Complex sentence: On April 3,1783, John Bacon was surrounded, by the Patriot militia, from Burlington, New Jersey, while drinking in a local tavern, with no chance of escape, was bayoneted and shot to death.
Split into simpler sentences: On April 3,1783, John Bacon was surrounded by the Patriot militia from Burlington, New Jersey, while drinking in a local tavern. With no chance of escape, he was bayoneted and shot to death.