Complex sentence: The Texas fleet waited for an opening to leave port and engage the Mexican ships again, and eventually the winds and the Mexican fleet desiring a confrontation with the smaller Texan squadron lured the "Austin" and "Wharton" out of port on May 16 1843.
Split into simpler sentences: The Texas fleet waited for an opening to leave port and engage the Mexican ships again. Eventually the winds and the Mexican fleet, desiring a confrontation with the smaller Texan squadron, lured the "Austin" and "Wharton" out of port on May 16 1843.