Complex sentence: Twelve miles from the city, near modern days "Mahruba", a bridge of iron bridge spanned the River Orontes, it was here that the battle was fought between Muslim army and Byzantine garrison, the defenders of Antioch.
Split into simpler sentences: Twelve miles from the city, near modern day "Mahruba", a bridge of iron spanned the River Orontes. It was here that the battle was fought between the Muslim army and the Byzantine garrison, the defenders of Antioch.