Complex sentence: He joined the Boer Voortrekkers and fought with them against the British at the Battle of Boomplaats in 1848, and the same year settled in Zoutpansberg in the north-east of the Transvaal.
Split into simpler sentences: He joined the Boer Voortrekkers and fought with them against the British at the Battle of Boomplaats in 1848. The same year Render settled in Zoutpansberg in the north-east of the Transvaal.