Heavily bandaged, yet too stubborn to be shipped to the hospital at Scutari, Colonel Maxwell sat at his desk with Jack standing before him. A soldier servant stood at the side, quietly unobtrusive.
"Well Windrush, things have changed. As you know, both the 113th and the 118th suffered grievous losses in the battle on Inkerman Heights."
"Yes, sir," Jack agreed.
"General Raglan has decided to merge both units into one, and as the 113th is the senior, we shall retain that number. This is only a temporary measure of course; it will take an Act of Parliament to make such a decision permanent."
"I see, sir." Jack glanced at the cased Colours of both regiments that stood in the corner. The 113th Regimental Colour was no longer pristine, with the silk powder-stained and ragged where bullet or
