Complex sentence: Leadford finds Nettie and Verrall in a little seaside bungalow village called Bone Cliff, near Shaphambury, as a naval battle is taking place off the coast.
Split into simpler sentences: Leadford finds Nettie and Verrall in a little seaside bungalow village called Bone Cliff, near Shaphambury. He encounters them just as a naval battle is occurring off the coast.