Sharpe's Battle

Sharpe's Battle (1995)

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Pyrennees, September 1813. Sharpe is given the task of preparing the glamorous Royal Irish Company, led by Lord Kiely, for their first encounter with the enemy. Previously only used for ceremonial duties, the Company finds Sharpe a hard taskmaster. Trouble arises amongst the Irish soldiers when false reports are circulated of a massacre in Ireland perpetrated by the English. When Lord Kiely begins a passionate affair with Juanita, the Spanish partisan leader, the distressed Lady Kiely looks to Sharpe for comfort. Then Sharpe is led into a French trap and he and the Royal Irish Company find themselves up against the vicious Brigadier Loup and seemingly impossible odds.

Director: Tom Clegg
Writer: Russell Lewis

Casts

	Sean Bean as Major Richard Sharpe
	Daragh O'Malley as Sergeant Patrick Harper
	Hugh Fraser as Field Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington
	Hugh Ross as Major Mungo Munro
	John Tams as Rifleman Daniel Hagman
	Jason Salkey as Rifleman Harris
	Lyndon Davies as Rifleman Ben Perkins
	Jason Durr as Lord Benedict Kiely
	Allie Byrne as Lady Lucy Kiely
	Ian McNeice as Wagonmaster-General Colonel Runciman
	Oliver Cotton as Brigadier General Guy Loup
	Siri Neal as Juanita de Elia
	Liam Carney as O'Rourke
	Phelim Drew as Donaju
	Diana Pérez as Ramona Gonzalez Harper
	Robert Hands as Lieutenant Jenkins
	Maria Petrucci as Miranda

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