Complex sentence: Lieutenant General Jiro Tamon's forces cautiously advanced south from Mukden, brushing aside Chinese skirmishers in a series of minor clashes, and prepared to meet and crush the first serious Chinese resistance, expected at Kowpangtze, 50 kilometers north of Chinchow.
Split into simpler sentences: Lieutenant General Jiro Tamon's forces cautiously advanced south from Mukden. Brushing aside these Chinese skirmishers in a series of minor clashes, Tanon prepared to meet and crush the first serious Chinese resistance, expected at Kowpangtze, 50 kilometers north of Chinchow.