regiment ot Negro soldiers.
No. It was not just my idea.
Mr. Douglass--
We will offer pride and dignity...
to those who have known
only degradation.
- Colored soldiers. Just think of it.
- Wonderful.
Ive submitted your name
to be commissioned colonel...
of the th Massachusetts lnfantry.
Thank you, Governor.
Thats--
lts a wonderful idea.
Excuse me.
Well done, Shaw.
- Splendid job, young man.
- Bra
colonel!
Gentlemen.
I have some news.
An army of Muhammadan fanatics
under the command
of their self-proclaimed
messiah, the Mahdi
has attacked a British fortress
in the Sudan.
Our forces there fought a heroic
but in the end hopeless,
rearguard action.
They were slaughtered to a man.
As a result of these hostilities
several regiments,
including the Royal Cumbrians
will be shipping out
to the Suda
Colonel of the th Hussars.
My forefather.
His regiment wasnt required at Austerlitz.
At Echmuhl, he was laid up
after lopping off his ear with his sword.
At Eylau, just before ordering the charge,
he resolved to show a grenadier
how to cock a carbine and blew the side of his head off.
Im very fond of this absurd fellow.
Grandma said I take after him. I believe it,
given my tendency to undermine t
regiment de la
Fere, at Valence.
EXT. FIRING RANGE - DAY
Artillery firing range. A hot summer morning. Napoleon
is part of a group of young officers loading and firing a
cannon.
NARRATOR
The practical professional training
that Napoleon would receive for the
next three years would give him a
working knowledge of all arms, and
expose him to the advanced military
ideas of du Teil, Bourcet and
Guibe
regiment of Zulu warriors carrying shields and assegais
(stabbing spears)
are seen running into the Kraal whilst the sound of tribal
singing, chanting and drum
beating escalates.
7. Inside the camp a group of Zulus are seen grappling with a
bull as they struggle to
bring the animal to the ground. They are watched by a vast
circle of warriors all
shouting encouragement.
8. An elaborate tribal danc