Offa defeated Cynewulf of Wessex at Bensington and seized the upper Thames valley, including the strategic town of Benson. This was a major expansion of Mercian territory at West Saxon expense and demonstrated that Offa military power far exceeded that of any rival English king in the late eighth century.
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