After sacking London and Canterbury, the Viking army moved into Surrey where Aethelwulf of Wessex met them at Acleah (probably Ockley in Surrey). The Chronicle records this as "the greatest slaughter of a heathen host" ever made. It was the most decisive English victory of the early Viking Age and gave Wessex enormous prestige, demonstrating that the Vikings could be defeated in pitched battle.
Very heavy Viking losses, described as the greatest English victory over Danes to date
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