Complex sentence: On 5 August 1914, troops from the Uganda protectorate assaulted German river outposts near Lake Victoria, and on the same day British War Cabinet started planning for an Indian Expeditionary Force to be sent to East Africa to eliminate bases for raiders.
Split into simpler sentences: On 5 August 1914, troops from the Uganda protectorate assaulted German river outposts near Lake Victoria. On the same day British War Cabinet started planning for an Indian Expeditionary Force to be sent to East Africa to eliminate bases for raiders.