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Patreon Premiere - Hundred Days: Ligny & Quatre Bras (Patreon)

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Dear Patron,

I am delighted to share the world premiere of 'The Hundred Days Part 2 - The Battles of Ligny & Quatre Bras'!

As you will quickly see, a huge amount of research and work has gone into this episode, so big shouts to Chris, Patrick and Mike of PMF for the research, script and animations, Vlad of HistoryMarche for the fantastic battlefield maps, and Ben Hayden for some great new music*. Thanks also to Dr Zack White of Napoleonic Wars Podcast for valuable input as our historical consultant. And it is because of your support here on Patreon that we're now able to assemble such talented teams to help create our videos. So thank you as ever for your support, and I hope you enjoy the video!

Production has already begun on Episode 3: Waterloo, which will be out next month. And as a reminder, this will be a four-part series, with a final episode dedicated to the aftermath.

Toby

* You may be interested to know that the main music theme for this episode is a piece we commissioned - a modern riff on "Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre", a popular French folk song said to have been one of Napoleon's favourites. In England, it's now better known as the tune for 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"!

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MrAH2010

Awesome to see these being covered. I do hope that at the end of the Waterloo video that you guys do a "Zoom Out" and look at exactly how many troops were being mobilized by the coalition, and how Napoleon didn't stand much chance except for a diplomatic miracle.

Hugo

Amazing! One point that I noticed though: the French flags on the battle map. I think they are incorrect, as I recall by 1815 the flags no longer had the diamond shape. The diamond shape was used from 1804 onwards, but I believe that French flags during the 1815 campaign were a striped tricolor version as the change towards a tricolour was made after 1812. See for example the attached image I found online.

MitchyCool

So soon! And on the Lord’s Day too!

Jan Smigiel

I was waiting for years for this episode. This waiting was immensely worth it. Thank you so much!

Leonardo Espino

They’re doing the lords work on showcasing L’Empereur last victories before the end

Jack Huston

Immediately acquired food for the watch. Deployed headphones on the high ground. Preparing for cinema. Also I know what I'm voting for in the next soundtrack vote!

TankerBricks

Having watched all of the video, I was for sure on my seat. I know the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo, but Napoleon will give it all he has got....

TankerBricks

Also, the 69th under Mourice lost the Kings Colour, which was returned in 1909 to the UK.

Victor Deleon

“He who hesitates is lost” Commit to one course, or another. You cannot do both.

Lord John 🇵🇱💚

This was absolutely amazing stunning & beautiful! Certain other’s are thinking it but there is doubt that this will be last We see of the Lil Corporal 💚

Mathieu Potter

What a great entry to the magnificent Napoleonic wars saga that you have put together. I'll admit, I always treated Ligny and Quatre Bras as something of a sideshow to Waterloo but this video was great for demonstrating the scale and importance of both engagements. Thank you for another excellent feature.

Michael Hopkins

Another absolutely phenomenal video to add to the Napoleon series. Personally, and perhaps in the minority, I feel the tone of the Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre seemingly shifts more toward the American Revolution-esque series, compared to what has been building from the Italian Campaign and, ultimately, the crescendo and climax being with Marengo for the more ‘Napoleon-esque’ tones. I didn't think it fit as well in my opinion. But again, amazing video, thank you!

Eli Khanam

I knew communication was a major factor in Napoleon's inevitable defeat, but I didn't know it was still close! This is the kind of development great war movies and mini series love and should cover, but for now this will do! It's been 11 years since the channel started with the original Waterloo episode, but the wider Napoleon series is what let me see this channel's high quality and it has since influenced my expectations on history documentaries and stories!

Maximus Abi

So interesting how the prussians were always forced into the defense by napoleon even with their preference on war of movement

Paul PP

Fantastic Video !!! We imidiately Need the Soundtrack to it!!!!!

Covfefe Dotard

Man in both battles the French somehow got both armies to retreat in that giant clusterfuck

Martin Casco

Great vid Epic History! As always. Don’t want this Napoleon series to end :(

Richard Fernandes

EPIC as ALWAYS! One more time I enjoy your High Quality Production! Thank You and looking forward for Episode 3 next Month. Cheers for The Team ✌🏻

Job Franschman

Amazing video! But one point to consider: your way of saying ‘Orange’ is the correct French way of saying it, after all it’s a French area where it came from, but in Dutch and English it’s not common to say it the French way. So I should maybe just say Orange the English way.

Discorules

Damned good as always. Now if only my school history classes had music piped in as we went through it. That would have been sweet.

Jonathan Jung

i love that you guys incorporated the hohenfriedburger marsch into this soundtrack

Max kennedy

The sound of distant cannon fire at 19:00 was magnificent. I can't praise the sound effects and music enough!

Alexander Frangie

I love the quote about Marshal Ney’s performance at Quatre Bras; I had never seen that quote before, but it sums him up really well. An inspiring, courageous, and skilled tactician, but lacking vision for the broader strategy and operational warfare. And instead of staying near the rear, he plunges into battle alongside a single division, which he did repeatedly in other major battles, including Jena and Dennewitz.

Marek Václavík

Thank you for another masterpiece! Even though it breaks my heart to know how this will all inevitably end, I once again fought back tears when I saw the Emperor in his final victory. And that music! I’ll definitely be voting for this soundtrack! 🥹 And if I may ask, is there any chance you could incorporate a variation of the song “La Victoire est à Nous” into the next episode of the Battle of Waterloo during the Imperial Guard’s final march? 🥹

Richard Fernandes

@Toby: For Waterloo video: Do You have in consideration to use this Painting about The Prussian attack on Plancenoit, where here We see The French Imperial Guard fighting off the first Prussian attacks? This picture I think would help a Lot for The epic moment when Charles Nove narrates The Level of desperate attack and pressure The French are facing here against von Bülow on Plancenoit. What else the fans here of The Channel thinks about this?

Patrick Macartney-Filgate

Yes i second this!! I can picture the moment clearly now - as Charles narrates how the guard advanced unflinchingly, maybe with a track like Arch Enemy playing in the background.

Richard Fernandes

Wow, that would be great! Thank You very much for secunding My idea!! That's why I value Epic History's Top Quality Production and You are a great part of it! Thank You very much for this detail 🙏🏻

Marc Baudouin

I think it was amazing and perfect for this episode. Next one will be interesting to see what they choose as soundtracks. It will have to be epic and give me as much shivers as marengo, bassano, retreat from russia, endgame épisodes even if we know Napoléon loses.

Joshthatart

I was waiting for this for so long so enjoyable

Medin Burnic

Absolutely phenomenal episode!! I really love how you guys make these videos feel less like standard documentaries and more like suspenseful stories. Little touches like the allied troops only appearing on the map as they actually arrive, or Narrator Charles stopping to ask the same questions that would have been hanging over the battle at the time, make the battles feel so much more epic, especially the music building in the background. Absolutely beautifully executed! Oh, and the music was FANTASTIC. This soundtrack already has my future vote. I really like the main theme here, taking a riff from that old French folk song and turning it into something so suspenseful. Such a cool historical touch! 🎉 I hope I'm not being too nitpicky with this, but at 9:34, when the video was showing Napoleon's estimate of the Prussian Army, there seems to be a lone Prussian battalion still visible way off to the right of the screen. Not entirely sure if it is intentional, but since you guys are perfectionists, I figured I'd point it out!

Paul H

Who were the units in dark green holding Thile as Wellington arrived?

zachary

As someone who knows very little about war history. Why didn't that one French officer just split his 20,000 in half when both ney and napoleon needed help? Is it not smart to do that? Because in the end he ended up splitting his army but that was hours after he marched back and forth after getting both letters or am I missing something?

Mohammed Alsaadoon

It's always great to come back to the bread and butter of this channel: Napoleonics! I understand that Ney was a man of extraordinary courage, but it always seems in these decisive battles, he's always making trouble for Napoleon. Still, the fact that he was in command during so many of these crucial moments shows that he must have had the confidence of the Emperor.

Patrick Macartney-Filgate

But he did ultimately split his corps, sending about 1/4 to Napoleon and 3/4 to Ney. Think about it from d'Erlon's perspective - Ney was telling him that if he did not turn back his whole wing of the army might be destroyed. from what I've read, d'Erlon was also not the best general. Perhaps a more experienced commander would have recognized that the emperor's orders should categorically outweigh Ney's, but in the emotional heat of the moment, and having received Ney's desperate appeal, d'Erlon made a call, which turned out bad. Rember that he had no idea the true state of the fighting at either Ligny or Quatre Bras.

zachary

O ok thats makes it more clear to me thanks

Walide

Dear God, Napoléon was bold. Fighting odds two vs one and nearly won it. What a man.

Juan Manuel van der Zee

Once again a great video, did not know much about these engagements at Quatre-Bras and Ligny, and have learned a ton from this video. Also, the production quality is top notch as always; I especially loved the part of the assault of the Guard on Bluchers core around Ligny, while a heavy thunderstorm was raging. Absolutely fantastic Toby & team!

Paul H

It did look like soldiering.

Samuel Pattinasarane

In the part where Wellington asks for the map, I saw that the name Brussels is mispelled, is that how it’s actually spelled back then?

Medin Burnic

Yup! Indeed! Long Live Epic History!

Francis Morin

A suitably epic continuation of the conclusion of the Napoleonic period. My only dislike was one of the new music score that plays a handful of times, notably around when Blucher is charging with his cavalry at Ligny. It felt out of place and pace everytime I heard it.

BP Gaming 175

Great episode. That fife tune is great, I thought it sounded a lot like ‘Battle Hymm of the Republic’ at first lol

Vincent Gerochi

Damn. Another good one. More Napoleon please!

Rebellican

Man this was amazing. That moment when Wellington arrives at Qatre Bras, that was so damn hype man.

shrubby1989

Proof that people who try to champion the Dutch as the real saviours of Quatre Bras are purely naive. Had things been as they were, Quatre Bras would have been overrun in an hour, the Prince dead or captured. Aside from the intial actions as Ney arrived, they did very little but hold the line at Bossau wood. The rest of the Quatre Bras action is solely credit to both Wellington's 5th Division and the Brunswickers. This is not cruel or degrading to say, it is a truth. We dont champion D'Erlon's single division as a heroic intervention to save the Emperor do we?

EpicHistoryTV

That's Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre! Sorry you don't like it - we love it.

CP

The soundtrack for this is just epic. Definitely the best so far!

Walide

You are entirely right. He stood no chance at all, having been declared an outlaw and an enemy by every single sovereign in Europe. His final campaign reads like the epic epilogue of a novel (fittingly, he himself famously remarked, "what a novel my life has been!"). With a largely inexperienced army, severe shortages across the board, and outnumbered roughly two to one, he still managed to make them fight for every inch in Belgium, though the ultimate defeat was mathematically inevitable in the long run. From a military perspective, what makes it even crazier is that after Waterloo, the Prussians repeated their mistakes from 1814 by marching unaligned with Wellington's Anglo-Allied army toward Paris. Even after his second abdication, the French army remained shaken but far from destroyed (especially Grouchy's corps). Napoleon himself, acting purely as a general, believed an attack was viable, and Davout agreed that there was a real opening to crush the exposed Prussians. However, Davout was reined in by Fouché, who judged that saving the regime was impossible after bowing to pressure from Talleyrand. I don't know if all of this will be covered in the third video, but it is truly fascinating.

BP Gaming 175

I thought it was one of the best parts of the video

Logan Wagner

Ahh good old Marshal forwards, can always trust he's ready for a fight.

Richard Fernandes

Toby & Patrick knows well how to do it! They don't dissapoint 😉

luc

Always epic !

Admiral Sith

By far the best Epic History video I have ever seen, the quality is the best one could ever think of, the zooms, sound effects and video effects, along with the music and narrator, all match to create the sensation that we are living in the action, inside history. Also great job at explaining a complex strategic situation with the maps and animations.

Marc Baudouin

I do not understand people who don’t like it. It’s a music from the age too so totally accurate and I had goosebumps hearing it while the guard was marching forward 💂

MarbleHit

Phenomenal work Toby as always! You never fail to amaze this is one of ur best works yet but i think Marengo still holds the top spot for me haha. Now we can cross of Ligny and Quatre Bras from the list of battles with only Dresden remaining i hope u have plans for that sometime Also theres a very interesting story about the fight on Waterloo, during the multiple stormings of Hougoumont one detachment of French troops managed to get inside the courtyard but the British closed the doors behind them and killed everyone except a little drummer boy, perhaps u could point that out if its interesting enough <3

Hisham Yousif

Great video as always! The music was fine, the fife's throw me off. I don't why I associate them with the American Revolution. But the visuals, the paintings, and the portraits are as tasteful as ever. It really does seem like Napoleon's star was waning - the lethargy and delays. He wanted to cross into Belgium on the 14th of June (the good omen of Marengo) but missed that deadline - one of a whole series of missed deadlines onto defeat; his destiny, I suppose. I wonder if there's a book the explores the psyche and circustances of his change in depth besides the obvious. It can't be merely age, right? Anyhow, great work, Toby, Nove, and the team. Top notch! I never tire of your telling of the Emperor's story.

Evelynn Luo

agree that the soundtrack shouldve been more similar to the italian campaign or the campaigns of 1814/battle for germany

Rich Porter

So happy to see this video! Thank you!

Hugo

Just saw the YouTube version where the flags have been adjusted. Cool to see I (presumably) had a (very minor) role in a video of my favourite channel! 😊

Stuart Carver

You may have to change the thumbnail to reflect it.

Stuart Carver

How do you judge wellington’s decision to initially play for time? Understandable from a British perspective, the sea is everything. However in this situation unlike in Spain he had allies in the Prussians and could in theory have good back on their supply lines difficult though that may have been. So the coast wasn’t as important a factor as it was in Spain. Also as someone who had extensively studied Napoleon’s previous campaigns is it not surprising that he was caught of guard when speed is what Napoleon was best known for. Plus he had many times prized enemies apart in the centre and defeated each in detail and as far as I remember never once got behind enemy supply lines that led to the coast to cut them off. In many ways it’s surprising he didn’t foresee the overall strategy?

Eldar

Could someone please tell me the name of the soundtrack?

EpicHistoryTV

Hi Eldar - there are a lot of different tracks used in this one, but if you can share the timecode of the track you're looking for, we can take a look.

Eldar

Hi! I’m looking for the tracks at 0:01 and 6:45. Thank you!

EpicHistoryTV

We will find the titles for you.. out of interest, why are you looking for the tracks? Are you making a playlist?

Eldar

I love reading books while listening to music, and right now I’m reading Andrew Roberts’ book about Napoleon. I really liked these tracks, so I’d love to add them to my playlist and listen to them while reading. 🙂

EpicHistoryTV

These are the French March and Prussian March scores - both Original Commissions for the Hundred Days series from Ben Hayden. They don't feature on any of the Music Scores we've released so far, but I have a feeling that Ligny and Quatre Bras will be a popular vote in the next poll!

Eldar

Thank you! I’ll definitely be voting for Ligny and Quatre Bras! 😊 Do you have any idea when the next poll will be held, and when the scores might be released?