1. His rank is colonel.
    他的军衔是陆军上校。

2. I found "the King´s soldiers" which the village elder spoke of were Colonel O´Hara´s forces, which had been sent from London to the Gambia River to guard the British fort, James Slave Fort, and the date — 1767 — was right on.
    我发现村里老者说到的“国王的军队”就是上校奥里尔的部队，他们是从伦敦被派到冈比亚河去保卫英国要塞詹姆士堡的，所记载的日期恰好是1767年，完全吻合。