Sharpe's Skirmish
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It is the summer of 1812 and Richard Sharpe, newly recovered
from the wound he received in the fighting at Salamanca, is
given an easy duty; to guard a Commissary Officer posted to
an obscure Spanish fort where there are some captured French
muskets to repair. But unknown to the British, the French are
planning a lightning raid across the River Tormes, and they
reckon the obscure Spanish fort, which guards an ancient bridge
across the river, will be lightly guarded. Sharpe is in for
a fight.