At the battle of Boxtel, 15th Sept 1794, Wellington [still Wesley then] was Lt Col of the 33rd, but also seems to have been temporarily in command of the 3rd Brigade [Sherbrooke commanded the 33rd on the day]. Does anyone know how this came about? What happened to the original Brigade commander and how did he get the post. He had only been a Lt Col for a year, there must have been lots of more senior officers present?
Thank you.
Paul.