Complex sentence: On 10 October, Hamelin attacked the Honourable East India Company's base at Tappanooly on Sumatra and burnt it to the ground: the entire population was taken prisoner, although the women were eventually sent to Padang in a small schooner.
Split into simpler sentences: On 10 October, Hamelin attacked the Honourable East India Company's base at Tappanooly on Sumatra and burnt it to the ground. The entire population was taken prisoner, although the women were eventually sent to Padang in a small schooner.