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00:01:25 Whoa!
00:01:31 Major Sharpe are we lost sir?
00:01:33 Are we lost?
00:01:35 No, Lieutenant Jenkins, I'm here for the hell of it.
00:01:38 Wherever "here" is. We need a compass.
00:01:41 - Or a map.
00:01:46 Bloody supply escorts.
00:01:48 That's not soldiering.
00:01:50 - We should have found the wagons by now.
00:01:54 I think it was back at the ruined village, sir.
00:01:58 We should have stayed
00:02:00 Bloody maps!
00:02:03 I don't think it's the map, sir.
00:02:07 Well, perhaps it was, sir.
00:02:09 Actually, it's not a very good map at all, sir.
00:02:11 I mean. Whoever drew it...
00:02:13 Shut up!
00:02:18 Rifles, take cover!
00:02:20 Catch him, Pat.
00:02:23 Whoa, whoa.
00:02:25 Whoa.
00:02:26 Good. Good.
00:02:28 Come on. Then.
00:02:31 I think he's one of ours.
00:02:54 - Spaniards?
00:02:58 The Dons are always gaudy. So they are.
00:03:04 - They've got French weapons.
00:03:07 Maybe they've run out of dye.
00:03:11 Chargez!
00:03:14 Maybe they've run out of luck.
00:03:27 - Yee-ah! Yah!
00:03:39 Good shot, Dan...
00:03:59 It's wolf fur.
00:04:13 Oh, my God...
00:04:15 it hooks like we've found our supplies.
00:04:20 Harris, Perkins, take picket.
00:04:23 - Lieutenant Jenkins.
00:04:25 Get this lot buried.
00:04:29 - I want to be out of this place in an hour.
00:04:41 Horse shit, sir.
00:04:44 Some from yesterday and some... fresh.
00:04:47 - They were waiting, then?
00:04:49 20 or 30 of them, by my reckoning.
00:04:51 Took 'em by surprise.
00:04:54 Can we track 'em?
00:04:56 30 horses and two heavy wagons?
00:05:27 - My lord.
00:05:29 From His Most Catholic Majesty,
00:05:33 I've taken the precaution of reading it.
00:05:36 - His Most Catholic Majesty...
00:05:41 ...in a spirit of regal cooperation
00:05:45 and in his great desire to drive the French
00:05:50 has directed the Real Compañia Irlandesa...
00:05:53 That's the Royal Irish Company, my lord.
00:05:56 ...of His Most Catholic Majesty's
00:05:59 under the command of Colonel the Lord Kiely,
00:06:02 to attach itself to the forces
00:06:07 - Copy to Horse Guards, I presume?
00:06:11 - Can we intercept it?
00:06:15 - Yes, which means we're stuck with them.
00:06:19 I don't need "decorative"! I need an extra
00:06:24 Are they all Irish?
00:06:26 Most of the company's Spanish-bon these days,
00:06:29 though they have to be descended
00:06:32 - Put them to latrine digging.
00:06:36 household guard on menial tasks, it'll be
00:06:42 as well as to His Most Catholic Majesty.
00:06:44 Damn His Most Catholic Majesty
00:06:47 I know the Irish peerage.
00:06:49 Irish Catholic exiles.
00:06:51 You're paid to advise me, Munro,
00:06:54 so earn your damn pay.
00:06:56 I fear we have to welcome Lord Kiely
00:06:59 even while we mistrust them.
00:07:02 It seems to me that we must do our best
00:07:05 uncomfortable.
00:07:07 Drive them out? How?
00:07:10 Bivouac them close to the French lines,
00:07:16 We'll give them a liaison officer, of course,
00:07:19 someone senior enough
00:07:22 but why not give them a drillmaster, too?
00:07:26 I doubt Lord Kiely would like
00:07:30 Och, I cannot think they'll take to each other,
00:07:34 Good.
00:07:35 Give the puppets Richard Sharpe.
00:07:51 Allez vite.
00:07:59 They're pulling out. Sir.
00:08:01 Not with our wagons they're not.
00:08:03 Rifles!
00:08:33 Allez.
00:08:38 Merde!
00:08:47 If they move, shoot 'em!
00:08:48 Yes, sir.
00:08:57 Pat!
00:09:16 Hagman, Moore, Bradshaw!
00:09:18 Make a picket down the road, but be ready to
00:09:23 Aye, sir.
00:09:35 Sir!
00:09:38 What is it, Jenkins?
00:09:54 Who'd do such a thing?
00:09:56 Harris!
00:09:58 Sir?
00:09:59 There's two Frogs in that ban. Find out
00:10:03 Yes, sir!
00:10:30 Well?
00:10:32 They belong to Brigade Loup, Wolf Brigade,
00:10:34 named after their commanding officer,
00:10:38 "Loup" is French for "wolf".
00:10:41 Well, we all know what to do with wolves.
00:10:43 Stand to. Lads. It's a parley.
00:10:57 I am Brigadier General Guy Loup
00:11:02 Sharpe. Major Sharpe. South Essex.
00:11:16 I don't take gifts from murderers.
00:11:25 You have two of my men.
00:11:27 Forget 'em.
00:11:29 They are dead?
00:11:31 They will be. Soon.
00:11:36 Might I remind you, Major, of the rules of war?
00:11:40 Killing babies and young children?
00:11:46 I police these mountains.
00:11:49 The chief weapon of the guerrilla, Major,
00:11:56 Horror.
00:12:00 So I make sure that I am more horrible
00:12:06 No more of my men will die
00:12:10 They will if I find them.
00:12:14 You should not be so quick with your threats,
00:12:19 You fight me.
00:12:21 You will lean caution.
00:12:25 Now, my men, if you please.
00:12:31 - Sergeant Harper.
00:12:33 Bring the Frogs out.
00:12:42 You're being sensible. It's good.
00:12:49 Sergeant Harper. Put 'em up against the wall.
00:12:52 I want a firing squad.
00:13:07 Bastardos! Hijos de puta!
00:13:13 - Firing party ready, Sergeant?
00:13:20 I have promised my men, Major,
00:13:26 Don't make me break my promise.
00:13:30 Alors.
00:13:33 Their lives for your supplies.
00:13:36 We'll get our supplies back
00:13:40 you'll die hard.
00:13:42 You kill my men, Major, you will regret it.
00:13:51 Rifles, make ready!
00:13:53 Non. Monsieur.
00:13:55 Je vous en prie.
00:13:56 Fire!
00:14:06 You're a dead man, Sharpe.
00:14:20 She'll have to come with us, Perkins.
00:14:22 Look after her. Do you know her name?
00:14:24 Miranda, sir.
00:14:26 Admired Miranda.
00:14:28 Look after Miranda. Then.
00:14:33 Erm...
00:14:35 sir.
00:14:37 Were you supposed to do that?
00:15:10 You. Sir. Get out of the road.
00:15:12 Don't just sit and gawp, damn your eyes.
00:15:16 Get out of the bloody road.
00:15:20 Are you deaf, sir?
00:15:23 I said.
00:15:24 - Get out of the road.
00:15:29 - Do you know who I am?
00:15:32 And unless you want knocking on your arse,
00:15:49 Who's this lot, then?
00:15:53 Toy soldiers, Pat.
00:16:07 Now, would you look at them.
00:16:09 I just pity the poor bastard
00:16:14 My new command, my lord?
00:16:16 The Real Compañia Irlandesa, Sharpe.
00:16:23 The Spanish King's bodyguard, sir?
00:16:25 Just so. Just so.
00:16:28 From His Most Catholic Majesty, King Ferdinand
00:16:33 - You can take your Greenjackets to help.
00:16:38 Alona.
00:16:40 Not very comfortable, but it's not meant to be.
00:16:42 They've had an easy life, Sharpe,
00:16:45 sat on their rumps at Escoriah all day.
00:16:47 They're soft. If they're going to be any use to me,
00:16:51 Don't spare the rod.
00:16:54 Give them hell.
00:16:57 That's all.
00:17:00 Yes, sir.
00:17:04 Come on. Then. All up.
00:17:06 Quick march.
00:17:08 Colonel Runciman will act as liaison officer
00:17:12 Runciman? Wagon Master General Runciman?
00:17:14 Ex-Wagon Master General.
00:17:17 You'll find him in town,
00:17:20 Have you ever dealt
00:17:23 Oh, aye. In India.
00:17:25 The Tippoo Sultan's bodyguard.
00:17:27 I dealt with them all right.
00:17:29 Big buggers they were,
00:17:33 but he died harder
00:17:36 You killed him?
00:17:38 Oh, aye. I killed him, all right.
00:17:40 Capital, capital.
00:17:44 We're sending a regicide
00:17:57 Colonel Runciman?
00:17:59 - Major Sharpe, sir.
00:18:01 There's a hunchbacked bitch
00:18:04 If you see her,
00:18:08 Ah, there she is.
00:18:10 I can't imagine why.
00:18:16 Si, señor.
00:18:25 She's an ugly-looking whore, ain't she?
00:18:27 Well, sit ye down, Sharpe. Sit ye down.
00:18:31 Will you have some wine?
00:18:39 Ohh.
00:18:42 Better. Better.
00:18:44 Let the effusions out, Sharpe.
00:18:49 Now, then, Sharpe,
00:18:53 Upon my soul, it is. A veritable chance.
00:18:56 Know what real” means, Sharpe?
00:18:59 "Royal", sir.
00:19:01 So, you're not completely uneducated,
00:19:04 Eh? Aye. Royal. Indeed.
00:19:07 The Royal Guard,
00:19:12 They have royal connections,
00:19:16 Yes, sir.
00:19:19 A reward for a job well done, eh, Sharpe?
00:19:23 I mean, God alone knows
00:19:28 A knighthood? Order of the Bath?
00:19:31 Damn it, even a viscountcy.
00:19:33 - And why not, eh? Why not?
00:19:35 Some more wine, you brown-skinned slut!
00:19:38 - Si. Señor.
00:19:41 Sharpe, the fly in our unguent
00:19:48 Have you ever commanded the Irish. Sharpe?
00:19:51 A few, sir. Yes.
00:19:53 Well, I've been ordering these buggers about
00:19:56 ever since they amalgamated
00:20:00 Believe me, there ain't nothing
00:20:03 You know what the trouble
00:20:06 No, sir.
00:20:08 They don't understand their own good luck.
00:20:11 I mean, we go and we sort out their country.
00:20:16 And all they do is froth at the maw and throw
00:20:22 None. But. Still. We have to be diplomatic. Eh?
00:20:27 We have to treat these chaps
00:20:32 - A fair number of my fellows are Irish, sir.
00:20:37 They would be.
00:20:39 I mean, a third of this damn army
00:20:45 God, if there was ever a mutiny...
00:20:49 - No, sir.
00:20:51 Now, Sharpe, thump 'em! Thump 'em hard.
00:20:56 It's the only cure for papism,
00:21:00 I mean, that was what my father said,
00:21:05 so he understood these things.
00:21:07 Yes, sir.
00:21:09 Oh, there's just one more thing.
00:21:16 I would prefer it
00:21:20 After all, I was Wagon Master General.
00:21:23 So, it ought to be General Runciman.
00:21:27 Have your men do the same, eh?
00:21:29 Of course, General.
00:21:33 Ah.
00:21:35 - Good afternoon to you, Colonel.
00:21:38 I was just saying to Sharpe here,
00:21:43 ...Wagon Master General.
00:21:45 Of course. Of course.
00:21:47 I apologize for not observing
00:21:52 No, Wagon Master,
00:21:56 if you'll excuse us, the Irish Company
00:22:06 Hold arms!
00:22:19 Cake fouling the barrel.
00:22:22 No flint.
00:22:27 No dog-head screw.
00:22:29 Did you ever fire this musket?
00:22:31 No, sir.
00:22:33 - Have you ever fired a musket?
00:22:36 One day.
00:22:39 If you wanted to kill somebody with this gun,
00:22:45 Mind you, you're big enough for that, aren't you?
00:22:54 - What's your name, soldier?
00:22:56 O'Rourke?
00:22:59 - My dad's from Galway, sir, but I was bon...
00:23:03 I'm from Donegal myself.
00:23:05 Do you know what else I am, O'Rourke?
00:23:08 - No, sir.
00:23:10 I'm ashamed and disgusted, so I am, that an
00:23:16 You wouldn't kill an Englishman with that,
00:23:18 never mind a bloody Frenchman!
00:23:25 What the hell do you think you're doing?
00:23:28 Making an inspection.
00:23:30 Haven't you leaned
00:23:34 before inspecting his men?
00:23:37 When I got here, there were no officers,
00:23:40 and until I'm introduced to an officer,
00:23:45 Damn your impudence, sir!
00:23:48 I am the Earl of Kiely,
00:23:54 Major Richard Sharpe. South Essex.
00:23:57 Lord Wellington has chosen me
00:24:02 Drill Sergeant, you mean?
00:24:07 I give lessons in killing, too.
00:24:10 Lord Kiely wants you to know
00:24:16 Not parade-ground soldiers,
00:24:22 Look at it.
00:24:24 A piece of lumber.
00:24:26 You couldn't fire the thing in a month of Fridays,
00:24:29 but you can still kill with it.
00:24:33 And the best person to kill on a battlefield
00:24:38 Remember that.
00:24:40 Kill them first, then the sergeants,
00:24:43 and after that
00:24:49 But...
00:24:51 if you've shot your ball...
00:24:54 ...then what you do
00:24:57 is turn the musket
00:24:59 and club the buggery out of the horse's mouth.
00:25:08 I guarantee the horse will throw its rider,
00:25:10 and when the overpaid,
00:25:15 you can finish him off while he's still stunned.
00:25:19 - Have you ever seen that done, Sergeant?
00:25:23 - Have you ever done it yourself?
00:25:26 And were they all Frog officers?
00:25:30 Of course they weren't.
00:25:33 We've killed officers in blue coats, red coats,
00:25:38 because h don't care
00:25:42 What color coat he wears
00:25:46 A bad officer is better off dead, and
00:25:50 - Ain't that right, Sergeant Harper?
00:25:56 Listen hard, gentlemen.
00:25:59 I know every skiving, dishonest,
00:26:04 How's that?
00:26:07 Because I started off where you did, in the ranks.
00:26:11 Remember that.
00:26:14 My name is Sharpe,
00:26:16 Major Sharpe,
00:26:18 and I'm going to teach you to be soldiers.
00:26:56 Steady. Steady.
00:26:59 - Are you all right, ma'am?
00:27:02 - Here, she's fainted.
00:27:24 Loosen her clothes. Let her breathe.
00:27:28 - Me?
00:27:33 Oh, hell.
00:27:58 Ben?
00:28:03 Ben?
00:28:06 Who...
00:28:08 Who are you?
00:28:13 Major Sharpe, ma'am, at your service.
00:28:17 What happened?
00:28:19 Where am I?
00:28:21 Why have you undressed me?
00:28:23 You were thrown from the coach, ma'am,
00:28:25 and fell into a swoon.
00:28:27 I was told to er... loosen your clothes.
00:28:30 Where's my husband?
00:28:32 You're married to one of the officers, ma'am?
00:28:34 I'm married to Lord Kiely.
00:28:36 Lord Kiely isn't here.
00:28:38 He didn't ride ahead of us?
00:28:41 - Perhaps his intention is to join you later, m'lady.
00:28:45 Yes, that must be what he intends.
00:28:49 If you will excuse me, Lady Kiely,
00:28:58 Right. Come on. You lads.
00:29:00 - I want this stuff over here.
00:29:03 - We're doing it as fast as we can.
00:29:06 Don't break your heart and me with it.
00:29:11 OK. We're off.
00:29:19 Rifles!
00:29:21 - Thanks, Dan.
00:29:25 - Well, now, there's a thing.
00:29:28 Oh, leave off, Dan.
00:29:31 - Hs that for anything?
00:29:33 - There has to be an easier way than this, lads.
00:29:37 Where are you going to now, for Jesus' sake?
00:29:40 - What do you think of these Paddies, then?
00:29:45 Bloody mincemeat.
00:29:47 Find the middle of it.
00:29:50 - Ah, Jesus!
00:29:52 Look out up there, all right?
00:29:54 Look at it.
00:29:59 Well, I'll tell you, if any bastard
00:30:04 Yeah.
00:30:06 Let's have a standing picket 50 yards out.
00:30:10 If any bugger comes, I want to know about it.
00:30:16 Right. Come on with you.
00:30:32 Brady?
00:30:36 Brady?
00:30:40 Donaju?
00:30:44 O'Rourke?
00:30:46 Here.
00:30:47 Murphy PD?
00:30:53 Murphy FG?
00:30:57 Murphy FF?
00:31:03 All right.
00:31:05 Let's make this very easy.
00:31:07 Who is here?
00:31:09 I am!
00:31:12 Where the hell have they all got to?
00:31:15 Hell's just about right, sir.
00:31:18 O'Brien?
00:31:22 O'Dell?
00:31:24 Why were we put here, Major?
00:31:26 - Here, my lord?
00:31:30 It's a damned invitation for the men to run.
00:31:34 Is that what Wellington wants?
00:31:36 What do you want?
00:31:38 I want to fight.
00:31:40 Then you've come to the right place.
00:31:44 See that track? You march your lads up there
00:31:48 The Frogs'll love it.
00:31:54 What do you want of your men? Suicide?
00:31:57 If necessary.
00:32:01 You're mad, my lord.
00:32:03 Would you call Roland's defense
00:32:08 Did Leonidas' Spartans
00:32:12 Sometimes, a great name
00:32:19 No wonder your boys are deserting. I would, too.
00:32:23 If I take a man into battle,
00:32:25 I like to offer him a better-than-evens chance
00:32:31 Riders approaching.
00:32:32 Frenchies.
00:33:33 So, what's he doing, Sharpe?
00:33:35 Offering single combat.
00:33:38 He has a fancy to die famous, so he has.
00:33:53 The point! The point beats the edge.
00:33:57 Eh, Sharpe?
00:34:13 Go on!
00:34:24 Finish it. Finish the bastard.
00:34:38 You bloody fool.
00:34:54 What's happening?
00:34:56 He's a dead 'un, sir.
00:34:58 Monsieur.
00:35:01 God save you, sir.
00:35:14 Bravo.
00:35:16 Bravo
00:35:18 Sharpe, is that...
00:35:20 Is she...
00:35:22 I mean, is it...
00:35:24 - It's a woman, General.
00:35:26 Good God!
00:35:28 Ah. Generalísimo Runciman, no?
00:35:31 I am Doña Juanita de Elia.
00:35:33 So, ma'am, have you come far?
00:35:35 From Vitoria.
00:35:37 What's your business here?
00:35:39 - You. Must. Be Sharpe...
00:35:41 Yes, Munro said you had no manners.
00:35:44 - Munro?
00:35:48 Major Munro asked me to attach myself
00:35:59 Madam, allow me to name
00:36:01 Bravo, my lord.
00:36:03 Bravo. You are a good swordsman.
00:36:06 I am in your debt.
00:36:10 It was nothing, ma'am.
00:36:20 Ben, you're unharmed?
00:36:23 Thank you, madam. I am quite well.
00:36:27 You see, Sharpe? You see?
00:36:29 A man can fight in the old ways.
00:36:35 That man died for nothing,
00:36:38 just as your death
00:36:41 For nothing, Sharpe?
00:36:43 Listen!
00:36:45 Do you not hear?
00:36:49 I just gave them a victory.
00:36:53 And you're going to stop 'em deserting.
00:36:56 Ben.
00:37:20 Loose as a good woman, soldier.
00:37:22 Button it up.
00:37:33 I hear from Jenkins
00:37:36 12 of them flew the coop last night. Good God,
00:37:41 In two weeks, we won't have a soul left.
00:37:43 - After Kiely's show, I wouldn't give us two days.
00:37:47 There's a wolf in these hills, General.
00:37:49 I can smell him.
00:37:53 A wolf?
00:37:55 Brigadier Loup.
00:37:57 Oh, yes. Yes.
00:37:59 Do you think he'll come here?
00:38:01 Oh, yes, he'll come.
00:38:03 It's just a matter of when.
00:38:05 I can't hold him off with a few Chosen Men.
00:38:08 If the Irish boys had decent muskets...
00:38:10 You know how thin
00:38:13 - It can't be done. It can't be done.
00:38:16 Enough muskets, powder, ammunition was in
00:38:24 ...to arm the Irish Company twice over,
00:38:32 No, I don't,
00:38:34 but I will.
00:38:41 They're our wagons. Right enough.
00:38:43 What do you reckon?
00:38:47 It's quiet.
00:38:49 Too quiet. If you ask me.
00:38:52 Maybe they're out on patrol.
00:38:54 We've caught Loup with his breeches down.
00:39:59 Sentinelle, debout.
00:40:03 Il est mort.
00:40:09 It's time we weren't here.
00:40:11 Harris! Perkins!
00:40:14 Allez. En garde.
00:40:28 En garde! Allez! Allez!
00:41:02 Go on. Go on.
00:42:06 Jenkins!
00:42:08 Sir?
00:42:09 Can you get these buggers out?
00:42:11 I'll try, sir.
00:42:13 Rifles! Stand ready
00:42:18 Sharpe, what are you doing?
00:42:20 We're pulling back.
00:42:22 No!
00:42:23 No retreat. We stand and fight.
00:42:25 We're outgunned, outnumbered.
00:42:28 Irish Company, stand firm.
00:42:34 Jenkins, get them out of this bloody rat-trap.
00:42:40 Irish Company, to me! Fall back! Fall back!
00:42:49 Keep on running.
00:42:51 Tirez!
00:43:01 - Colonel Kiely, withdraw, sir!
00:43:05 You must withdraw.
00:43:08 He's a mad bastard, so he is.
00:43:10 Sir, we must go.
00:43:20 All! My... All!
00:43:23 My leg. Jesus.
00:43:40 Let's go. Let's go.
00:43:43 Retraite.
00:43:52 - Why don't they pursue?
00:43:55 We had them. We should have stayed
00:43:58 We had nothing. We got away with our lives.
00:44:19 How many?
00:44:21 17 dead.
00:44:23 Four wounded.
00:44:25 The luck of the Irish.
00:44:27 Major.
00:44:29 Something you ought to see.
00:44:39 Look at 'em.
00:44:42 Your brave Irish deserters.
00:44:48 The French believe
00:44:52 Those who are for them
00:44:57 They've found you now,
00:45:01 And until they find the answers,
00:45:07 ...which leaves you three choices.
00:45:14 You can run east
00:45:20 You can run west
00:45:26 Or you can stay here
00:45:30 We are soldiers.
00:45:32 Soldiers?
00:45:34 Shall I tell you what the rest of this army
00:45:38 including the Connaught Rangers
00:45:41 They think you're soft.
00:45:43 You're all right for guarding a piss-pot
00:45:49 But that's all going to change,
00:45:51 because one day
00:45:53 you and I are going to go into battle...
00:45:57 ...real battle,
00:45:59 and when we do,
00:46:02 Bloody good.
00:46:12 There's a French bastard in these mountains
00:46:15 It were his men you ran into today.
00:46:18 And it were him as did this to your mates.
00:46:22 Now, you can die like gelded dogs
00:46:24 or you can show him
00:46:27 in the world that can stand up to the Irish.
00:46:31 It's your choice.
00:46:43 Yes!
00:46:56 Major, I'm to dine with Munro tonight.
00:46:59 I can't.
00:47:01 Things need seeing to.
00:47:03 Doña Juanita needs an escort.
00:47:07 - Why don't you escort her?
00:47:12 I know Wellington doesn't want
00:47:16 Look, I took you to be one of his lackeys,
00:47:20 but what you said to the men
00:47:24 I hate making bloody speeches.
00:47:26 No, they were good words, Sharpe. That's what
00:47:31 They're decent lads.
00:47:33 I know, and you can make 'em decent soldiers.
00:47:39 I haven't your experience. Sharpe.
00:47:41 You handled that Crapaud well enough,
00:47:45 I couldn't have done that.
00:47:49 The Real Compañia is my first commission.
00:47:52 - But you have fought before?
00:47:57 My compliments.
00:47:59 I want to make things right between us.
00:48:01 Come to dinner tonight as my guest.
00:48:08 He's a decent fellow.
00:48:14 Well, we have much to thank him for.
00:48:17 Indeed.
00:48:21 There.
00:48:38 No.
00:48:41 - No, I cannot.
00:48:46 Please?
00:48:50 Forgive me.
00:48:58 Please!
00:49:09 Look out. Keep your eyes open. Lads.
00:49:15 These lads wanted to see you.
00:49:20 It's about this, sir.
00:49:22 There are children being murdered
00:49:25 And women dragged out of their houses
00:49:28 Ht says the River Erne
00:49:32 Cromwell's ghost has come again
00:49:37 This is an American newspaper.
00:49:39 Since when have the Americans
00:49:43 - Trouble in Ireland? We'd have heard.
00:49:47 There's always bloody rumors! How many
00:49:53 I don't know, sir.
00:49:54 Well, I do. Not one of them thought to tell us
00:49:59 Yet, all of a sudden,
00:50:02 I heard about it, sir.
00:50:04 - It doesn't make sense.
00:50:08 Yes, it does, Pat. That's how you and me live.
00:50:13 These are lies, right?
00:50:15 Right.
00:50:16 So, let's get back to bloody work.
00:50:22 Not you, Pat.
00:50:24 I've got enough troubles
00:50:27 Everybody expects me to solve their bloody
00:50:33 I always do.
00:50:36 Yeah, I know you do.
00:50:40 God help us if Loup comes now.
00:50:42 We'll be caught like rats in a ring,
00:50:46 What?
00:50:48 Well, he hasn't said as much, but he doesn't trust
00:50:53 They want 'em out of the way.
00:50:57 I'm meant to help get rid of the bastards,
00:51:00 but I like 'em, damn it.
00:51:02 I like 'em.
00:51:08 Among the partisans,
00:51:14 The training is going well, my lord?
00:51:17 Indeed, Munro.
00:51:19 Major Sharpe
00:51:22 I thank you for it.
00:51:24 But you're still losing men over the wall, I hear.
00:51:27 I think Major Sharpe and I
00:51:30 Haven't we. Major?
00:51:32 I think we have, sir.
00:51:36 And how are you finding life at Alona, m'lady?
00:51:39 Different from Madrid, I'll wager.
00:51:41 It is not altogether disagreeable.
00:51:45 I was surprised you'd bring her out here.
00:51:49 No.
00:51:50 I did suggest to her that she remain in Madrid,
00:51:56 My place is at Benedict's side.
00:51:58 Other wives follow their husbands into the field.
00:52:01 Why should I not do the same?
00:52:03 - Because you could be his death.
00:52:08 A man in battle
00:52:12 He has burdens enough with his rifle and pack.
00:52:14 I don't agree.
00:52:18 A man should always have his wife nearby
00:52:23 You fight for King George, don't you, Sharpe?
00:52:28 You should have stayed at home in Madrid.
00:52:30 You could have filled your days with embroidery
00:52:33 and, well, whatever it is gentlefolk do at home.
00:52:37 At home in Ireland, madam,
00:52:44 Doña Juanita meant no offence, Lucy.
00:52:48 Ben?
00:52:51 Apologize, madam, damn it.
00:52:56 My apologies, madam.
00:53:06 Ah, Señor Munro, I never like to be with a man
00:53:11 It's a bit gusty tonight. We don't want
00:53:18 God knows why she came.
00:53:20 Munro's instructions.
00:53:24 She has partisans in the mountains, so she says,
00:53:28 I meant the farmer's daughter, Sharpe.
00:53:31 My wife.
00:53:33 Your wife's a lady.
00:53:35 Oh, now, yes. The farmer's daughter.
00:53:38 Good breeding stock... ah!
00:53:42 She married me for my name, do you see?
00:53:45 And what did you marry her for?
00:53:47 Money
00:53:49 No.
00:53:51 No, that's not true.
00:53:56 I loved her once,
00:53:58 but she lost a child.
00:54:00 Six months since.
00:54:02 - And you slight her for that?
00:54:10 I'm the last of my blood, Sharpe.
00:54:13 When I die,
00:54:15 the name dies with me.
00:54:17 Perhaps next time.
00:54:19 No.
00:54:21 No, I...
00:54:23 I thought to try, but...
00:54:27 No.
00:54:29 I could not face that again.
00:54:32 It was her child, too.
00:54:36 Yes.
00:54:43 - Good night, sir.
00:54:49 Ah, Richard!
00:54:52 There you are.
00:54:57 I didn't like to ask in front of Kiely, but
00:55:02 Well enough.
00:55:06 I hear there's mischief.
00:55:08 Oh, aye? Where did you hear that from?
00:55:11 Your good friend the Doña Juanita?
00:55:13 She might have mentioned something.
00:55:15 Is that why she's here,
00:55:17 to spy on me?
00:55:21 You trust 'em?
00:55:24 Before I'd ever trust you.
00:55:27 I was sent here to train soldiers
00:55:31 I'll make them
00:55:35 That is what you want, isn't it?
00:55:39 A dangerous game you're playing, Richard.
00:55:42 You and Wellington
00:55:45 Fair enough. That's your business.
00:55:48 But if you're including me in that number,
00:55:54 Nobody wants you to die, Richard...
00:55:57 ...unnecessarily.
00:56:01 But watch your step, hm?
00:56:03 It's good advice.
00:56:40 I must talk with you.
00:56:43 Major Sharpe.
00:56:45 She is with him, isn't she?
00:56:49 With who?
00:56:51 Doña Juanita.
00:56:53 She is with my husband?
00:56:57 I'm sure not.
00:56:59 You are a poor liar.
00:57:05 I beg you. Major.
00:57:07 My husband respects you.
00:57:11 If you have any influence over him,
00:57:13 please urge him to stop this...
00:57:17 ...foolishness.
00:57:19 It is not my place to interfere.
00:57:28 Your husband is a fool.
00:57:30 - He is a romantic.
00:57:34 You are my only hope, Major Sharpe.
00:57:38 I have pleaded with him to give her up,
00:57:40 but he will not.
00:57:44 I can offer you little
00:58:01 If you wish...
00:58:10 ...h will spend the night with you.
00:58:16 Treat me like the lowest Marseille whore
00:58:21 Only, I implore you...
00:58:27 ...intercede on my behalf with Ben.
00:58:48 I am too plain for you?
00:58:53 No.
00:58:57 You're another man's wife.
00:59:01 I will do what I can,
00:59:03 when I can,
00:59:05 if I can.
00:59:07 But I do it for you, not for your husband.
00:59:14 And there is no charge.
00:59:19 Thank you, Major.
00:59:21 Good night, m'lady.
00:59:41 Sharpe, do you see anything?
00:59:44 No.
00:59:46 But he's out there
00:59:49 somewhere,
00:59:51 waiting for his moment.
00:59:53 Well, let him come, eh?
00:59:58 We're armed.
01:00:00 I don't know about ready.
01:00:02 Then make us ready, Sharpe. Make us ready.
01:00:08 I mean to.
01:00:10 Gentlemen,
01:00:12 draw the cartridge from your pouch.
01:00:17 Bite off the ball.
01:00:20 Prime your pan.
01:00:25 Drop the butt.
01:00:28 Pour the remainder of the powder
01:00:32 And spit in the bullet.
01:00:35 Draw your ramrod now.
01:00:37 Draw it and push it down.
01:00:41 Please remember
01:00:44 Because if you fire at the French.
01:00:49 If Loup comes.
01:00:51 This is where he'll attack,
01:00:54 Right, Sharpe.
01:00:57 Right, lads. One, two, three.
01:01:00 Heave-ho!
01:01:02 Bite.
01:01:05 Prime.
01:01:09 Pour.
01:01:12 Spit.
01:01:22 Good God!
01:01:24 What the hell does she think she's doing?
01:01:27 Being a good wife. I don't see the Doña Juanita
01:01:35 Come on. Pull!
01:01:40 Come on. Turn 'em out.
01:01:44 Lash it down tightly, now.
01:01:46 - Hot work, Sergeant.
01:01:51 Aim.
01:01:54 Fire!
01:01:58 Wait for it.
01:02:00 Wait for the word. Fire!
01:02:04 Reload.
01:02:06 There you are.
01:02:12 Fire.
01:02:15 Right.
01:02:16 Watch Harris and Perkins.
01:02:19 Front rank. Make ready.
01:02:23 Come on. Get a move on.
01:02:25 Second rank, make ready...
01:02:31 Bite.
01:02:32 Prime.
01:02:35 Pour.
01:02:37 Spit.
01:02:39 Ram.
01:02:42 Cock.
01:02:45 Fire.
01:02:48 Front rank.
01:02:50 Make ready
01:02:52 Fire.
01:03:00 Well?
01:03:02 Not bad...
01:03:04 for Irishmen.
01:03:11 Pull! Over this way. Come on.
01:03:18 Put it on the top there.
01:03:21 I thought it would be of more use
01:03:24 Indeed it is.
01:03:28 - All right, Perkins, lad. Don't eat her.
01:03:32 First passion, m'lady.
01:03:34 Yes.
01:03:38 All the women and children are to billet
01:03:42 Very well.
01:03:44 I'm afraid there's few comforts and little privacy...
01:03:47 A soldier's wife must expect privations.
01:03:51 Oh.
01:03:54 Ramona!
01:03:57 It's nothing. It's nothing. I...
01:04:00 I felt a little faint.
01:04:02 - Are you ill, m'lady?
01:04:04 It was just...
01:04:06 For a minute... The heat...
01:04:09 It’s passed
01:04:12 Careful over there.
01:04:26 Let Ramona take you to your quarters, m'lady.
01:04:29 No.
01:04:31 Really. I...
01:04:35 Leave her to me. I can manage.
01:04:45 There's no sign of Loup in the hills.
01:04:47 - Who says?
01:04:50 - He's there, all right.
01:04:54 Just because you've not seen him
01:05:13 - Where's Lady Kiely?
01:05:16 She'll be all right?
01:05:18 Yeah. She's going to have a baby.
01:05:24 A baby? How do you know?
01:05:26 Know
01:05:29 - Did she tell you?
01:05:32 But...
01:05:35 Are you sure?
01:05:37 If Ramona says she's going to have a baby,
01:05:45 Here I sit on Butternut Hill
01:05:50 Who can blame me crying my fill?
01:05:55 Every tear would turn a mill
01:06:00 Johnny is gone for a soldier
01:06:04 I'll sell my rock
01:06:07 I'll sell my reel
01:06:09 I'll even sell my spinning wheel
01:06:14 To buy my love a coat of steel
01:06:19 Johnny is gone for a soldier...
01:06:32 Are you all right, Jenkins?
01:06:39 Jenkins!
01:06:41 Are you all right?
01:06:43 I was thinking on those poor deserters, sir.
01:06:46 You'll have chance to avenge them
01:06:50 Vengeance is the Lord's prerogative.
01:06:53 Well, he ain't here right now, so we'll have to do.
01:06:58 I was educated for a parson, you know, sir
01:07:03 God knows how I'll ever repent tuning soldier.
01:07:08 I need you to stand firm, Jenkins.
01:07:11 There'll be time enough to repent
01:07:14 Yes, sir.
01:07:28 Sharpe! Sharpe!
01:07:33 - Do you read, Sharpe?
01:07:36 Look at this.
01:07:38 It's a bad business, by God.
01:07:43 It's another report. More trouble from Ireland.
01:07:48 Troops fighting back. Women and children dead.
01:07:50 It could mean trouble here, Sharpe.
01:07:53 Where are these bloody papers getting it from?
01:07:56 God knows,
01:08:03 Why don't you get to your bed, General?
01:08:05 Can't, Sharpe. Can't.
01:08:07 What if Loup comes?
01:08:09 I'm a general, damn it.
01:08:12 Anything happens, I'll wake you.
01:08:16 Will you, Sharpe? Will you?
01:08:19 You're a decent man, Sharpe.
01:08:21 I didn't think I'd take to you at first,
01:08:24 but you're not as stupid as you hook.
01:08:27 Bed, eh?
01:08:30 Well,
01:08:32 perhaps an hour won't harm, eh?
01:08:34 - Night. Sharpe.
01:08:37 Wrap your legs round me
01:08:42 For the closer we get, love, the better it feels
01:08:53 Halt! Who goes there?
01:08:55 Major Sharpe. South Essex.
01:09:04 - All well, Donaju?
01:09:08 I hear there's another report come in.
01:09:12 Yeah, well.
01:09:16 You know how it is, sir.
01:09:19 Some of the lads are saying
01:09:25 If the French come, you won't be fighting
01:09:32 I thought you should know, sir, is all.
01:09:36 Bugler!
01:09:39 Sound the alarm!
01:10:15 Ah, mon Dieu!
01:10:18 Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu!
01:11:35 The blessings of God on you, sir.
01:11:54 Jenkins, fall back!
01:11:58 Irish Company, fall back! Fall back!
01:12:10 Compañia Irlandesa. Form two ranks.
01:12:15 Second rank, cock.
01:12:17 Fire.
01:12:21 Reload. Front rank,
01:12:25 fire.
01:12:28 Second rank, fire!
01:12:32 Front rank,
01:12:33 fire.
01:12:36 Fire! Fire!
01:12:39 Fire.
01:12:42 Fire! Fire!
01:12:55 Yeah!
01:13:43 Perkins.
01:13:45 Shift your arse. There's work to be done.
01:13:57 If we counterattack now,
01:14:01 - The men need sleep.
01:14:05 If we march tonight,
01:14:10 Very well.
01:14:12 - Can I count on your partisans?
01:14:15 So, we're agreed?
01:14:18 - Agreed.
01:14:20 Good plan, Sharpe.
01:14:27 My lord.
01:14:30 Will you insult me even now?
01:14:33 Go back to your quarters, madam.
01:14:35 I would speak with you privately.
01:14:37 Whatever you might have to say,
01:14:43 Very well.
01:14:45 I am carrying your child.
01:14:49 What?
01:14:50 Are you so taken with jealousy
01:14:52 that you must come up with this nonsense?
01:14:55 - It's not nonsense.
01:14:58 Ask Ramona. Your wife has been having
01:15:02 It's the air.
01:15:04 Ht's her condition. Sir.
01:15:17 Is it true, Lucy?
01:15:19 I did not tell you before for fear I might be wrong.
01:15:24 Major Sharpe,
01:15:25 you'll have my wife escorted back to Passages.
01:15:29 - I want to stay with you.
01:15:34 Damn it, I will not lose another child.
01:15:39 See to it, Major.
01:16:07 - Absolument?
01:16:25 You should have...
01:16:29 - Well, I...
01:16:32 Not until I was certain all was well.
01:16:40 But...
01:16:45 When?
01:16:48 The last time,
01:16:50 when you laid with me...
01:16:54 ...for comfort.
01:16:58 - And you've known?
01:17:02 Not known.
01:17:04 Hoped.
01:17:06 Prayed.
01:17:10 You're certain?
01:17:12 Yes.
01:17:16 - I...
01:17:18 - Hush.
01:17:20 You see...
01:17:22 Juanita...
01:17:24 I'll give her up. I will.
01:17:27 Lucy,
01:17:29 forgive me.
01:17:33 Forgive me.
01:17:58 Goodbye, Major Sharpe.
01:18:01 Goodbye, m'lady.
01:18:05 You will watch over Ben?
01:18:07 Yes.
01:18:09 And you look after yourself.
01:18:20 - Look after her, Jenkins.
01:18:23 Goodbye, my darling.
01:18:45 Miranda!
01:18:48 Miranda!
01:18:52 Miranda!
01:19:02 Miranda!
01:19:15 - Is everything all right?
01:19:18 - Have that.
01:19:21 No!
01:19:22 Murdering English bastard!
01:19:27 Stop it!
01:19:28 What do you think you're doing?
01:19:30 Shut it, you English whore.
01:19:35 - I'll see you hang for this.
01:19:41 I'm taking you to a man
01:19:45 When it comes to my turn,
01:19:59 Doña Juanita promised me five hundred.
01:20:04 When I have Sharpe.
01:20:13 My husband will come.
01:20:18 And when he does, he will kill you.
01:20:21 Oh, yes. Mm. Of course.
01:20:25 The Lord Kiely.
01:20:30 No,
01:20:31 my lady.
01:20:33 He will not kill me.
01:20:37 He and his men will help me defeat the English,
01:20:43 because I have you
01:20:47 You do not know my husband.
01:20:50 But I do.
01:20:58 I know, for example...
01:21:02 ...that he prefers
01:21:05 darker meat than yours.
01:21:11 How will you pass your time until he arrives?
01:21:17 In pleasure
01:21:19 or in pain?
01:21:23 I am carrying my husband's child, sir.
01:21:26 So?
01:21:36 No!
01:21:51 What will you do with that, my lady, hm?
01:21:53 Kill me?
01:21:55 You will not defile me, sir.
01:21:58 On my child's life, you will not.
01:22:05 I will do it, as God sees me.
01:22:17 My men will show you to your chamber.
01:22:30 You haven't seen Miranda, have you, sarge?
01:22:34 Maybe she's run off
01:22:38 They've nice uniforms. So they have.
01:22:40 - Nice enough to tun a young girl's head.
01:22:44 Don't tease him, Patrick.
01:22:46 He's found his true love, sarge.
01:22:48 Isn't that right?
01:22:50 Yes, sarge, I have.
01:22:52 Then God bless you, Perkins.
01:23:04 Juanita,
01:23:06 we must talk.
01:23:08 Yes, we must.
01:23:10 The attack on Loup's town.
01:23:14 A change of plan?
01:23:16 After Sharpe leaves us tomorrow,
01:23:22 Why the hell should I tell the men not to attack?
01:23:25 Because Loup's got your wife.
01:23:31 If you order the Irish Company to attack,
01:23:36 How do you know this?
01:23:41 My Good
01:23:44 Why, Juanita? Why?
01:23:47 A humiliation for the English.
01:23:50 You are Napoleon's gift to himself.
01:23:53 And if one Irish regiment deserts,
01:23:55 why not the others?
01:23:58 And Sharpe?
01:24:30 It's bloody quiet, Pat.
01:24:32 Look out!
01:24:42 To me! To me!
01:24:50 Allez!
01:24:54 The bastards knew we were coming.
01:24:58 Best wan Kiely.
01:25:23 This is bloody hopeless, sarge.
01:25:25 - I know it, lad.
01:25:28 All the streets are cut off.
01:25:30 For Christ's sake, will you shut up
01:25:39 - What's going on?
01:25:41 What for? My men are being cut to ribbons at
01:25:47 - Shift yourselves!
01:25:50 - What?
01:25:53 that's been slaughtering our families.
01:25:57 You wanted to make a name for yourself.
01:26:02 Well, you've made one now.
01:26:04 You turncoat bastard!
01:26:49 Kill him.
01:26:51 Kill him, you fool.
01:26:53 I'll do it myself.
01:26:59 Jesus.
01:27:14 Jesus.
01:27:24 - It's all here. A massacre in Galway.
01:27:27 - The 11th, sir.
01:27:30 The 12th. These weren't printed in America.
01:27:32 No clipper could have crossed
01:27:35 Major Sharpe is right.
01:27:39 - You knew that?!
01:27:41 Loup's holding her.
01:27:43 She said unless I did as they asked,
01:27:57 Loup's made you look bloody stupid.
01:27:59 Are you going to stand for that?
01:28:01 Are you? Cos I'm not.
01:28:03 I'm going to kill a wolf.
01:28:06 No!
01:28:08 I promised you a battle
01:28:11 Come on!
01:28:19 Sarge!
01:28:21 Don't shoot. Don't shoot.
01:28:51 The Irish Company. Sergeant.
01:28:53 They're never going to make it.
01:28:55 Perkins!
01:29:05 Irish Company,
01:29:07 to me.
01:29:08 Quick! Inside.
01:29:10 No.
01:29:12 No! Rifles, to me!
01:29:23 - Easy.
01:29:29 Christ Almighty!
01:29:34 Take it easy, lad.
01:29:35 Give him air, lads. Give him air.
01:29:37 - I'm sorry, sarge.
01:29:40 - Rest easy. Rest easy.
01:29:42 Dan?
01:29:44 - Aye?
01:29:47 A tune.
01:29:49 A tune, Dan.
01:30:08 Mother?
01:30:09 Your mother's with you, lad.
01:30:15 I'm sorry, sarge.
01:30:22 Oh, my God.
01:30:26 Oh, my God.
01:30:33 Nobody touches O'Rourke. The bastard's mine.
01:30:38 - Do you hear?
01:30:42 O'Rourke!
01:30:46 O'Rourke!
01:30:53 Fire!
01:30:57 Fire!
01:31:15 Loup!
01:31:39 O'Rourke! I'll find you, O'Rourke!
01:31:49 Sergeant Harper.
01:32:00 A good soldier
01:32:13 O'Rourke, this one's for Perkins!
01:32:17 This one's for Ireland.
01:32:21 And this one,
01:32:23 this one's for me!
01:32:27 You stupid bastard!
01:32:40 Lucy!
01:32:43 Benedict!
01:32:45 - Lucy, my dear, they have not harmed you?
01:32:55 Ben!
01:33:02 Lucy!
01:33:03 No o
01:33:08 You have killed me, sir.
01:33:20 You bastard.
01:34:21 When you made me break my promise,
01:34:26 I made another one.
01:34:30 I swore to kill you.
01:34:34 No
01:34:36 I shall make good my promise.
01:34:46 And I swore you'd die hard,
01:34:48 you bastard.
01:34:51 You hear that, Loup? You've lost.
01:34:54 You were beaten by a palace guard.
01:35:15 Get over there. Come on.
01:35:17 Shift your arses, you French dogs,
01:35:52 Special mention should be given
01:35:56 And Kiely?
01:35:59 Lord Kiely led the attack
01:36:03 A small number of the Irish Company,
01:36:07 proved to be anfrancesado
01:36:09 as did the Doña Juanita,
01:36:11 but they were dealt with. My lord.
01:36:14 Yes. Well, the Prince Regent
01:36:19 Baron Runciman now, I understand, my lord.
01:36:22 If you're hoping for anything.
01:36:25 - You're lucky you're not facing a court of inquiry.
01:36:29 On any charge I damn well please.
01:36:31 I made you, Sharpe,
01:36:35 Remember that.
01:36:37 Yes, my lord.
01:36:43 You survived, then, Richard.
01:36:45 It's what I do best. No thanks to you.
01:36:47 What do you mean?
01:36:49 You suspected Juanita was anfrancesado,
01:36:52 You put all your rotten apples into Alona
01:36:56 You're a suspicious fellow, Richard,
01:36:59 And you're a Scots bastard.
01:37:12 I came to say goodbye, m'lady.
01:37:14 Thank you, Major.
01:37:16 Do they know?
01:37:18 About Ben?
01:37:21 Yes, m'lady.
01:37:24 They know he died bravely
01:37:28 His honor and yours are safe.
01:37:31 God bless you, Major Sharpe.
01:37:35 I doubt if he will, m'lady.
01:37:42 You do not despise him,
01:37:48 If you were my wife,
01:37:53 He loved you full well, m'lady,
01:37:55 and I cannot blame him for that.
01:38:00 Goodbye, Richard.
01:38:06 Goodbye, m'lady.
01:38:29 Walk on. Walk. Walk.
01:39:01 Does anybody want to say anything?
01:39:04 Yes.
01:39:07 He was a brave soldier…
01:39:11 ...and she was his lass.
01:39:15 Rifles!
01:39:17 Make ready
01:39:22 Fire!