Complex sentence: Promoted to a lieutenant in the Haitian Garde he was officer commanding a squad of native troops on La Gonâve, he was welcomed by the population as Timemenne had told them how kind he was to her.
Split into simpler sentences: Promoted to a lieutenant in the Haitian Garde he was officer commanding a squad of native troops on La Gonâve. He was welcomed by the population as Timemenne had told them how kind he was to her.