Complex sentence: La Réunion is captured almost bloodlessly after a landing by British East India Company troops under the cooperative Colonel Keating, their path already softened up by Maturin's propaganda and political machinations.
Split into simpler sentences: La Réunion is captured almost bloodlessly after a landing by British East India Company troops under the cooperative Colonel Keating. Their path has been softened up by Maturin's propaganda and political machinations.