Cnut besieged London in 1016, digging a great ditch around the city and dragging his fleet around the London Bridge obstruction via a canal on the Southwark side. London held firm throughout the year. The siege was intermittent with Cnut lifting it to fight Edmund in the field at Brentford, Otford, and Assandun. After Assandun and the partition treaty at Alney Island, Edmund died in November 1016 and London surrendered to Cnut.
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