Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: He also considered it appropriate to appoint a major-general to command this expanding force and on 11 August , a new commander , Major-General Reade Godwin-Austen , reached Berbera .
Simplified: On 11 August , a new commander , Major-General Alfred Godwin-Austen , reached Tug Argan .