Complex sentence: In the end the MacIvers, MacAulays and MacLeays were almost utterly extinguished and the Munros and Dingwalls won a hollow victory: though the Earl's son had been rescued, they had lost a great number of men.
Split into simpler sentences: In the end the MacIvers, MacAulays and MacLeays were almost utterly extinguished and the Munros and Dingwalls won a hollow victory. Though the Earl's son had been rescued, they had lost a great number of men.