After the storming of Benfleet camp, Haesten moved his army westward. Edward the Elder intercepted and defeated the Danish army at Farnham in Surrey, capturing their plunder and baggage. The Danes fled across the Thames to an island in the Colne (Thorney Island in Buckinghamshire), entrenched and were besieged. Edward's forces lacked provisions to maintain the siege alone and the Danes eventually escaped westward. The engagement demonstrated Edward's growing military ability.
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