Complex sentence: Several dozen French soldiers and sailors died of cholera during the brief French occupation, including Courbet himself, who died aboard his flagship "Bayard" in Makung harbour on the night of 11 June 1885.
Split into simpler sentences: Several dozen French soldiers and sailors died of cholera during the brief French occupation, including Courbet himself. He died aboard his flagship "Bayard" in Makung harbour on the night of 11 June 1885.