Complex sentence: Promoted to lieutenant colonel on 7 February 1885, he became Commanding Officer of the 19th Hussars on 27 September 1888, Assistant Adjutant-General of Cavalry in 1893 and Assistant Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters on 24 August 1895.
Split into simpler sentences: Promoted to lieutenant colonel on 7 February 1885, he became Commanding Officer of the 19th Hussars on 27 September 1888, and Assistant Adjutant-General of Cavalry in 1893. He was Assistant Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters on 24 August 1895.