Complex sentence: North and north-east of Bixschoote, the French reached the west bank of the St Janshoek Reach and surrounded Les Lilas and on the night of French airmen set fire to the railway station at Kortemarck, east of Dixmude.
Split into simpler sentences: North and north-east of Bixschoote, the French reached the west bank of the St Janshoek reach and surrounded Les Lilas. On the night of French airmen set fire to the railway station at Kortemarck, east of Dixmude.