Before the main Battle of the Holme, Aethelwold and his East Anglian Danish allies harried through Mercia as far south as Cricklade on the Thames. This deep raid into Mercian territory — the same area Edward the Elder had been reconquering — demonstrated the continuing military capacity of the East Anglian Danes even as Edward was systematically tightening English control. The raid provoked the engagement that killed Aethelwold.
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