Complex sentence: An IRA column led by Eoin O'Duffy mounted an ambush in Ballybay, County Monaghan, one RIC man and one civilian were killed, three Auxiliaries were wounded.
Split into simpler sentences: An IRA column led by Eoin O'Duffy mounted an ambush in Ballybay, County Monaghan. One RIC man and one civilian were killed, three Auxiliaries were wounded.