Complex sentence: The 32nd Battalion on the eastern flank, suffered many casualties while attacking a German stronghold in the ruins of Delangre Farm; elements of the 14th Brigade reached a main road south of the German line, before withdrawing to the ditch.
Split into simpler sentences: The 32nd Battalion on the eastern flank, suffered heavy casualties while attacking a German stronghold in the ruins of Delangre Farm. Elements of the 14th Brigade reached a main road south of the German line, before withdrawing to the ditch.