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In this episode, we walk the battlefields of Barba del Puerco and the Combat on the Coa, two early engagements in the Peninsular War where the Rifles and the Light Division cemented their reputation as elite troops.

Using first-hand accounts, military analysis, and on-location footage, we explore:

This is the real story behind Richard Sharpe’s old regiment — not fiction, but fact. These were the battles where the myth began.

🗺 Locations Featured:

      • River Coa, near Almeida (July 1810)

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