A Mercian force under Ealdorman Aethelmund crossed the Thames at Kempsford into Wiltshire. Ealdorman Weohstan of Wiltshire met them and both ealdormen were killed. The West Saxons won the battle despite losing their leader. It was a frontier clash typical of Mercian-West Saxon rivalry and showed that Wessex could resist even after Offa death.
Both Ealdorman Aethelmund and Ealdorman Weohstan killed
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