Complex sentence: On 25 April he fled Milan, where he had been based, and tried to escape to the Swiss border but he and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, were captured on 27 April by local partisans near the village of Dongo on Lake Como.
Split into simpler sentences: On 25 April he fled Milan, where he had been based, and tried to escape to the Swiss border. He and his mistress, Claretta Petacci, were captured on 27 April by local partisans near the village of Dongo on Lake Como.