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But he had no time to grieve or exult over the death of Tostig, for the day after the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the Norman fleet, at last, felt the wind change direction. So, with great haste, the Duke went to sea, with his fleet sailing swiftly to the coast of England. Their first sight of land would have been the great cliffs at Beachy Head, and they landed in the nearby sheltering harbours of Pevensey. An old Roman fort guarded the beach. Within its now empty shell, William' s men erected a prefabricated timber castle, that would later be rebuilt in stone, as if declaring that they were now the heirs to the Romans. Expeditions for food and forage from the base camp took the usual form, burning everything that couldn' t be seized, striking terror into the hearts of the locals. |
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chū yú shǒu zú qíng yì, hā luó dé zhǎo dào le dì di de yí tǐ, bìng jiāng qí cán qū zàng yú yuē kè dà jiào táng. dàn tā què méi yǒu shí jiān wèi dì di de sǐ qù, ér bēi qī yì huò què yuè. sī tǎn fú qiáo yī zhàn zhī hòu, nuó wēi rén kuì bù chéng jūn, yě jiù zài cǐ shí, hǎi fēng zhōng yú zhuǎn biàn le fēng xiàng, yú shì gōng jué xuán jí huǒ sù chū hǎi, dài lǐng shǒu xià yáng fān lái dào yīng gé lán de hǎi àn dào dá zhè piàn dà lù. tā men zuì xiān kàn dào de biàn shì bǐ qí jiǎo de xuán yá. tā men de dēng lù diǎn shì wèi yú pèi wén xī fù jìn de yǐn bì hǎi gǎng, shǒu hù zhe hǎi àn de yī zuò gǔ luó mǎ bǎo lěi. zài bǎo lěi de cán ké zhī zhōng, wēi lián de shǒu xià dā qǐ le yī zuò lín shí de mù zhì chéng bǎo, hòu yòu yòng shí tou chóng xīn duī qì, fǎng fú zài xuān gào, tā men shì luó mǎ rén de hòu dài. cóng zhōu biān dì qū huò qǔ shí wù hé sì liào, yī rú jì wǎng de qiáng qǔ háo duó, ná bù zǒu de tǒng tǒng bèi fù zhī yī jù, lìng dāng dì jū mín jīng kǒng bù kān. |