Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: On August 5 , 1772 , the occupation manifesto was issued , much to the consternation of a country too exhausted by the endeavors of the Confederation of Bar to offer successful resistance ; nonetheless several battles and sieges took place , as Polish troops refused to lay down their arms ( most notably , in Tyniec , CzÄ stochowa and KrakÃ w ) .
Simplified: On August 5 , 1772 , the occupation manifesto was issued ; much to the consternation of a country too exhausted by the endeavors of the Confederation of Bar to offer further resistance .