King Aethelwulf of Wessex and his son Aethelbald won the greatest English victory over the Danes yet recorded. The Chronicle states the English made the greatest slaughter of a heathen raiding-army we have heard tell of to this present day. The victory came after the same season had seen the Danes sack Canterbury and London, demonstrating English capacity for decisive counterattack. Some 350 Danish ships had been involved in the wider campaign.
Great slaughter of Danish army; one of the highest recorded Viking losses of the period
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