 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Girdwood akashanda saKaputeni muIreland mukati mekumukira kweUnited Irish kwa1798. Paaifamba achitenderera, akarasika uye akarwiswa. Dare rokubvunzurudza paDublin Castle rakamudzinga pamubhadharo wehafu, zvichiguma nebasa rake rechiuto. Makore gumi gare gare Girdwood akabatwa naSir Henry Simmerson, uyo akanga atora kutsiura kwake, uye Ishe Simon Fenner, uyo akamusimudzira kuva Major, uye ipapo kuna Lieutenant Colonel uye akamugadza kuti atungamirire Second Battalion yeSouth Essex Regiment, chifukidziro chekubiridzira kwakakura kwemari uye kuronga. Girdwood akaroorwawo nomuzukuru waSimmerson, Jane Gibbons. Hurongwa uhu hunowanwa muna 1813 naMajor Richard Sharpe, paanodzokera kuEngland kunotsvaka vashandi veFirst Battalion yeRegiment kuSpain. Achibatsirwa naRegimental Sergeant Major Patrick Harper, Sharpe, pasi pezita risiri rake, anoteedzera mapato ekutsvaga veSouth Essex kunzvimbo yakavanzika yekudzidzira paFoulness Island, kwaanoona vatsva vatsva vachibatwa noutsinye, kunyengedzwa uye kutengeswa kune mamwe, mapoka asina mukurumbira. Apo Harper anopindira kupikisa kuurayiwa kwechimbichimbi kweanopukunyuka, iye naSharpe vanovhimwa kuburikidza neFoulness marshes naGirdwood nevamwe vake maofficial. Sharpe anodzokera kumusasa uye anobvisa Girdwood pakuva mutungamiriri. Girdwood anotiza uye Sharpe anoedza kutevera nzira yake kune uchapupu huchaita kuti Simmerson nevamwe vake muHurumende. Mushure mokuregedza Simmerson uye kuponesa Battalion, Sharpe anochengeta Girdwood semutungamiri wezita weSouth Essex. Paakatanga kurwa muhondo, iyo yaiva duku zvikuru muPyrenees, Girdwood akaputsika pfungwa zvachose uye akaremara ndokudzokera kumba. 