I'd noticed this a handful of times in my last campaign, but kept forgetting to do a screenshot before I accepted the battle. This time, I remembered!
Are AI captains supposed to be able to initiate night attacks? That seems a little weird, to me. I guess it gives the AI an advantage of sorts, though it seems to do it completely at random and often to its own detriment. One of the FM's in the above screenshot has the trait, though as reinforcements I was under the impression that they can't use it. At least that is the case for players.