Complex sentence: The next day a reconnaissance patrol from the 9th Parachute Battalion reconnoitred the Château Saint Come, they found it unoccupied but there was evidence that the Germans had recently been there; clothing, equipment, a half eaten meal and their payroll containing 50,000 French francs.
Split into simpler sentences: The next day a reconnaissance patrol from the 9th Parachute Battalion reconnoitred the Château Saint Come. They found it unoccupied, but there was evidence that the Germans had recently been there: clothing, equipment, a half eaten meal and their payroll containing 50,000 French francs.