1857 had seen some tremendous events throughout India. Now, at the end of the year, the actual uprisings were over, but nothing had been decided. Everywhere, indecision still held sway. For some, the year would end in Cawnpore, for others, it would be on the road, and there was still much work to do.
For Colonel Seaton, whom we last met many months ago, he had received new orders. Having remained behind in Delhi, his new command was not of a brigade or a moveable column. It was a far more onerous duty, that of escorting a supply train, as he believed, to Cawnpore.
Colonel Seaton
As for Sir Colin Campbell, now that he has finally made a plan, his story will take us into 1858 and back to Fatehgarh.
Mutiny Reflections 