Complex sentence: After the Turks evacuated Basra in 1914, he informed the British Commander, Sir John Nixon, that Basra was without a functioning government who acted on his information and brought in troops to restore order.
Split into simpler sentences: After the Turks evacuated Basra in 1914, he informed the British Commander, Sir John Nixon, that Basra was without a functioning government. Nixon acted on his information and brought in troops to restore order.