After five months in the Earl's service he left him secretly, and on the night of 26 March (1140) surprised and captured by escalade the famous Devizes Castle, then held for the King.
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At the close of a week, William prevailed on Robert to surrender, and within a fortnight of his surprising the castle he had lost it and had set out to join the Earl of Gloucester.
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