Complex sentence: Johnson, 44 The troubles with Kuala Batee were not over though and in 1838 another ship was massacred and true to Downes' word the Second Sumatran expedition under George C. Read bombarded Kuala Batee and attacked the village of Muckie.
Split into simpler sentences: Johnson, 44 The troubles with Kuala Batu were not over though; in 1838 another ship was attacked and its crew massacred. True to Downes' word the Second Sumatran expedition under George C. Read bombarded Kuala Batu and attacked the village of Muckie.