While the southern division of the Great Army under Guthrum operated in Wessex, Halfdan led the northern division back to Northumbria and ravaged across the Tyne and Wear regions. The Chronicle records Halfdan fought against the Picts and the Strathclyde Welsh. Monasteries at Hexham and along the Tyne valley were attacked. This systematic devastation preceded the formal partition of Northumbrian land among the Danish warriors.
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