During the complex 893 campaign, East Anglian Danes sent a fleet to raid along the Thames while the land army moved west. Alfred ordered his own ships to intercept. The Chronicle records multiple naval engagements along the Thames and the English coast during this period. The Danish ability to coordinate a naval feint with a land campaign showed their strategic sophistication and the challenge Alfred faced in defending multiple coastlines simultaneously.
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