After the rebels and Danes destroyed his garrison, William I personally marched north in midwinter — a remarkable logistical feat. He retook York, paid the Danes to depart, then systematically devastated Yorkshire and the north. The Domesday survey twenty years later still showed vast areas recorded as "waste." Historians estimate tens of thousands died of starvation in the following winter.
William I: c. 7,000–9,000 troops. Rebels/Danes: c. 4,000–6,000 combined forces.
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