Complex sentence: Carried to the rear in a tarpaulin, he and the bearers came under fire, killing the doctor, a soldier who tried to take Junger on his shoulders was killed after a few yards, but another took his place.
Split into simpler sentences: Carried to the rear in a tarpaulin, he and the bearers came under fire, killing the doctor. A soldier who tried to take Jünger on his shoulders was killed after a few yards, but another took his place.