Edward the Elder5 August 910
Edward’s allies destroyed a major Northumbrian Danish army returning from raids in Mercia.
England · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Edward’s allies destroyed a major Northumbrian Danish army returning from raids in Mercia.
The allied army scores a great victory over the Viking force, the last major army sent by the Danes to ravage England. Northumbrians attack Mercia. Met by the combined Mercian and West Saxon army at the Battle of Tettenhall
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