comforts here most people are making do with a bed of straw on a horse blanket. but conditions are no excuse for untidiness and the soldiers have to be ready for inspection at any time especially when the commander of the russian army is in the vicinity. is playing general could to solve and he and his fellow officers have plenty to think about mature man roopa soon we will begin shaping the talents and squadrons we will determine the number of the participants 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 on the battlefield working with the. police nobody is 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 the polio nick breakfast. it's no frills fair 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 they ate that too and soldiers were extremely low maintenance and they managed to conquer the whole of europe eating just soup bread and drinking coffee. and if it's good enough for the ground our may try some of the best french food they see in twelve. inch. tuna salad. topped off with

a ruler and. 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 omes it was time to bring out the big guns but that. all tillery played a vital role that brought in with the french guns in particular taking a heavy toll on the russian infantry but of course imitating an experience cannon crew with just a couple of days of training is another thing entirely. ok well. but that's where experts like patrick come in. like a veteran of several reenactments he's traveled all the way from from to lick the rule recruits into shape. we could be a moment. only under torture only and excellent well

i'm hoping that you'll give us a few moments of your time to show us the marvels of the french military if that's what up 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 drill 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 have. a little 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 think we are just young kids playing some all 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 master 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. said room is a true lithuanians of attached to britain to their residence and it. seems so for phil we need to hear a bit about your story and how you come to take boston baroda come from cambridge cambridge in the u.k. . why did you decide to take both in this. we're very fortunate in the u.k. i mean in you know reenactment group the fifteenth assassin and one of the guys is

russian and he reacts with the whiny and says they go to the invites a bar do you know and how could you refuse absolutely but it's not been an easy journey the regiment made. supply 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 every day. this belt. twenty three kilos we bring all of the horse equipment some of which is useful for sleeping as well. we have a lot of. it's so much that we had to wear it to get in under the baggage allowance but that's just a great advantage because the customs security 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

for exactly that's all we said and that's perfect. that's no problem no guns ok just. you know it's in the hole right. alongside the foreign visitors to board you know there are plenty of homegrown 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 weren't so restrictive i'm napoleon 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 nasty 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 girls there is 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. cooking was the main thing hungry soldier is a lousy it made. 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 as 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 plus which is. why you have a uniform could you fix it for me please. has been tailoring period costumes for over a decade. we're going to need to the reason why i do this is that it's an interesting

job and more importantly i might say i prefer to study history by making things with my own instead of reading books from history in this way i get a better insight into events that took place a long time ago and i also run a club aiming to reconstruct. that were used to never lay life as well as uniform. so gay has made uniforms for almost his entire regiment and they're all intricately detailed from camp clothes to full battle regalia but he loved the company to which any soldier belonged could be identified by the reds sword not this singled out the bad as a grim idea of soldiers war uniforms made of dog green cloth they also wore pants with leg i have a sack a ten flaws a bag for cartridges and two cross belts.

thanks. good luck some splendid uniforms coming to a battlefield near us i just hope they managed 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 campfires a lit and the smell of evening meals quickly fills the end. it won't be long before reactors have a chance to put the training into action and it promises to be a very special occasion.

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since arriving at borat you know i talked with a englishman frenchman on plenty of russians but i knew one man was making a transatlantic trip to come and play the most famous role of all. ok. would you please spare us a couple of moments of your time to take us around you'll stop cap it would be my pleasure he. mark works for a historical museum and 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 the fascination with the poly and his times with. the the uniforms. strategy and tactics the different locations the the great things that napoleon do and he takes his

portrayal extremely seriously there's also a responsibility that comes with the responsibility of paying honor to these soldiers who have fought who have died whether they be from friends 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 nerves 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. thank you very much thank you. time getting short everyone was

already hard at work across the camp and my friend bill was shaping up for an important inspection. you know we have to prove we can ride prove that we've been historically accurate equipment and if we don't pass the right there is barely syria it is very least he would be facing the officers alone . we have here sergeant williams so williams from first to meet you 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 staff sit at the back and watch. colleagues from the list. and we're going to tell you live with them and they should be right in the middle of the fighting so we should get cross swords with some frenchmen.

right. well bill in the saw were putting the finishing touches to the uniforms i headed out to the main field to watch the procession. pass inspection you need to change it for. a pivotal moment because the cavalry in all the finery are being presented not only to the generals but also to the real safety inspectors who make sure that everything is in its place this is being treated properly and the safety aspects are all ok. shoulder arms. and it looks like the 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 know. 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 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 going to different drink and this would normally get the first time for this long for this month so we have to do is school for soldiers to be working to get into movie making movies to get. them open to the battles. 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 and so it's always difficult because they're quite nervous with weapons and things like that but for security reasons and of course for the battle we have to to make the new guys really important so how have you found the drilling has helped so it's helping because we're we've made a lot of miles of calls walking it's been resting 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 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 it with a formal ceremony honoring their flag. warning all to bear no ceremony. i can assure. you no is going to be the first flight for the moscow great ideas and everyone hammers a single nail into their new standards. the regiment is christened in. 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 a 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 join them. and i give you a hand. with your thank you i managed to talk my way into a fish soup dinner. ok guys food's up. and once the ports are 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. on charlie 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 part of it helps bring people together. the bottle is coming tomorrow but today we enjoy a meal without worrying about whether we'll live or die by the same token soldiers that lived 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 gone. 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. 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 it brought in to and one of the last cities fall napoleon here is to pay tribute to them for the full.

course the formalities had finished it was time for the two armies to take their places two hundred years ago in a pollie and use all conquering grand army stood here against the troops of general could choose off with russia at stake it was impossible not to be nervous. everyone might met in the camp of been desperate to put on a good show and i was just hoping that all the training combined with some impressive pyrotechnics would see them through so off the 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 it's. a few words from general to use on the

first shots were fired at them in the fields one received in smoke as the cameron's . speech his. first major actions of the battle for their own prince by brussels flesh works and they would be captured and recaptured by both sides of the battle. once the bunch of cops in the villages brought in the russians pulled back to the royals redoubt and that was where the most vicious and close will possibly take place. the figures have long been disputed but it's estimated there were around seventy

thousand casualties of the original. blood many dead bodies almost feel soon to rejoin. by the terrible pounding from the french the russians were able to hold the ridge way behind the redoubt for several hours about it will eventually gave the chance to retreat with their army still intact.

even under the right the crowd was laughing everything up with the vast majority staying to see napoleon complete what would ultimately prove to be a very scary victory. for the french may have won the field but that doesn't seem to anyone spirits here it's been a fantastic show and it's a real tribute to the skill and africa of the river not the two hundred years on from. brought it out tens of thousands of people have come out to watch them bring history to life.

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