Leicester — one of the Five Boroughs — submitted to Aethelflaed without the fierce fighting that had characterised the capture of Derby. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle notes that the inhabitants "submitted to her." This may reflect Danish war-weariness or effective psychological pressure. York then sent to offer submission — but Aethelflaed died before she could accept it. Her death in June 918 deprived England of its most capable commander at the moment of triumph.
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