Complex sentence: Moyar, p.188 Immediately, the South Vietnamese infantrymen were forced to hug the ground; during the next five hours, they managed to launch three major assaults, but failed to break the Viet Cong's line of defence.
Split into simpler sentences: Moyar, p.188 Immediately, the South Vietnamese infantrymen were forced to hug the ground. During the next five hours, they managed to launch three major assaults, but failed to break the Viet Cong's line of defence.