Complex sentence: As soon as Thomas J. Mastin, captain of the Arizona Guards, received the Ake Party's distress call, he realized that a night time pursuit would likely lead to an ambush of the pursuers, Captain Mastin ordered the pursuit to begin the next morning.
Split into simpler sentences: As soon as Thomas J. Mastin, captain of the Arizona Guards, received the Ake Party's distress call. He realized that a night time pursuit would likely lead to an ambush of the pursuers, Captain Mastin ordered the pursuit to begin the next morning.