Complex sentence: On 2 January 1945, they were to capture the villages of Bure and Grupont supported by the Sherman tanks of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry from the detached from 11th armoured Division.
Split into simpler sentences: On 2 January 1945, they were ordered to capture the villages of Bure and Grupont supported by the Sherman tanks of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. The Battalion was supported by tanks from the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry detached from 11th armoured Division.