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Series Lucky Luke Artists Morris Language French Followed by L'Escorte Publisher Dupuis | 4/5 Livre - Fnac Writers Goscinny
Morris Date of publication 1965 Originally published 1965 Preceded by Les Dalton se rachètent Date 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Le Vingtième de cavalerie is a Lucky Luke adventure written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris. It is the twenty seventh book in the series and It was originally published in French in 1965 .
Plot
The 20th Cavalry detachment under the stern commander Colonel McStraggle is besieged by the Cheyenne, because the Indians claim that white men had wantonly killed buffaloes, which the Cheyenne need for their survival. Worse than that is that someone has even provided the Indians with firearms!
Lucky Luke volunteers as scout for the 20th Cavalry and quickly finds out that Derek Flood, a renegade cavalrist is hatching a plot against McStraggle for having kicked him out of the army. The situation for the beleaguered soldiers becomes more desperate as Flood exploits his insider knowledge of the fort to starve out his ex-comrades.