Royal Scots Museum With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To The Castle Edinburgh Scotland

Описание: Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the Royal Scots museum on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the castle in Edinburgh, Britain, United Kingdom. The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707. Their most famous day was on June 18, 1815, when the Scottish cavalry’s 400 grey horses thundered towards the French forces, spearheading the Duke of Wellington’s Anglo Allied army’s victory against Emperor Napoleon. But the heroic actions of the Scots came at a cost with 200 men and 224 horses from The Greys falling in battle, either killed or wounded. The heroic charge struck a thunderbolt into the heart of Napoleon’s legions and helped halt his bid for dictatorial dominance in Europe. Napoleon called them “ Les terrible chevaux gris ” as he witnessed the might of the Royal Scots Greys being unleashed onto the battlefield of Waterloo in one of the most important cavalry charges in history. The regiment's history began in 1678, when three independent troops of Scots Dragoons were raised. In 1681, these troops were regimented to form The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons, numbered the 4th Dragoons in 1694. They were already mounted on grey horses by this stage and were already being referred to as the Grey Dragoons. When inspected by William III in 1693, it was noted the regiment was mounted on grey horses and the original grey coats were replaced with red, or scarlet, coats with blue facings, proclaiming the Scots Greys Royal status. At the Battle of Elixheim in 1705, the Scots Greys participated in the massed cavalry charge which broke through the French lines. Renamed the Royal North British Dragoons, their next significant action was the Battle of Oudenarde.[19] At the Battle of Malplaquet in September 1709, they captured the standard of the French Household Cavalry. With the French Revolution in 1789, and the increasing tensions between Great Britain and Revolutionary France, the Scots Greys were brought up to strength and then expanded with four new troops to nine troops of dragoons, each of 54 men, in 1792 in anticipation of hostilities. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.