Dear Bernard
it’s often said Wellington never lost a battle but surely this battle is a tactical defeat ?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Redinha
For the next Sharpe book, please please say its Albuera. Dulong was there and he Sharpe need to meet again. Besides I always wanted Sharpe to me Thomas Pearson, very much a Welsh version of Sharpe :)
Geraint