to fight). I hope that the next video is from this siege, because it is a story that is worthwhile (so much so that the French honored the defeated after the city surrendered), in addition to the fact that there are spectacular paintings of the best episodes of the combat in the city.
Will you ever do WW1 sieges? There could be a lot of episodes about Przemyśl, Namur, Douaumont or Vaux for example, and it would be the final chapter in Vauban style defences. In Ypres the British used some structures that were actually built by Vauban.
I have no idea what he’s talking about. I’m guessing there’s a translation error or something, because there is no reference to “mines” used in “minefields” prior to World War 1 as far as I can tell.
Imagine a blackpowder bomb, hidden under rocks and debris that's ignited by a matchlock striker. The striker is controlled by a tripline, or a defender holding the rope that's attached.
I dont understand the part with the minefields... I mean in siege warfare, it had been common practice to tunnel under the enemy position, pack it with gunpowder and lighting it with a match. something similar I expect is what happened in the breach. but minefields on the approaches? how would they have been set off?
Basically like the graphic showed, they would have had fuses that lead to mortar rounds or barrels of powder buried a bit in the rubble which they would have lit as they retreated.
In front of the walls themselves are an assortment of earthen banks and ditches that they could use to sneak out at night and burry a few barrels of gunpowder here and there. Likely in the rubble of the breach Wellington didn’t scout the mines, he just saw they had reinforced the breach. I.e rebuilt the wall with those logs full of swords and bayonets/stationed a bunch more troops there.
If I recall, not neccessarily. In 1812 the Duchy of Warsaw, with consent of Napoleon, called the general confederation of the kingdom of Poland and subsequently proclaimed the resurrection of the Polish Crown with silent acceptance of Napoleon. He later organised the provisional Lithuanian government, with the intention of joining it up with Poland in a renewed union (as nobility of both nations, either Polish or largely polonised) supported. While it might have been a mistake, it also could havw been a brilliant, even if somewhat misguided point (not sure about the timeline atm, alao it was mostly symbolic act).
I work as a tourist guide in Badajoz (my hometown) and im so glad you guys treated this topic with such accuracy! Just couple of corrections: - Guadiana River flows east to west - The small creek is called Rivilla - The forts are Pardaleras and Picuriña (i live nearby) And yes, the population of the city left inside (about 1500 civilians) hoped for a quick liberation from the french attrocities, just to meet something even worst. People were shooted where they stood, houses were raided, women were raped...
@@jameswatt4114 hombre no estabamos en las cruzadas pasando a cuchillo a la población de Jerusalem, igual en 1812 con un ejército regular moderno y jerarquizado se podían haber cortado un poco de masacrar a la población civil de mi ciudad solo porque les costara asediarla
Has leido lo que hacian las tropas serbias cuando tomaban una ciudad a fines del siglo 20 solo por darte un ejemplo o en la captura de una ciudad en la segunda guerra mundial ??? Ademas Badajoz no fue algo comun en las tropas brittanicas durante su estancia en españa Se debio a que muchos de los soldados perdieron seres queridos ,amigos estaban con unas ansias de revancha y animalizacion incontrolables
The British will forever be the villains of the Napoleonic Wars. They created Napoleon with their attempt to steal French land after the revolution and then continued to antagonize the French throughout. Nothing but jealousy and spite.
I'm in the middle of a civ5 game, epic pace, giant earth map, Vox Populi mod. Currently upgrading my cannons to artillery. Luckily, as the English, I already saved the world from the French and built Notre Dame for them. Though I don't think the new world feels any better for it lol. Great part of VP mod is having Pike and Shot units which this channel got me interested in in the first place!
Thank you for pointing out how wasteful Wellington’s haste was. Had he followed a more traditional plan for his siege he could have taken the town with far fewer casualties, casualties that would have been useful during the rest of the war…
When people talk about the slow industrialization of Spain but forget about how the British and French razed and plundered the country for 6 years. Episodes like Badajoz were repeated time and time again during the Peninsular war.
5:15 …what kind of “minefields” is he talking about? I can’t find a single source to read about Napoleonic era mine warfare. Like not a single one, not in reference to the Siege of Badajoz or anywhere else.
Sharpe isn't a film about Badajoz, it's a TV series that takes in the whole of the Napoleonic War and beyond ( although the two set in India are not historically correct).
I'm sure you are correct about what he meant but what he said was 0:30 "Among other things, this battle provides the historical context for Bernard Cornwell’s novel Sharpe and the film based on it, Sharpe's Company" Now you and I know that there are many books, none of which is just called Sharpe, and several TV series but maybe not everyone who is watching this video knows that and my comment was for them.
@@ianchristian7949 Well you didn't mention the books, and also Sharpe's Company is the name of the specific episode of the Sharpe series that covers the siege of Badajoz.
I've always wondered if "Sand-Roman" is a derogatory word for a Byzantine. Like, are Italian Romans ACTUAL Romans, and Byzantines "Sand-Romans" because they inhabited more desert regions? If so, that's very clever!
During the opium wars, how did the british ships that is more larger than chinese junk ships are more faster and more manoeuvrable than smaller chinese junk ships, arent smaller ships are more faster and more manoeuvrable than larger ships?
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Minefields? Really? What is the earliest use of minefields in war?
SandRhomanHistory is now expanding to the Napoleonic Wars?
Long have I waited.... no more!
but was it staggering?
It is.
what is the reference?
@@hko2006 og watchers of this channel remember when the word "staggering" was in every single script.
@@hko2006 in the first minute it says "this staggering siege"
I also need my staggering
But most importantly , was it a staggering siege ?
Fun fact: at 10:59 the image on the right shows Spanish Grenadiers storming the walls of Pensacola. The Spanish would capture the city, and with it attain control of the entirety of West Florida from the British. This was in 1781.
I want "Staggering" ! for the title.
Before anyone comments about 2:17 the use of 'Wesley' and not 'Wellesley', Wesley was actually the surname of his family and was subsequently changed to Wellesley later on.
Source: Rory Muirs's Duke of Wellington biography
That's a weird thing to do, why did they?
@@ZS-rw4qq To make them appear more grand & separate themselves from the more common Wesley name
How Staggering! 😱
Interesting that the main assault failed and yet the less important assaults achieved a lot. Reminds me of that Sun Tzu principle where you make your enemy concentrate their forces where you want them to be so you can succeed somewhere else. Great video.
I appreciate all your videos over the years and wish you continued success.
The bloodiest siege of the Napoleonic Wars was the second siege of Zarogoza in 1809, between the French and the Spanish, with an insane 76,000 killed ! Badajoz pales in comparison...
There's a memorial in the former fortress town of Elvas, just a few miles over the Spanish/Portuguese border, to the British soldiers who fought on the side of Portugal. I visited that recently. The Town of Badajoz is now very built up, Elvas and its surrounding fortifications are better preserved. Worth a visit.
It is true, although it must be clarified that the walls are still there in Badajoz, except for the area of the Alcazaba and its surroundings, which have been little intervened, in addition to the river front, the rest has several buildings built very close to the walls, but most of them are still preserved (they have not disappeared completely).
However, in that case I recommend visiting the fortification of Ciudad Rodrigo, which has the walls in a similar state to those of Elvas, maintaining even the ditch and the Glacis, unlike Badajoz.
Very good! There is a curious story from that siege, that of Juana Maria de Leon who ended marrying a captain Smith and giving her name to the city of Lady Smith in South Africa
Finally, you're back
Wow I had no idea the assault was won by the flanking attacks! How very total war of them.
The painting on the left at minute 11:00 is from the siege that was actually the bloodiest of the Nepoleonic Era (a total of more than 70,000 civilians and soldiers from both sides died in the two sieges), and there were two in less than 2 years, which is the Siege of Zaragoza in 1808 and 1809. It was a Numantian defense, in a city that was not at all fortified, unlike Badajoz, but the population of Zaragoza sold their defeat dearly (which indicates that fortifications are not important, but rather the desire of the defenders to fight).
I hope that the next video is from this siege, because it is a story that is worthwhile (so much so that the French honored the defeated after the city surrendered), in addition to the fact that there are spectacular paintings of the best episodes of the combat in the city.
Covering a Napoleonic eara Siege and making reference to Sharpe! Now that's Staggering!
Incredible! I have recently been learning/reading about this myself. Thank you, keep up the good work.
You are a back and with the Peninsular campaign, a happy day for me!
They did the Badajoz, no damn way
Yeahhhhhhhh! Finaly someone that shows some love to spanish history, thank you so much man!
I cant believe that you finally learned that there are other adjectives to describe sieges
I wish I could enjoy this achievement with you guys. But autotranslation cannot be turned off, so I can't see the real title 😭
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I belive it is bloody/bloddiest
Covering the siege of Badajoz? Now thats soldiering!
Great quality as always but as an Irishman I am required to request a video on Ireland such as the Battle of the Boyne
Awesome work as usual thank you
Will you ever do WW1 sieges? There could be a lot of episodes about Przemyśl, Namur, Douaumont or Vaux for example, and it would be the final chapter in Vauban style defences. In Ypres the British used some structures that were actually built by Vauban.
Wait, mine fields? Back then? WOW
Land mines existed since the first half of the 16th century
I have no idea what he’s talking about. I’m guessing there’s a translation error or something, because there is no reference to “mines” used in “minefields” prior to World War 1 as far as I can tell.
@@GrandAdmThrawn Military mines existed since the first half of the 16th century
Imagine a blackpowder bomb, hidden under rocks and debris that's ignited by a matchlock striker. The striker is controlled by a tripline, or a defender holding the rope that's attached.
@@hotrod3395 France been blowing up brits and germans with mines since centuries
I dont understand the part with the minefields... I mean in siege warfare, it had been common practice to tunnel under the enemy position, pack it with gunpowder and lighting it with a match. something similar I expect is what happened in the breach. but minefields on the approaches? how would they have been set off?
And how would Wellington have “scouted” tunnels charged with mines on the approaches?
Basically like the graphic showed, they would have had fuses that lead to mortar rounds or barrels of powder buried a bit in the rubble which they would have lit as they retreated.
They didn't have time to dig tunnels. It had to be a quick victory or retreat.
In front of the walls themselves are an assortment of earthen banks and ditches that they could use to sneak out at night and burry a few barrels of gunpowder here and there. Likely in the rubble of the breach
Wellington didn’t scout the mines, he just saw they had reinforced the breach. I.e rebuilt the wall with those logs full of swords and bayonets/stationed a bunch more troops there.
No Ciudad Rodrigo?😢
The death of 'Black Bob' Crauford...
Just mentioned in passing...
Excellent as always!
I love these videos. They are great.
Great video thank you
Marking the Duchy of Warsaw as Poland-Lithuania must be the most bizarre map mistake I have seen in the last few months.
If I recall, not neccessarily. In 1812 the Duchy of Warsaw, with consent of Napoleon, called the general confederation of the kingdom of Poland and subsequently proclaimed the resurrection of the Polish Crown with silent acceptance of Napoleon. He later organised the provisional Lithuanian government, with the intention of joining it up with Poland in a renewed union (as nobility of both nations, either Polish or largely polonised) supported. While it might have been a mistake, it also could havw been a brilliant, even if somewhat misguided point (not sure about the timeline atm, alao it was mostly symbolic act).
legitimately loved the art for this episode, it added so much, keep it up!
I like the old 2D soldiers
I work as a tourist guide in Badajoz (my hometown) and im so glad you guys treated this topic with such accuracy! Just couple of corrections:
- Guadiana River flows east to west
- The small creek is called Rivilla
- The forts are Pardaleras and Picuriña (i live nearby)
And yes, the population of the city left inside (about 1500 civilians) hoped for a quick liberation from the french attrocities, just to meet something even worst. People were shooted where they stood, houses were raided, women were raped...
Son cosas que sucedian en los asedios de aquel tiempo
@@jameswatt4114 hombre no estabamos en las cruzadas pasando a cuchillo a la población de Jerusalem, igual en 1812 con un ejército regular moderno y jerarquizado se podían haber cortado un poco de masacrar a la población civil de mi ciudad solo porque les costara asediarla
It is always the innocent who pays the price in wars. War never change (and the civilians are the one most affected)
Has leido lo que hacian las tropas serbias cuando tomaban una ciudad a fines del siglo 20 solo por darte un ejemplo
o en la captura de una ciudad en la segunda guerra mundial ???
Ademas Badajoz no fue algo comun en las tropas brittanicas durante su estancia en españa
Se debio a que muchos de los soldados perdieron seres queridos ,amigos estaban con unas ansias de revancha y animalizacion incontrolables
@@jameswatt4114 la verdad es que ahí te tengo que dar la razón
They were bleeding so hard they didn't even stagger
The British will forever be the villains of the Napoleonic Wars. They created Napoleon with their attempt to steal French land after the revolution and then continued to antagonize the French throughout. Nothing but jealousy and spite.
love this channel
Sharpe man of the match
I'm in the middle of a civ5 game, epic pace, giant earth map, Vox Populi mod. Currently upgrading my cannons to artillery. Luckily, as the English, I already saved the world from the French and built Notre Dame for them. Though I don't think the new world feels any better for it lol.
Great part of VP mod is having Pike and Shot units which this channel got me interested in in the first place!
New Video Thanks!
The map at 2:10 is pretty wrong, many more territory was controlled by the Spanish patriots by 1810.
Please put more Wellington battles and sieges
Please do the Siege of Petersburg
When was that?
Yayyy Sandrhoman is back
0:40 the video from Sharpe’s if from Sharpe’s Waterloo not company
Thank you for pointing out how wasteful Wellington’s haste was. Had he followed a more traditional plan for his siege he could have taken the town with far fewer casualties, casualties that would have been useful during the rest of the war…
He was on a Timer unfortunatly.
Bloodiest but not staggering thus mid siege 🥱
When you first saw it were you staggered by its majesty?
Common bro, that's Sharpe's Waterloo.
Liberation is always followed by brutalities commitment by liberators...wonderful introduction...Liberation or imperialist exchanges?
Chosen men!
That was staggering...
When people talk about the slow industrialization of Spain but forget about how the British and French razed and plundered the country for 6 years. Episodes like Badajoz were repeated time and time again during the Peninsular war.
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…what kind of “minefields” is he talking about? I can’t find a single source to read about Napoleonic era mine warfare. Like not a single one, not in reference to the Siege of Badajoz or anywhere else.
Do you know what the game lines of battles is if not could you pls play it :)
Good video, but I much preferred the old artwork style. Is the new style AI generated? It looks a bit off in places.
2:16 It was Duchy of Warsaw, so more or less "Poland", not Poland-Lithuania.
And there is even bigger problem. WTF is going on in Italy? Whare are Italian States!?
Wird es auf dem deutschen Kanal auch Videos über die napoleonischen Kriege geben?
Waterloo before Waterloo
Como siempre los britanicos molestando a los españoles en lugar de ayudar xd
I am Starting a new NTW game after this lol.
I can't stop watching sandrhoman's video's. Someone please send help.
Why is bro using a Picture of Marahall Soult that was taking long after he retired?
Sharpe isn't a film about Badajoz, it's a TV series that takes in the whole of the Napoleonic War and beyond ( although the two set in India are not historically correct).
I think it's considered a series of "TV movies" given the length of each installment
Also he was talking about a specific episode of Sharpe, not the whole series.
I'm sure you are correct about what he meant but what he said was 0:30 "Among other things, this battle provides the historical context for Bernard Cornwell’s novel Sharpe and the film based on it, Sharpe's Company"
Now you and I know that there are many books, none of which is just called Sharpe, and several TV series but maybe not everyone who is watching this video knows that and my comment was for them.
@@ianchristian7949 Well you didn't mention the books, and also Sharpe's Company is the name of the specific episode of the Sharpe series that covers the siege of Badajoz.
None of the Episodes are exactly historical accurate.
I've always wondered if "Sand-Roman" is a derogatory word for a Byzantine. Like, are Italian Romans ACTUAL Romans, and Byzantines "Sand-Romans" because they inhabited more desert regions? If so, that's very clever!
Interesting
now that's soldiering
That's... insanity. Just because it (sort of) works doesn't mean it's a good idea.
It was indeed bloody.
Staggering
No se pueden juzgar los actos de aquel tiempo con la moral de hoy.....
please use staggering on the title
Love the content. Cheers from Estonia
How staggering
more Napoleonic content
Pfft what are you talking about? I saw Sharpe take it and then get married!
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Polish-Lithuania didn't exist after 1795, It should be labeled Duchy of Warsaw.
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Lesgo
God save Ireland!
During the opium wars, how did the british ships that is more larger than chinese junk ships are more faster and more manoeuvrable than smaller chinese junk ships, arent smaller ships are more faster and more manoeuvrable than larger ships?
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