Complex sentence: Unfortunately for the Khalsa, Tej Singh and Lal Singh retained the overall direction of the Sikh armies, and the position at Sobraon was linked to the west, Punjabi, bank of the river by a single vulnerable pontoon bridge.
Split into simpler sentences: Unfortunately for the Khalsa, Tej Singh and Lal Singh retained the overall direction of the Sikh armies. The position at Sobraon was linked to the west, Punjabi, bank of the river by a single vulnerable pontoon bridge.