Complex sentence: Lt. Col. José Francisco Vergara proposed to make a reconnaissance, and departed on November 5 following the railroad to Dolores, finding the water machines working soundly, and informed to headquarters.
Split into simpler sentences: Lt. Col. José Francisco Vergara proposed to make a reconnaissance, and departed on November 5 following the railroad to Dolores. Once arrived, he found the water machines working soundly, and informed to headquarters.