Hart’s Annual Army List 1860 lists Major Mackinnon’s war service as follows:Major Mackinnon served with the 16th Lancers in the campaign in Afghanistan of 1838-39 under Lord Keane, and was present at the siege and capture of Ghuznee (Medal). Served also throughout the Sutlej Campaign of 1845-6, and was present at the affair of Buddiwal (charger killed under him by a roundshot), and battles of Aliwal and Sobraon (Medal and Clasp).
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MILITARY SERVICE AND ADVENTURES IN THE FAR EAST Including Sketches of the Campaigns Against the Afghans in 1839, and the Sikhs in 1845-6
£14.99
A two-volume memoir by a Cavalry officer serving in the 1838-39 Afghan War and the 1845-46 Sutlej camapign against the Sikhs. A full-blooded picture of fighting in the Khyber Pass and on the North-West Frontier.