Complex sentence: In mid-January 1944 the division, fighting in front of the Bernhardt Line, crossed the Garigliano river as part of the First Battle of Monte Cassino where Private George Allan Mitchell of 1st Battalion, London Scottish was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Split into simpler sentences: In mid-January 1944 the division, fighting in front of the Bernhardt Line, crossed the Garigliano river as part of the First Battle of Monte Cassino. During the fighting Private George Allan Mitchell of 1st Battalion, London Scottish was awarded the Victoria Cross.