Waterloo Polish Lancers charge

Napoleon considered the lances an obsolete weapon until he saw with his own eyes what use these weapons were made by Poles in the Battle of Hohenlinden 1800. e.g. Uhlan Pawlikowski alone took more than 50 german infantry prisoner, previously killing two of their officers and several privates. In front of the entire French army, he led his captives. He chased them on horseback like a flock of sheep, beating with the blunt back of the lance those prisoners who were moving out of the line. After the Battle of Wagram the Chevaux-légers were finally equipped with lances which other Western European armies began to copy. But in fact already in the Italian campaign, when the French army were frightened by Suvorov Cossacks, the cavalry of the Polish Legions was the only one who "chased Cossacks, like wolve is chasing a sheep". Poles were already using lances then. 0:04 Brits as "the noblest cavalry of Europe" Huh! Humbug! ;)

Imagine seeing that in real life

Yea 1st Polish Cavalry-Lancers Regiment of the Imperial Guard, formed on April 6, 1807, it was the elite of the elite among Poles fighting alongside Napoleon. The light cavalry unit was recruited from among the sons of Polish nobility and aristocracy. He became famous for his mad charge at Samosierra, in which the third squadron managed to break through the Spanish defense, which other Napoleonic units failed to do. After this feat, Polish cavalrymen became part of the Old Guard - Napoleon's best subordinates constituting the strategic reserve of his army, thrown into battle only at the most critical moments to tip the scales of victory. At Waterloo, Polish losses were small, 5 lancers died in the battle (Łukasz Biernacki, Jan Nowak, Karol Pawłowski, Ignacy Rużyczko and Sylwester Zeleski), 1 was missing (Jan Malinowski), 1 was captured (Wachtmaster Michał Szulc). Several dozen were wounded and injured, including: Jerzmanowski and Baliński.

I miss films like waterloo, nothing as great will be made again without any cgi

In the anthem of Poland, the lyrics mentioned Napoleon

When the Poles starts chasing you with a Lancer, better run!

Napoleon : "Release the Poles!" 0:55 British : "OH FUCK NONONO RUN DUDE HOLY FUCKIN SHIT RUN!"

Ponadziewali nasi tych zadufanych w sobie Brytoli na lance jak prosiaki na ruszt.

Polish lancers played by Russians. Oh, the indignity !

The truth is that one lansjer could defend himself against several Scots Greys cavalrymen. The lance showed its effectiveness in Spain, where the Polish lancers were called "los infernos picadores". Everyone wanted a security detail made up of lancers. The lance entered the equipment of the British army and was an exact copy of the lance used by the Polish lancers.

It must have been and equally awesome and terrifying thing to see

Lipka Tatars also served in Polish cavalry during Napoleon times.

Great footage.

I wonder how many of those fine troopers survived this battle.

Wow this old school CGI is pretty nice :D

It was the soldier's from 1 cavalry division led by Jacquinot who killed Ponsony. It was 2 brigade, 3 and 4 Regiment of Lancers and a little description: In a flash, the Frenchman killed the general and his major with 2 blows of his lance then charged the oncoming dragoons striking down 3 in less than a minute. The others abandoned the combat completely incapable of holding their own position"

Too many lancers of the Imperial Guard- and in fact, none of the Guard Cavalry charged at the Union Brigade but rather Lancers of the Line (former Dragoon regiments) in Waterloo. Great film though! 👍

Actually it was french lancers that counter charged the scotts grey, the polish lancers were part of the charge on the brittish squares

Brilliant

Polish lancers - in the Battle of Waterloo, the squadron of Lieutenant Paweł Jerzmanowski was the only one to fight.