Complex sentence: Just after midnight on October 23 men of the 101st Airborne Division and the Royal Engineers took assault boats across the river to gather these men, 140 men were recovered in a little over an hour, including Brigadier Gerald Lathbury.
Split into simpler sentences: Just after midnight on October 23 men of the 101st Airborne Division and the Royal Engineers took assault boats across the river to gather these men. In a little over an hour, 140 men were recovered, including Brigadier Gerald Lathbury.