Sentence 1: He soon found his place among the stalwarts as Ritter , Hoksary , Steiner , Wetzer , Semler and Vogl .
Sentence 2: As Knights , Hoksary , Steiner , Wetzer , Semler and Vogl , he soon found his place among the Stalwarts .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?