Complex sentence: In August of the same year William Cunningham went to Lochearn in Perthshire where he met with some of the Chiefs of the Highland clans, with a body of men he then took possession of Elgin in 1654.
Split into simpler sentences: In August of the same year, William Cunningham went to Lochearn in Perthshire where he met with some of the Chiefs of the Highland clans. With a body of men he then took possession of Elgin in 1654.