Complex sentence: This proved fatal when the British came within a few yards off "Hyder Ally" s beam for a full broadside of their own, but when they fired, the guns of the "General Monk" tore up from the deck and flipped over.
Split into simpler sentences: This proved fatal when the British came within a few yards off'the' Hyder Ally s beam for a full broadside of their own. When they fired, the "General Monk" s cannons were torn up from the deck and flipped over.