Complex sentence: Following the surrender of German forces in Togoland, the colony was split into British and French occupation zones in December 1916, which cut through administrative divisions and tribal boundaries and both powers sought a new partition.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the surrender of German forces in Togoland, the colony was split into British and French occupation zones in December 1916. However, these boundaries cut through administrative divisions and tribal boundaries and both powers sought a new partition.