Complex sentence: About this time General Walpole was placed in command of the British forces, and a series of forts were built around the Cockpit country, effectively immobilizing the Maroons and after the arrival of one hundred bloodhounds and their handlers, the Maroons were forced into negotiations.
Split into simpler sentences: About this time General Walpole was placed in command of the British forces, and a series of forts were built around the Cockpit country, effectively immobilizing the Maroons. After the arrival of one hundred bloodhounds and their handlers, the Maroons were forced into negotiations.