Le Vingtième de cavalerie

Lucky Luke #27 Le Vingtième de cavalerie--The Twentieth of the Cavalry'
Cover of the French edition
Date	1965
Series	Lucky Luke
Publisher	Dupuis
Creative team
Writers	Goscinny Morris
Artists	Morris
Original publication
Date of publication	1965
Language	French
Chronology
Preceded by	Les Dalton se rachètent (1965)
Followed by	L'Escorte, (1966)

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 Floyd exploits his insider knowledge of the fort to starve out his ex-comrades.

Notes

• The character of Colonel McStraggle is a nod on actor Randolph Scott.

External links

• Lucky Luke official site album index (French)
• Goscinny website on Lucky Luke(French)