Complex sentence: On August 22,1572 Coligny was shot in the street by Maurevel from a house belonging to the Guise; the bullets, however, only tore a finger from his right hand and shattered his left elbow.
Split into simpler sentences: On August 22,1572 Coligny was shot in the street by a man called Maurevel from a house belonging to the Guise. However, the bullets only tore a finger from his right hand and shattered his left elbow.