MILITARY SERVICE AND ADVENTURES IN THE FAR EAST: INCLUDING SKETCHES OF THE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE AFGHANS IN 1839, AND THE SIKHS IN 1845-6. BY CAPT. D. H. MACKINNON, LATE OF THE 16TH LANCERS. Second Edition. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: JOHN OLLIVIER, 59, PALL MALL. MDCCCXLIX. The commander-in-chief returns to England-Disastrous Arrival in Calcutta-Departure for the south-western frontier -Arrival at Merut-State of affairs on the north-western |