Complex sentence: On his way back to Natanga, Herkus and his men were confronted with a contingent of their enemies; in the ensuing battle, a Master and a Marshal, together with forty Knights and a number of other soldiers, were killed.
Split into simpler sentences: On his way back to Notanga, Herkus and his men were confronted with a contingent of their enemies. In the ensuing battle, a Master and a Marshal, together with forty Knights and a number of other soldiers, were killed.