Complex sentence: Holmes 2005, p.436 The French cuirassiers, by comparison, would not have looked out of place in the Napoleonic Wars as they still wore blue and red uniforms, with breast and back metal plates and plumed brass-steel helmets.
Split into simpler sentences: Holmes 2005, p.436 The French cuirassiers, by comparison, would not have looked out of place in the Napoleonic Wars. Still wearing blue and red uniforms, with breast and back metal plates and plumed brass-steel helmets.