Complex sentence: Weygand, the Commander-in-Chief, now declared that "the fighting had become meaningless" and he, Baudouin, and several members of the government were already set on an armistice.
Split into simpler sentences: Weygand, the Commander-in-Chief, now declared that "the fighting had become meaningless". He, Baudouin, and several members of the government were already set on an armistice.