Complex sentence: The Ottoman defenders continued to hold very strong defensive positions, with each redoubts ideally placed to provide supporting fire for other redoubts, and in most places the dismounted attackers were utterly exposed to this fire.
Split into simpler sentences: The Ottoman defenders continued to hold very strong defensive positions, with each redoubt ideally placed to provide supporting fire for other redoubts. In most places the dismounted attackers were utterly exposed to this fire.