Complex sentence: Charles Renard (Damblain, Vosges, 1847-Meudon 1905), French military engineer, started to work after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 on the design of air ships at the French army aeronautical department.
Split into simpler sentences: Charles Renard (Damblain, Vosges, 1847-Meudon 1905) was a French military engineer. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he started work on the design of air ships at the French army aeronautical department.