Complex sentence: In an effort to restore a measure of order, the Gilbert Islands and the neighboring Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) were declared as the British Protectorate by Captain Davis of on 27 May 1892.
Split into simpler sentences: In an effort to restore a measure of order, the Gilbert Islands and the neighboring Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) were declared as the British Protectorate of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1892. A British Protectorate was first proclaimed over the Gilberts by Captain Davis of on 27 May 1892.