 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwa1809, Sharpe ari muSpain ne95th Rifles, varume vake vanoshanda sevarindi vekumashure vekudzokera kuCorunna. Kaputeni Murray akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa uye anosiya munondo wake unorema kuna Sharpe, achimupa chombo chake chakashandiswa mumabhuku ose anotevera. Akaparadzaniswa nomuviri mukuru wehondo, anomanikidzwa kutora murairo wevarwi vashoma vapukunyuki asi vanopandukira kusanganisira Patrick Harper, achidzivirira boka duku revafundisi veChirungu. Anosangana neSpanish Major Blas Vivar nevatsigiri vake uye asingadi anovabatsira kwenguva pfupi kutora kutonga kweguta reSantiago de Compostela kuitira kuti Vivar agone kusimudza gonfalon dzvene kusimudzira tsika dzevanhu veSpanish Sharpes Rifles. Varwi vapenyu vaSharpe vanotanga kudzokera kuCorunna ndevanotevera: 