Sharpe’s Enemies<o:p></o:p>

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• Charles Morris, 33^rd West Yorkshire and Riding. Sharpe’s company commander he is a lazy coward and conspires to have Sharpe flogged with Hakeswill. He is assaulted by Hakeswill in Triumph but the blame is put on Sharpe who really assaults him at Gawilghur. He is later a Major in the Dublin garrison. Sharpe’s Tiger, Triumph, Fortress, mentioned in Company.
• Obadiah Hakeswill, Sergeant, 33^rd West Yorkshire and Riding later South Essex. The man who recruits Sharpe he is one of the most evil men Sharpe will ever meet. He and Captain Morris lies to have Sharpe flogged so that he can try and get his lover Mary Bickerstaff, Sharpe being sentenced to a lethal 2000 lashes though only receiving 201. He is put in with the Tippoos tigers by Sharpe for betraying him and Lawford to the Tippoo but unfortunately they had been fed. In Triumph he lies again saying Sharpe assaulted Morris. Hakeswill murders Colonel McCandless at Assaye and is then put in with the Elephant but again the wily Sergeant escapes. In Fortress Hakeswill tries to have Sharpe killed by Naig’s brother but again is foiled and deserts to join Dodd’s Cobras inside Gawilghur. Sharpe finds him after the assault and shoves him into the snake pit after taking back all his lost jewels. No one knows how he gets out and he reappears in Company to find Sharpe a Captain while he joins the South Essex. Tries to assault Theresa in Elvas but is foiled by Harper and Sharpe. Hakeswill then frames Harper for theft and Harper is stripped of his rank and given 60 lashes. In the attack on the dam at Badajos he tries to shoot Sharpe but only wounds him. He then strips Sharpe’s riflemen of their prided green jackets. During the storming of Badajos he hides himself and murders a Lieutenant who tries to move him on. Hakeswill then, after Wellington’s troops finally break through he tries to rape Theresa and held a bayonet to Sharpe’s daughter’s throat and murders Lieutenant Robert Knowles but is foiled by the arrival of Sharpe and Harper. He then deserts and appears in Enemy as ‘Colonel’ of Pot au Feu army of deserters and he rapes, murders and tortures those he decides on. The deserters are beaten and Hakeswill temporally escapes twice before he murders Theresa and is given to Sharpe by Colonel Dubreton. He is sentenced to death and shot but survives the first volley and is killed by Sharpe. Sharpe’s Tiger, Triumph, Fortress, Company, Enemy.
• Tippoo Sultan, Ruler of Mysore. Kills 12 British prisoners of war, tortures Sharpe, put salt onto his injured back and puts him into a cell. A brave and clever soldier he is killed by Sharpe who then robs the Tippoo of all his jewels. Sharpe’s Tiger.
• William Dodd, Lieutenant, East India Company.  Murders a goldsmith, deserts to Pohlmann with 100 of his sepoys, murders everyone at Chasalgaon, murders Joubert, wounds Sharpe in hip and gives him his scar on the cheek. A brave soldier but goes above the rules of war when it suits him. Killed by Sharpe at Gawilghur. Sharpe’s Triumph and Fortress.<o:p></o:p>
• ?, Torrence, Captain, 7^th Native Cavalry. East India Company. In league with Sergeant Hakeswill he pilfers the supply train he is in command of but is caught out by Sharpe and then Torrence tries to have Sharpe killed. But Sharpe escapes and kills him. Sharpe’s Fortress. <o:p></o:p>
• Lord William Hale, Politician and Civilian. The man whose wife has an affair with Sharpe is a cold snobbish arrogant man who is shot and killed by his wife during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Sharpe's Trafalgar<o:p></o:p>
• John Lavisser, Captain- Major, 1^st Foot Guards. A French spy because of huge gambling debts he steals thousands of Guineas from the British government, has Skovgaard tortured but is trapped and killed by Sharpe. Sharpe’s Prey.<o:p></o:p>
• Warren Dunnett, Captain, 95th Rifles. Sharpe’s company commander he dislikes Sharpe intensely and by the time of Corunna he is a Major. However he is captured during de L’Eclin’s attack. He reappears at Waterloo where he buries the hatchet with Sharpe who by this time is a Lieutenant- Colonel. Sharpe’s Prey, Rifles and Waterloo.<o:p></o:p>
• Pierre de L’Eclin, Colonel, Chasseurs a Cheval of the Imperial Guard of the French Army. The Colonel chases Vivar and Sharpe for the strongbox but despite being a clever soldier he is killed by Sharpe’s riflemen at Santiago. Sharpe’s Rifles.
• James Christopher, Colonel, General’s Staff. On General Craddock’s staff he is a civilian in uniform who first flirts with treason and then does it. He rapes a Portuguese peasant on encouragement of the French. He fully deserts along with Rifleman Williamson but Sharpe catches up with both of them and kills them both. Sharpe’s Havoc.<o:p></o:p>
• Sir Henry Simmerson, Colonel, South Essex. An ex- militia officer he raises his own regiment but he is a bad tempered incompetent dunderhead who loses a colour at Valdelcasa as well as destroying his battalion. At Talavera he nearly loses the battle with his cowardice and is replaced by Colonel Lawford while his rapist nephew Gibbons is killed by Harper while trying to steal the Eagle from Sharpe. He goes on to be a tax inspector  and Sharpe next meets his hated enemy when he returns to England in late 1813 and finds him deeply involved with using the 2^nd battalion of the South Essex for crimping with Colonel Girdwood. Sharpe finds out and ruins him forever, marrying his niece Jane Gibbons. Sharpe’s Eagle and Regiment.<o:p></o:p>
• Christian Gibbons, Lieutenant, South Essex. Nephew to Sir Henry Simmerson and brother to Jane Gibbons he is a vain youth who hates Sharpe for taking a Captaincy and Josefina Locosta and he later rapes Josafina with his friend Berry. Both are killed for their crime. Berry is killed just after the battle of Talaveraby Harper after he tries to steal the Eagle from Sharpe. Simmerson somehow gets him a memorial saying Gibbons died in the capture of the Eagle. Sharpe’s Eagle.<o:p></o:p>
• John Berry, Lieutenant, South Essex. Friend to Gibbons he participates in the rape of Josafina Locosta He is killed by Sharpe during the French night attack on the Medellin. Sharpe’s Eagle.<o:p></o:p>
• El Catalico, Colonel, Spanish Army. Crooked Spanish Colonel and partisan. Killed by Sharpe in duel in church bell tower. Sharpes' Gold.<o:p></o:p>
• Pedro Ferreira, Major, Portuguese Army. The Major is involved with a plot with his brother in selling food to the French but Sharpe sorts him out and hands the traitor over to Hogan. Sharpe’s Escape.<o:p></o:p>
• Ferregus Ferreira, Civilian. The huge muscle man is involved with a plot with his brother in selling food to the French but Sharpe kills him. Sharpe’s Escape.<o:p></o:p>
• Guy Loup, Brigadier- General, French Army. Two of the Frenchman’s men are shot by Sharpe for rape and Loup declares war on Sharpe and nearly wins during the attack on the San Isidro fort but Sharpe finds him during the battle of Fuentes de Onoro and drowns him like the rat he is. Sharpe’s Battle.
• Pierre Ducos, Major, French Army. He does for Napoleon what Hogan does for Wellington but Sharpe always thwarts his plans and breaks his spectacles at Adrados and Ducos breaks Sharpe’s prized telescope in return at Burgos however Ducos later betrays Napoleon and is found by a combination of General Calvet and Sharpe and is captured, put against a wall and shot by a French Royalist firing squad. Sharpe’s Battle, Enemy, Honour, Siege and Revenge.
• Lord Simon Fenner, Politician and Civilian. Sharpe finds him deeply involved with using the 2^nd battalion of the South Essex for crimping with Colonel Girdwood and Simmerson. Sharpe finds out and ruins him forever, enabling Lady Anne Camoynes to become rich again.
•  Miguel Bautista, Captain- General, Spanish Army. The man who takes over the governorship of Chile from Vivar he is a hard, mean man who takes pleasure in hurting men but he loses the war against Cochrane and he commits suicide with his lover, Captain Marquinez nearby, just as Sharpe finds them in Valdivia. Sharpe’s Devil.<o:p></o:p>

·        El Materife, Spanish partisan. He works for the French for money. He is killed by Sharpe at Vitoria. Sharpe's Honour.

·        Juan Hacha, Spanish inquisitor. Brother of El Materife he also works with the French for money, caught and jailed by Sharpe. Sharpe's Honour.

·        ?, Girdwood, Lieutenant- Colonel, South Essex. The crimper of Foulness he is an excellent trainer of troops but a strict disciplinarian. He is driven mad by battle at the Nivelles. Sharpes' Regiment