The Annals of Saint Neots and Asser both record the battle of Cynuit (alternatively Cynwit or Countisbury) where a Devon force besieged in a coastal fort made a desperate dawn sortie and routed the Danish force under Ubba. The capture of the Raven Banner — the sacred banner of the sons of Ragnar — was an enormous symbolic victory. Asser records 840 Danes killed, 40 captured. This variant entry captures the slightly different location tradition placing the battle inland from Countisbury.
840 Danes killed according to Asser; Ubba killed
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