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Englefield, battle of
Englefield, battle of, 871. No more than a skirmish, the battle at Englefield to the west of Reading in early 871 marks the opening of the bitter struggle between the West Saxons and the Danes. An exploratory raiding party led by two earls, one of whom, Sidroc by name, was killed, was defeated by Æthelwulf, the ealdorman of Berkshire. Four days later, however, Æthelwulf himself was killed in the failure of the West Saxons, commanded by King Æthelred and his brother Alfred, to dislodge the Danes from their campaign headquarters at Reading. The failure led directly into the so-called ‘year of battles’ in the course of which (in mid-April) the king died, to be succeeded by Alfred.
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JOHN CANNON. "Englefield, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Englefield, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Englefieldbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Englefield, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Englefieldbattleof.html |
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Englefield, battle of
Englefield, battle of, 871. The battle at Englefield, near Reading, in early 871 marks the opening of the bitter struggle between the West Saxons and the Danes. Æthelwulf, the ealdorman of Berkshire, was killed in the failure of the West Saxons, commanded by King Æthelred and his brother Alfred, to dislodge the Danes. The failure led directly into the so‐called ‘year of battles’ in the course of which the king died, to be succeeded by Alfred.
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JOHN CANNON. "Englefield, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Englefield, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Englefieldbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Englefield, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Englefieldbattleof.html |
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