Complex sentence: The engagement took place southwest of Crete on June 28,1940, when the escort of three Allied convoys headed for Alexandria spotted a smaller Axis convoy, consisting of three destroyers and bound for Tobruk from Taranto.
Split into simpler sentences: The engagement took place southwest of Crete on June 28,1940, when the escort of three Allied convoys headed for Alexandria spotted a smaller Axis convoy. The Axis convoy consisted of three destroyers and bound for Tobruk from Taranto.