''Too Few For Drums'' is a 1964

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

adventure novel Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction. History In the Introduction to the ''Encyclopedi ...

by the British writer R.F. Delderfield. A small unit of British soldiers get cut off from the rest of their army by French forces during the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...

.Sternlicht p.71

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* Sternlicht, Sanford. ''R.F. Delderfield''. Twayne Publishers, 1988. 1964 British novels British historical novels British adventure novels Novels by R. F. Delderfield Novels set in the 1810s Novels set during the Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War in fiction Hodder & Stoughton books {{1960s-war-novel-stub