Sharpe's Skirmish [SEP] series
Sharpe's Skirmish
"Sharpe's Skirmish" is a historical short story by Bernard Cornwell in the Richard Sharpe series.
"Sharpe's Skirmish" was first written in 1998. British bookseller W. H. Smith devised the idea of giving away a Sharpe short story with every copy of "Sharpe's Fortress", possibly why "Sharpe’s Skirmish" often refers to events that happened in the latter book. Only a few thousand copies were originally published, however an edition has been republished by the Sharpe Appreciation Society.
Badajoz. Perkins was not mentioned in the novel Sharpe's Company however he went on to fight in the Battle of Salamanca in Sharpe's Sword but he wasn't mentioned. He reappears in Sharpe's Skirmish in the defence of the Tormes. He survived the defence of the Alba de Tormes, and he went onto fight alongside Sharpe in Sharpe's Enemy but he wasn't mentioned at all. Perkins wasn't mentioned in Sharpe's Honour, Regiment, Christmas, Siege, Revenge, or Waterloo. In Sharpe's Waterloo it