Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Forbes , however , was unwilling to set off across the river in the dark , so he sent only 20 more men , under the command of Henry Borrow , to reinforce Wilsonâ s patrol .
Simplified: But Major Forbes did not want to send his soldiers across the river in the dark , so he sent only 20 more men , under the command of Henry Borrow , to help Wilson .