From his base on the Isle of Ely, Hereward the Wake conducted guerrilla raids against Norman settlements in the surrounding Fenland, attacking foragers, ambushing patrols, and keeping a wide area in a state of alarm. His raids made the surrounding Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire territories effectively ungovernable for Norman administrators and forced William to commit substantial forces to the eventual siege. The guerrilla campaign lasted for over a year before Norman engineering overcame the Fen defences.
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