sentences:  Having attained the rank firstly of lieutenant, then Captain, Mackinnon was appointed aide-de-camp to General Sir Edward Stopford, and distinguished himself throughout the campaign by his cool daring.On one occasion, when the army was passing a defile where British troops were debouching from it under destructive fire, the troops found Captain Mackinnon coolly shaving himself in a spot where the danger was greatest.Encouraged by this, the soldiers rushed forward and drove the French before them.