The Chronicle records that in 853 the men of Kent and Surrey fought the Danes at Thanet and the Danes had possession of the field of battle. This coordinated Viking holding of Thanet as a winter base and fighting off English attempts to dislodge them showed increasing Viking strategic sophistication — they were now defending positions rather than merely raiding and retreating.
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