Complex sentence: Now the Brigade was again to be given an independent role; instructions from General Horrocks were to cross the river immediately, to fork right and open up the Route to the Somme for the Guards Armoured Division.
Split into simpler sentences: Now the Brigade was again to be given an independent role. Instructions from General Horrocks were to cross the river immediately, to fork right and open up the route to the Somme for the Guards Armoured Division.