Complex sentence: Captain Blackburn, having lost seventy-two men killed in action, gave the order to abandon ship and for the next five hours the Germans rescued 197 survivors, two of whom died later on and the rest became prisoners of war.
Split into simpler sentences: Captain Blackburn, having lost seventy-two men killed in action, gave the order to abandon ship and for the next five hours. The Germans rescued 197 survivors, two of whom died later on and the rest became prisoners of war.