Complex sentence: The German pre-dreadnoughts and attempted to drive the Russians off, but Slava remained in position despite sustaining splinter damage although she did not open fire as her captain did not want to reveal the fact that she was out-ranged by the German battleships.
Split into simpler sentences: The German pre-dreadnoughts and attempted to drive the Russians off, but Slava remained in position despite sustaining splinter damage. She did not open fire as her captain did not want to reveal the fact that she was out-ranged by the German battleships.