Hubert de Burgh led an English army to reassert control over the March in 1228 and was driven back by Llywelyn the Great's forces in the hills of Ceri (Kerry). Welsh guerrilla tactics and the difficult terrain rendered the English expedition futile. Llywelyn retained control of the contested lands. The episode showed that even the ablest English commander of the period could not dislodge Llywelyn from the middle March.
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