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The Peninsular War · May 1811, Fuentes de Oñoro

Sharpe's Battle

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Sharpe makes a French enemy and has to train the Spanish king's Irish guard

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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Quick recap

1811. Sharpe's company catches gray-uniformed French soldiers attacking a village. Their leader, Brigadier Guy Loup, offers a deal for the prisoners, but Sharpe has them shot, and Loup swears revenge. Wellington has Sharpe train the Real Compañía Irlandesa, the Spanish king's Irish guard, hoping it will desert. The spy Ducos uses Doña Juanita, mistress of both Loup and the guard's commander Lord Kiely, to spread fake newspapers. Loup massacres a fort's Portuguese garrison. Kiely kills himself, and Sharpe shoots Father Sarsfield, the traitor. At Fuentes de Oñoro, the Irish turn the battle. At the river ford, Juanita shoots Sharpe and Harper kills her. Wounded, Sharpe drowns Loup, and the charges against him are dropped.

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What changed on screen

  1. ChangeNo Ducos, no Sarsfield

    Spy Ducos and Father Sarsfield, key to the book's plot, don't appear on TV. Major Munro takes Hogan's role.

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  2. ChangeKiely's death

    In the book, Lord Kiely kills himself after his disgrace. On TV he has a wife and is killed by Loup.

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  3. ChangePerkins doesn't make it

    Young Perkins survives the book but dies in the film.

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  4. ChangeNo Fuentes de Oñoro

    The film ends with the destruction of Loup's brigade and skips the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, the book's climax.

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