Complex sentence: Waite 1919, pp.141--142 The rest of the day was quiet, apart from both sides artillery, then on 20 May another Turkish attack began, but faltered in the face of the brigade's machine-gun fire and withdrew back to their own lines.
Split into simpler sentences: Waite 1919, pp.141--142 The rest of the day was quiet apart from both sides artillery, then on 20 May the Turks attacked again. But in the face of the brigade's machine-gun fire the assault faltered and the attackers withdrew back to their own lines.