Crowland Abbey and its fenland island position was seized by Royalist forces in 1643 and fortified as a garrison controlling the southern fenland. Parliamentary Eastern Association forces besieged the position. The unique fenland topography made conventional assault difficult and the garrison had to be starved into submission.
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