Sharpe (1993)

Episode Overview

In the Spanish hills, Sharpe and his men discover the village of Casa Antiga ravaged by Brigadier General Guy Loup and his Wolf brigade. Perkins saves a young woman from two of Loup’s soldiers, who are arrested. When Loup demands their release, Sharpe refuses and executes them before him, sparking a vow of revenge. Back at camp, Wellington puts Sharpe in charge of the Royal Irish Company, raw recruits unused to war who soon consider mutiny. Sharpe gives them three choices: die by the French, be shot for deserting, or learn to be soldiers. His grit wins their respect, but treachery from Spanish partisan Dona Juanita de…