Hello. I want to thank you for the enjoyment that your work brings. I am currently relishing the Sharpe series. If I might trouble you, I AM a little confused. When Sharpe becomes a Major, I understand that it is army rank and not regimental rank. However, I thought that once Major Forest had been sent to Lisbon and Sharpe was once again with the South Essex and still addressed as Major — well, I guess I thought he’d gotten regimental rank (because I’d supposed that once back with the South Essex he’d have only been a captain if he hadn’t . . .) So in reading Sharpe’s Siege, when the bugger of a Colonel smarts off about him only being a captain in his regimental rank and how a new Colonel is expected . . . What did I overlook?? Thanks for your time. And my apologies if you’ve been asked this over and over. Denise Holliday