Complex sentence: General Payán intervened in the Colombian Civil War of 1876 to defend the government of Aquileo Parra, but did not engage in action only until after the Liberal triumph in Los Chancos where he was taken prisoner by the conservative forces.
Split into simpler sentences: General Payán intervened in the Colombian Civil War of 1876 to defend the government of Aquileo Parra. At the battle of "Los Chancos" he was taken prisoner by the conservative forces.