Sharpe's enemy : Richard Sharpe and the defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812

"Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe is given the task of rescuing a group of well-born woman, held hostage high in the mountains by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's bitter enemy. Sharpe has only the support of his own company and the new Rocket Troop - the last word in military incompetence - but he cannot afford to contemplate defeat. For to surrender or to fail would mean an end of the war for the Allied armies...."--Back cover A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt. A classic Sharpe adventure: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 On December 8th, 1812, the English soldiers first came to Adrados.