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425 – Hereward: The Fall of Ely

The British History Podcast

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The Battle of the Shaky Bridge

The fighting took place over the course of a week, which means that just this engagement probably lasted days. And my best guess is that they were buying time for whatever was being arranged in the lines behind them. But whatever the plan was, eventually it appears to either have succeeded or morale broke.

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