Complex sentence: After only two day's sailing the expedition halted at Kratié, where, lodging in a desolate, dripping hut in this remote village, de Carné wrote: Henceforth France was before us, not behind us.
Split into simpler sentences: After only two day's sailing the expedition halted at the obscure village of Kratié, where they lodged in a desolate, dripping hut. De Carné later wrote: Henceforth France was before us, not behind us.