Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: On 5 August the port of Zeila was occupied after heavy fighting and every possibility of help from French Somaliland for the retreating British was cut .
Simplified: On 5 August , the port of Zeila was occupied by the Italian western column commanded by Lieutenant-General Bertoldi . Any possibility of help from French Somaliland for the British was eliminated .