To be commanded by the newly-gazetted Captain *Sharpe*, sir
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Wellesley:
The South Essex is stood down in name. If I wipe the name away, I may wipe the shame. I am making you a Battalion of Detachments, you will fetch and carry. The Light Company put up a fight, so I will let it stand under the command of a new Captain. [he returns his attention to his papers] Sir Henry Simmerson:
[a slight hope]
To be commanded by the newly-gazetted... Captain Gibbons, sir? Wellesley:
[looks up at him]
To be commanded by the newly-gazetted Captain *Sharpe*, sir
The South Essex is stood down in name. If I wipe the name away, I may wipe the shame. I am making you a Battalion of Detachments, you will fetch and carry. The Light Company put up a fight, so I will let it stand under the command of a new Captain. [he returns his attention to his papers] Sir Henry Simmerson:
[a slight hope]
To be commanded by the newly-gazetted... Captain Gibbons, sir? Wellesley:
[looks up at him]
To be commanded by the newly-gazetted Captain *Sharpe*, sir
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The South Essex is stood down in name
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If I wipe the name I may wipe the shame
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I am making you a battalion of detachments
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You will fetch and carry
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The Light company put up a fight
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so I will let it stand under the command of a new captain
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To be commanded by the newly gazetted Captain Gibbons sir
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To be commanded by the newly gazetted Captain Sharpe sir
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Movie Summary
Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents, and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colors (its ...
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Sir Henry Simmerson
