Dear Bernard I know you have said you are reluctant to go back again in regards to the Sharpe novels but I wondered if you have ever considered the Battle of Madia in 1806. Its fairly unique as it seemed to be one of the few times the French fought in line against the British (albeit 3 deep instead our 2 deep line) and you could certainly have time enough to get Sharpe there from Trafalgar and back to Britain and Denmark???? And could endorse the plea of an earlier poster on giving Fredrickson his head on a spin-off novel out of all the charachters he seems the most qualified for one and in Sharpe’s Siege he does tell Sharpe about San Sebastian and how lucky Sharpe was to miss it. Besides that there is also his time in Canada and the war of 1812 (Memory hazy but in Sharpe’s Waterloo didn’t Harper remark that Fredickson was in Canada) to write about which means you dont need to worry about Sharpe and his promise when Fredrickson didn’t make it and he could get to Washington and Baltimore. Regards Tony

P.S A previous poster asked about famous Irish soldiers in the Napoleonic British Army besides Wellington well from the American perspective the most obvious would have to be Robert Ross who led the attack at Washington and Baltimore.