Complex sentence: During the night, German stores captured in the village were used to consolidate the captured ground; a trench was dug to connect the new line north of the village with Prue Trench and barbed wire found in the village was laid in front of the new defences.
Split into simpler sentences: During the night German stores captured in the village were used to consolidate the captured ground and a trench was dug, to connect the new line north of the village with Prue Trench. Barbed wire found in the village was laid in front of the new defences.