Complex sentence: The division was to circle the town, cutting off any escape route east and provide a blocking force to stop Turkish reinforcements, while the 53rd (Welsh) Division and a brigade of the 54th (East Anglian) Division carried out a frontal assault.
Split into simpler sentences: The division was to circle the town, cutting off any escape route east and provide a blocking force stopping Turkish reinforcements. While the 53rd (Welsh) Division and a brigade of the 54th (East Anglian) Division carried out a frontal assault.