Complex sentence: However, a South African-brokered ceasefire, which the security forces respected and the insurgents ignored, helped the nationalists to win back ground; by 1977 there were 2,500 guerrillas operating in Rhodesia, with several times that number in training abroad.
Split into simpler sentences: However, a South African-brokered ceasefire, which the security forces respected and the insurgents ignored, helped the nationalists to win back ground. By 1977 there were 2,500 guerrillas operating in Rhodesia, with several times that number in training abroad.