Sentence 1: In April 1944 , Cozen 's Lieutenant-General was appointed and was later promoted to Assistant Chief General Ronald Scobie .
Sentence 2: In April of 1944 , Cozens was promoted to Lieutenant-General and was later appointed Assistant Chief of General Ronald Scobie .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

OPTIONS:
a). no;
b). yes;
a).