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Alfred contains Guthrum's army at Exeter while a Viking reinforcement fleet is damaged by storms.
Denmark · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Alfred contains Guthrum's army at Exeter while a Viking reinforcement fleet is damaged by storms.
Exeter is attacked and destroyed during Sweyn Forkbeard's campaign.
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