Complex sentence: The traditional Croat military kit aroused Parisian curiosity about the unusual, picturesque scarves distinctively knotted at the Croats' necks; the cloths that were used ranged from the coarse cloths of enlisted soldiers to the fine linens and silks of the officers.
Split into simpler sentences: The traditional Croat military kit aroused Parisian curiosity about the unusual, picturesque scarves distinctively knotted at the Croats' necks. The cloths that were used ranged from the coarse cloths of enlisted soldiers to the fine linens and silks of the officers.