Cry Havelock

Name: Cry Havelock
Rating: 4.5 (759 reviews)

by Malcolm Archibald Book 4 in the Jack Windrush series.

First published 2017

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Captain Jack Windrush and the infamous 113th Foot are assigned to India, just before the Indian Mutiny breaks out. Returning from a five-day march with his company, Jack finds that the sepoys have rebelled and massacred their officers, and most of the other company of the 113th. Gathering together a number of survivors, Jack and his company fight their way out of the cantonment and escape. After Jack learns that the British are besieged by a large rebel army, he takes his men to Allahabad to relieve Cawnpore, and meet with General Havelock.

He proves to be a capable commander, but lacks manpower. As the war rages around them, Jack faces new challenges - both military and personal. The principal historical frame is Indian Rebellion of 1857. The campaign is treated as part of the wider Victorian imperial system, with logistics, political calculation and the experience of ordinary soldiers complicating the language of honour and conquest.