Sharpe (1993)

S3E2 Sharpe's Battle

In the Spanish hills, Sharpe and his men discover the village of Casa Antiga ravaged by Brigadier General Guy Loup and his Wolf brigade. Perkins saves a young woman from two of Loup’s soldiers, who are arrested. When Loup demands their release, Sharpe refuses and executes them before him, sparking a vow of revenge. Back at camp, Wellington puts Sharpe in charge of the Royal Irish Company, raw recruits unused to war who soon consider mutiny. Sharpe gives them three choices: die by the French, be shot for deserting, or learn to be soldiers. His grit wins their respect, but treachery from Spanish partisan Dona Juanita de…