At Farnham in Surrey in 893 Alfred's son Edward the Elder defeated a large Danish army that had come from Appledore in Kent through Surrey. The Danes were caught crossing the River Wey and routed. Their king (unnamed in the sources) was wounded. Survivors fled north across the Thames and were besieged on an island in the Colne near Thorney. The battle was one of Alfred's most successful defensive operations in his later campaigns against the multiple Danish forces operating in southeast England.
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