Upon absconding from incarceration with only a week left to serve, Laurel and Hardy embark on a journey to Scotland clandestinely aboard a cattle boat.

However, calamity ensues as the fish rapidly diminishes in size, Hardy's attire is singed beyond repair, and their endeavor to conceal the incriminating stove results in eviction and confiscation of their belongings for unpaid rent.

Following an advertisement for a tailor's services, a misdirected floor choice leads them to unwittingly enlist in a Scottish regiment of the British Army, subsequently transporting them to India.

Their escapades in India are marked by recurrent clashes with the stern Sergeant Major and their involvement in aiding their comrade Alan in reuniting with his beloved Lorna McLaurel, Stan's cousin.

The local terrorist threat posed by Khan Mir Jutra prompts a perilous decoy mission to the palace, with Colonel MacGregor orchestrating a coordinated assault from an alternative direction.