William Rufus mounted a campaign into Wales in 1095 that achieved little militarily but demonstrated the difficulty of fighting the Welsh in their own terrain. Welsh forces avoided pitched battle, melted into the mountains, and harassed the Norman supply lines with guerrilla tactics. Rufus returned without a decisive victory, illustrating why permanent conquest of Wales required sustained castle-building rather than periodic expeditions.
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