Complex sentence: On 17 August a 48th Division (XVIII Corps) attack on Maison du Hibou failed; next day the 14th Division (II Corps) attacked with a brigade through Inverness Copse, although held up further north by fire from Fitzclarence and L-shaped farms.
Split into simpler sentences: On 17 August a 48th Division (XVIII Corps) attack on Maison du Hibou failed. On 18 August the 14th Division (II Corps) attacked with a brigade through Inverness Copse, although held up further north by fire from Fitzclarence and L-shaped Farms.