sentences:  Notwithstanding the pain of his wound, and his leg being almost disabled, Colonel Mackinnon continued to defend that perilous post until the advance of the whole British line, and the subsequent route of the French Army put an end to the struggle of the day.When the action was over, Mackinnon collapsed from loss of blood and fatigue and was sent on a litter to Brussels to recover.In 1826, he purchased the majority in the Coldstream Guards which gave him the rank of full colonel in the British Army, and the command of the regiment to which he had been attached all his military life.