After Brentford, Edmund Ironside won another engagement at Otford in Kent, driving Danish forces across the Thames. The Danes retreated into the Isle of Sheppey. Eadric Streona famously persuaded Edmund not to press the pursuit, allegedly claiming Edmund was too tired - which later chroniclers interpret as treachery designed to prevent a decisive English victory. Otford was another demonstration of Edmund's personal military ability never quite translated into war-winning result.
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