num_pages: 61
description: Richard Sharpe and the defence of the Tormes, August 1812It is the summer of 1812 and Richard Sharpe, newly recovered from the wound he received in the fighting at Salamanca, is given an easy duty; to guard a Commissary Officer posted to an obscure Spanish fort where there are some captured French muskets to repair. But unknown to the British, the French are planning a lightning raid across the River Tormes, and they reckon the obscure Spanish fort, which guards an ancient bridge across the river, will be lightly guarded. Sharpe is in for a fight.
language: English
title: Sharpe's Skirmish: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of the Tormes, August 1812
titlecomplete: Sharpe's Skirmish: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of the Tormes, August 1812 (Sharpe, #15.5)
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Historical, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction, War, Action, Adventure, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 3094
series: Richard Sharpe, Sharpe
publisher: Sharpe Appreciation Society