Complex sentence: On 3 December 1751, he became a lieutenant colonel in the Brown Hussars-Regiment No.1 and in December 1752 he took over the squadron of lieutenant colonel Otto Ernst von Gersdorf.
Split into simpler sentences: On 3 December 1751, he became lieutenant colonel in the Brown Hussars-Regiment No.1. In December 1752 he took over the squadron of lieutenant colonel Otto Ernst von Gersdorf.