Complex sentence: The Bulgarians used 52 cherry-wood cannon during the April Uprising in 1876; the Macedonians also produced cherry-wood cannon before the Ilinden Uprising in 1903.
Split into simpler sentences: The Bulgarians used 52 cherry-wood cannons during the April Uprising in 1876. The Macedonians likewise produced cherry-wood cannons before the Ilinden Uprising in 1903.