Complex sentence: This caused some confusion, and the 4th and 5th Norfolk lost direction amid the dust and smoke of the cloudy, hazy night, so only small numbers reached Gibraltar and Crested Rock which were quickly forced to withdraw.
Split into simpler sentences: This caused some confusion, and the 4th and 5th Norfolk lost direction amid the dust and smoke of the cloudy, hazy night. Only small numbers reached Gibraltar and Crested Rock, from which were quickly forced to withdraw.