Complex sentence: The latter did not retaliate and continued to close, reaching her effective cannon range of 2,200 meters at 09:40 hrs. The "Cochrane", Captain Latorre, began to shell the Peruvian ironclad.
Split into simpler sentences: The latter did not retaliate and continued to close. She reached her effective cannon range of 2,200 meters fifteen minutes later, and the "Cochrane", Captain Latorre, began to shell the Peruvian ironclad.