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Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() His fears are realised when a hidden French cavalry unit overruns the British Lennox is fatally wounded and the King's colours are lost. ![]() Lennox strenuously objects, but obeys the command. ![]() When Simmerson spots a small French patrol on the other side of the river, he orders Lennox to take a small detachment and drive them off. The bridge is taken without resistance and Sharpe's men start to place explosives. However, Major Lennox, who knows Sharpe from their days in India, and American-born Captain Leroy appreciate his military expertise. Simmerson, his nephew Lieutenant Gibbons and Lieutenant Berry despise Sharpe for his low birth. ![]() He orders Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his band of "chosen men" to accompany the arrogant, incompetent, newly arrived Sir Henry Simmerson and his South Essex Regiment on a mission to destroy a bridge vital to French troop movements. In 1809, Sir Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in the Iberian Peninsula, prepares to invade French-controlled Spain. Shown on ITV in 1993, the adaptation stars Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley and Assumpta Serna. Sharpe's Eagle is the second in the series of Sharpe historical war television dramas, based on the 1981 novel of the same name. ![]()
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