This entry records the specific combat phase of the Derby assault — distinct from the strategic fall of Derby. The Mercian Register records that four thegns especially dear to Aethelflaed were killed fighting at the gates. Derby was a formidable Danish borough with earthwork defences and the assault required close combat. The detail about the four thegns killed at the gate is one of the most specific battle narratives in the Chronicle for this period.
Mercian army under Aethelflaed personally
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