Complex sentence: After seizing two coastal traders off the Nicobar Islands in February 1707, he sailed to the Straits of Malacca fared poorly due to the low morale of the crew following the incident of the Dutch ship.
Split into simpler sentences: After seizing two coastal traders off the Nicobar Islands in February 1707, he sailed to the Straits of Malacca. He fared poorly due to the low morale of the crew following the incident of the Dutch ship.