Complex sentence: Following capture of the walled town of Haicheng, south of Liaoyang in the Liaodong Peninsula, Manchuria by the 3rd Division of the 1st Japanese Army on 13 December 1894, the Chinese made three attempts in January and February to retake the town.
Split into simpler sentences: Following capture of the walled town of Haicheng, south of Liaoyang in the Liaodong Peninsula, Manchuria by the 3rd Division of the 1st Japanese Army on 13 December 1894. The Chinese made three attempts in January and February to retake the town.