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.