Complex sentence: McClure was no longer in command of the "Kow Shing" by July 1894 and by mid-November 1894 McClure had been appointed "Assistant Admiral of the Pei-Yang squadron".
Split into simpler sentences: McClure was no longer in command of the "Kow Shing" by July 1894. By mid-November 1894 McClure had been appointed "Assistant Admiral of the Pei-Yang squadron".