"It is one hundred and twenty miles from Allahabad to Cawnpore." Elliot gave the statistic with some satisfaction. "And there could be pandies every yard of the way."
Jack inspected his men. Havelock had split the 113th, leaving half in the fort with Lieutenant Fairbairn and Ensign Shearer in charge. Now Jack"s sixty men of the 113th helped make up the 979 British infantry, with contingents from the 64th and 84th Foot as well as the kilted 78th Highlanders and the Company"s Madras Fusiliers. Eighteen volunteer British cavalry accompanied them, as well as thirty irregular native horsemen and a hundred and thirty proud Sikhs.
"I don"t fully trust those Sikh fellows," Kent said. "We were fighting them only a few years ago, and now they pretend to be on our side. Like as not they"ll turn tra
