Complex sentence: Much of this spread in activity against France, meanwhile, was a series of parochial reactions to the indiscriminate French suppression, with far-reaching associations with Karnou's movement being nominal at best and existing only out of convenience.
Split into simpler sentences: Much of this spread in activity against France, meanwhile, was a series of parochial reactions to the indiscriminate French suppression. With far-reaching associations with Karnou's movement being nominal at best and existing only out of convenience.