and elect the commanders then there's going to be a meeting of the commanders where they will break down the cost make people familiar with the scenario to determine the tasks of every commander so that everyone knows their roles of the battlefield which when you're up also. at least nobody's actually going to kill each other this time and that means a friendly atmosphere throughout the camps where the russians and the french live side by side and there's plenty have traditional food on offer. there's still a great deal of preparation going on in the camp and that means hungry soldiers so i have made an executive decision to join the french troops for a little polio nic breakfast. to mormons. it's no frills fare but there's plenty of it and quantity was always much more important than quality of three or four with the green one could say that there was no cuisine at all of that time soldiers ate what they could get hold of

or sometimes even steal soup it was quite common in bread were very popular for breakfast if they could get hold of onions and sour cream to soldiers were extremely low maintenance and they managed to conquer the whole of europe eating just bread and drinking coffee. and if it's good enough for the ground our may try some of the best french food with eight hundred twelve. tuna salad. and topped off with a ruler on you. tube. i could see how the breasts of the old soldiers might have been an effective weapon by itself. but there were also plenty of traditional arms it was time to bring out the big guns but. tillery played a vital role a brought in with the french guns in particular taking a heavy toll on the russian infantry but of course imitating inexperience callen

crew with just a couple of days of training is another thing entirely. ok well. but that's where experts like patrick come in. a veteran of several re-enactments he's traveled all the way from from to lick the rule recruits into shape. i just want to assure we could be a moment really is here. only under torture only and excellent well i'm hoping that you will give us a few moments of your time to show us the models of the french military if it's for that yes accept to talk in english. with the biggest challenges that you can face well it's what you need to know is it's very important to respect the drills as we used to do is kind of fast because although here of course we don't shoot a real cannon ball it's just power to yeah but it's as dangerous so it's very

important for safety to respect all the different steps because otherwise you might . be considerably less than the six hundred cannon that were on display at the road you know patrick's determined that his crews will be a credit to their predecessors this is the interest of reenactments some would think we are just young kids playing some ah it's true we have never grown up but the other interesting side of it is we try to make it as accurate as possible so we understand much better all the used to do it in the past because you could really look at it and say yeah maybe but when you do it for real you understand the reasons why and how you feeling about. napoleon's arrival if you have it so i'm very excited. with patrick visiting from france and the mosque the general himself gesturing in from the u.s. this is an event with a truly international flavor and back among the russians i met a cavalry man with

a very familiar accent. so that room is a true the lithuanians have attached to britain to their residence. so for phil we need to hear a bit about your story and. and you come to take part in baroda come from cambridge cambridge in the u.k. . why did you decide to take most of this. we're very fortunate in the u.k. i mean in a group the fifteenth and one of our guys is russian and he also reenacts with just the whiny and they got us the invites aboard you know and how could you refuse absolutely but it's not been an easy journey the regiment may have supplied bill with a new mount but everything else has made the trip from england with him so what you have to bring with you everything everything i think this belt. twenty three

kilos we bring all of the horse equipment some of which is useful for sleeping as well so there's a damper on the wooden. clothes we have a lot of a lot of it's so much that we had to wear it to get in under the baggage allowance . yes a great advantage because the customs security airport it's no problem people are really happy to see us so did you get any of the questions like what is your purpose coming into russia well i'm going to i'm going to be fighting for you against the french exactly that's all we said and that's perfect. that's no problem no guns ok just a big sword you know it's in the hole to run. alongside the foreign visitors to board you know there are plenty of home grown participants getting into the swing of things and this is very much an equal opportunities reenactment. the russians tried to keep women away from their troops but the

french went so restrictive and the polian zomi as always had a bevy of wives followers. rather more official count work is like nasty here. come on i'll show you the castle as a french. continue yeah mesti would have sold refreshments to the troops and looked after the wounded and the women in this camp also take on a number of different roles. there are many different kinds of roles there are cooking doing laundry any kind of help that might be needed like sewing a button or cleaning something but i really don't think anyone would give his weapon to a woman however some ammunition items could be entrusted to us but cooking was the main thing hungry soldier is a lousy at making more. color and pageantry are part of what makes this event so appealing and it's important to have the right look impressive facial hair can be found the around the camp but you've also got to be

a snappy dresser. as you can imagine napoleonic uniforms aren't exactly ten a penny which means that today's reconstruct is have to be as handy with a needle as they are with a musket closer to. the well you know i have a uniform could you fix it for me please. has been tailoring period costumes for over a decade. the reason why i do this is that it's an interesting job more importantly i might say i prefer to study history by making things with my own. instead of reading books on the history in this way i get a better insight into events that took place a long time ago and i also from a club claiming to reconstruct. for you to never lay life as well as you. so gay has made uniforms for almost his entire regiment and they're all intricately

detailed from camp clothes to full battle regalia. the company to which any soldier belonged could be identified by the red the sword not this singled out the bad as a great idea. or uniforms made of dog green cloth they also wore pants with legs i have a sack with a ten flaws. to cross belts. and. thanks for the good luck some splendid uniforms coming to a battlefield near us i just hope they manage to keep themselves clean. much as it would have been back in may seem twelve as the sun goes down the day's work draws to an end dozens of come fall as a lit and the smell of evening meals quickly fills the air. it won't be long before

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soon which brightened a few. songs from funniest impression. don't totty dot com. since arriving at borat you know i talked with a englishman frenchman one plenty of russians but i knew one man was making a transatlantic trip to come and play the most famous role of all but. would you please spare as couple of moments of your time to take us around your stuff camp it would be my pleasure. mark works for

a historical museum that has played the role of napoleon in reenactments across europe and his acquaintance with the master general began as an early age i have a french cousin that gave me a small toy soldier of napoleon fifty four millimeter and i still have it and many say that that's when it began at two years old a fascination with the polling in these times with the the uniforms the strategy and tactics the different locations the the great things that napoleon do and he takes his portrayal extremely seriously there's also has responsibility that comes with the responsibility of paying honor to the soldiers who have fought who have died whether they be from france from russia from all over europe for the grand army was composed of many european nations so as a result of that i have to really take my time to prepare myself to get it right

to pay honor not only to napoleon but again as i've mentioned to these soldiers who have fought and died but with an audience of up to two hundred thousand people expected i wondered if he was feeling nervous before the big day i think rather than now. it will be that of excitement adrenaline looking forward to participating in such a grand spectacle such a great event that's going to be something to see that's for sure and i look forward to the front row seat even if it's on a horse. with time getting so everyone was already hard at work across the camp and my friend bill was shaping up for an important inspection. we have to prove he can ride prove that we've historically accurate equipment and if we don't pass the right. but at least he won't be facing the officers alone. we have here williams.

and what do you think what role are you hoping to have. historically we should be on the staff. but that wouldn't be any fun at all because the staff sit at the back and watch. colleagues. and we're going to. and they should be writing fighting so we should get to cross swords with some frenchmen. were putting the finishing touches to their uniforms i headed out to the main field to watch the procession. pass inspection you need to change it for another one. because the cavalry. being presented not only to the general staff but also to the

real safety inspectors who make sure that everything is in its place is being treated properly and the safety aspects are all ok. sure. and it looks like all two cavalrymen of might be in a spot of both. such blades are very dangerous we try to take care of our uniforms we don't hit hard during re-enactments. or violent he's a very old soldier. but. some of our foreign friends to blunt their blades because of fears that they might injure someone one of the blades look very much like a song it could have cut somebody uniform. fortunately for bill and so isn't williams it's nothing that a good filing won't sort out. and as they trust it a way to literally take the edge off i caught up with some passing french infantry

. how are you preparing for the big day. because there's a lot of people to whom different think on this we would normally get a first time for christmas for this month so we have to do is scoot the soldiers to be working together and making movements to get. them moving to the battlefield. up at the. so. jack thomas is a member of the belgian napoleonic society and it's not long before he's giving the benefit of his experience to some of the younger soldiers. looks like you got a promotion there to sergeant or a trainer i'm lucky the sergeant gave me the complete confidence to train the new guys so it's always difficult because they're quite nervous with weapons and things like that but for security reasons of course for the battle we have to to make the

venue for all the guys really important so how have you found the drilling has helped so it's helping because we really believe there is a lot of miles of course walking it's a bit rusty for your guys it's coming quite back quite fast for the new guys it's learning the skills. the artillery cavalry and infantry and finally all passed inspection and with less than twenty four hours to the reenactment it was time to respect some old traditions. every new regiment eventually faces the moment when it has to go into battle and they mark that with a formal ceremony honoring that flag. bearer no ceremony. bronze you know is going to be the first flight for the moscow great ideas and everyone how ms

a single nail into their new standards. the regiment is christened. his own little tributes to the owner of the granite is here and drinking a toast to success in battle. three should. all the granite here is good. and as the new company continued to celebrate i slipped off to see if i could find a bite to eat or have the chance to try a french breakfast and after a whole day's drilling the russian troops are busy cooking this service i'm going to see if they'll let me do it here i give you a hand. with you thank you i managed to talk my way into a fish soup dinner.

ok guys food's up. and once the porters similar everyone grabs a spoon some bread and helps themselves to give this really is every man for himself here. this is really really hard to soup. haunch actually lovely the camp may only last a few days but it's clear that being here is having a real effect on these men. that leaves an impact on all of us here we are oblivious to the course of time rather the sun is our guide we know that we need to get up and dawn and go to bed at sunset we've got no internet connection we don't

know what's going on outside this place besides life in the open and the need to share food from the same pot of helps bring people together. in the battle is coming tomorrow but today we enjoy a meal without worrying about whether we'll live or die by the same token soldiers that live two hundred years ago had little thought about whether they would live or die if some of them were killed we're all in god's hands others would say. well being. should have little need for divine intervention but it wasn't long before everyone was ready to hit the hay tomorrow would be a big day for god. well the soldiers of the actual battle of broad may have had to enjoy some hot sun but we've got some pretty different weather conditions today but

a few drops of rain and black clouds certainly are putting the tourists of thousands of visitors were already making their way towards brought in those fields and a memorial service. this morning is dedicated to the french soldiers that died and brought in a and one of the last fifty years for all napoleon here is to pay tribute to them for the. once the formalities had finished it was time for the two armies to take their places two hundred years ago napoleon and his all conquering grand army stood here against the troops of general could to solve with russia at stake it was impossible

not to be nervous. everyone might meet in the camp in desperate to put on a good show and i was just hoping that all the training combined with some impressive pyrotechnics to see them through so off to five days in camp hundreds of hours of planning and the cost of thousands it comes down to this two hours to do justice to one of the most pivotal battles in the polio make history and i'm pretty excited. with a few words from just two years on the first school song and the fields were received in smoke as the challenge. speeches. the first major actions of the battle focused around rochelle's foolish works and they would be captured and recapture the size of the.

once the bunch of captured. russians pulled back to the lawyers with doubts and that was where the most vicious impersonal part of the block to take place. the figures have long been disputed but it's estimated there were around seventy thousand casualties of the original. goal of any dead bodies on all fields to rejoined. by the terrible pounding from the french the russians were able to hold the ridge

way behind them several hours about it will eventually gave the chance to retreat with their army still intact. even under the right the crowd was lapping everything up with the vast majority staying to see napoleon complete. proves to be a very scary thing. tree. the french may have won the field but that doesn't seem to dampen anyone spirit it's been a fantastic show and it's

a real tribute to the skill and afeard of the reenacted that two hundred years on from brought in and tens of thousands of people have come out to watch them bring history that might. be. admission of free accreditation free zones for charges free maintenance free risk free studio time free.

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