Complex sentence: Joseph Foster "Alumni Oxonienses" 1715-1886 He volunteered for active service when Napoleon escaped from Elba; with a captain's commission, he was on his way to Belgium when the Battle of Waterloo ended the war.
Split into simpler sentences: Joseph Foster "Alumni Oxonienses" 1715-1886 He volunteered for active service when Napoleon escaped from Elba. With a captain's commission, he was on his way to Belgium when the Battle of Waterloo ended the war.