After joining forces with Harald Hardrada's Norwegian fleet in September 1066, Tostig and Hardrada sailed south along the Yorkshire coast and sacked Scarborough. The garrison resisted but the Norwegians burned the upper town and forced submission. The Scarborough sacking was part of the Norwegian fleet's systematic demonstration of power along the Yorkshire coast before entering the Humber and advancing on York.
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