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The Bulletin
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Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 75~N0. 3893
Fix this textWednesday, September 22, 1954
Fix this textPrice 9d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textBATTLE ANGER AND STORM FURY
Fix this textHAVE FAILED TO SUBDUE
Fix this textCORFE CASTLE
Fix this textTHE extensive ruins of Corfe Castle occupy
Fix this textthe summit of an isolated hill near
Fix this textSwanage in Dorset, and for over three hundred
Fix this textyears its massive walls have withstood time
Fix this textand the elements. Before its destruction by
Fix this textParliamentary forces in 1646 this great castle
Fix this textwas one of the strongest and most important
Fix this textfortifications in Britain. Although the existing
Fix this textcastle dates mainly from the Norman period it
Fix this textstands upon the site of a Saxon stronghold of
Fix this textKjng Edgar (950 a.d.). At that time it was
Fix this textthe centre of a royal hunting ground and it
Fix this textwas there that King Edward was murdered by
Fix this texthis stepmother, Elfrida, in 979.
Fix this textCorfe Castle was a favourite residence of
Fix this textKing John and owing to its almost impregnable
Fix this textstrength he deposited there for safe keeping
Fix this textthe royal regalia. From earliest times the castle
Fix this textserved as a State prison and traces of some of
Fix this textthe dungeons can still be seen; they recall the
Fix this textcruelty of a King who, at the beginning of the
Fix this text‘l3th century, confined twenty-two French
Fix this textprisoners there and allowed them to starve to
Fix this textdeath. There, also, he imprisoned his niece,
Fix this textEleanor, and two daughters of the Scottish
Fix this textking, sent to him as hostages.
Fix this textIn 1326 Edward II was imprisoned there by
Fix this textQueen Isabella and her paramour,. Roger
Fix this textMortimer, before they murdered him at
Fix this textBerkeley Castle. Although associated with
Fix this textsuffering, cruelty and violence, Corfe Castle
Fix this textis also associated with the outstanding forti-
Fix this texttude of a woman —Lady Bankes, who organised
Fix this textthe defence of the fortress against the Parlia-
Fix this textmentarians in 1643. The defenders held out
Fix this textduring the siege which lasted six weeks against
Fix this texta force of six hundred. Three years later the
Fix this textcastle was again besieged but this time treachery
Fix this textachieved what force had previously failed to
Fix this textaccomplish. An officer of the garrison admitted
Fix this textthe enemy in disguise under the pretence of
Fix this textbeing a reinforcement. The defenders were
Fix this textforced to surrender and the castle was plundered.
Fix this textFollowing its capture, Parliament ordered the
Fix this textdestruction of Corfe Castle; the towers were
Fix this textundermined and large quantities of gunpowder
Fix this textwere used for months in an effort to demolish
Fix this textthe stronghold. The immense walls, twenty-
Fix this textseven feet thick in some places, withstood their
Fix this textefforts and they still stand today in splendid
Fix this textisolation, a monument to the skill of the castle
Fix this textbuilders, and a reminder of the fury of the
Fix this textCivil War.
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