Parliamentary forces under Colonel Fortescue maintained a tight naval and land blockade of Pendennis Castle for five months in 1646; garrison sorties and Parliamentary counter-operations formed a continuous series of small engagements before the starving garrison finally surrendered with full honours on 17 August.
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