Complex sentence: Italian aircraft drop 40 tons of bombs on retreating Ethiopian forces over the last four days of the battle, with devastating effect, and on February 19, a strafing aircraft mortally wounds the Ethiopian military leader Ras Mulugeta, who dies eight days later.
Split into simpler sentences: Italian aircraft drop 40 tons of bombs on retreating Ethiopian forces over the last four days of the battle, with devastating effect. On February 19, a strafing aircraft mortally wounds the Ethiopian military leader Ras Mulugeta, who dies eight days later.