King Aethelwulf of Wessex defeated a large Danish army at Aclea — probably Ockley in Surrey. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls it the greatest slaughter of a Danish force ever made. The same Danish fleet had sacked Canterbury and London and even briefly captured King Beorhtwulf of Mercia. Aclea demonstrated that Wessex could field effective forces against the new Viking threat.
Very large Danish losses
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