Hi Bernard, quick question regarding Badajoz – in Sharpe’s company you show the third attack by the British, but I can’t find any accurate information regarding the first two attacks. Could you point me in the right direction please? I’m just trying to find out about the attack strategy, casualties, why they failed etc. also, why did Wellington attack after two Brit failures? did something change strategically which made him think it was do-able now, or was it just a case of “we’re attacking because we have no option”? also, why didn’t he have any sappers?

Matthew Williams