Complex sentence: He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 8th Regiment of Foot in the United Kingdom in 1860 and, having been promoted to major-general on 25 November 1864, became General Officer Commanding the Mysore division of the Madras Army in 1865.
Split into simpler sentences: He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 8th Regiment of Foot in 1860. He went to India and became General Officer Commanding the Mysore division of the Madras Army in 1865.