After the battle at Albuera, Marshall Beresford assumes that Thomas Marking and his entire battalion perished at the redoubt. He reports this as fact to Viscount Wellington. Wellington takes the report as fact and sends it to London. The War Department writes off Thomas and disbands his unit. Yet, while grievously wounded at Olivenca, Thomas has survived. Being reported as deceased, what was Thomas now to do? And what about his now disbanded battalion? His faith completely shaken by this turn of events, Was there a way to complete his sworn mission of seeing the French leave the peninsula take revenge on his former British allies?
