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Battle of Tempsford

Tempsford, battle of

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Tempsford, battle of, c.918. Edward the Elder and his sister Æthelfleda, lady of the Mercians, launched a sustained counter-attack upon Danish-held territory. In c.918 he stormed a large Danish camp at Tempsford, east of Bedford, killing the leader Guthrum II. Danish resistance in East Anglia crumbled.

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Tempsford, battle of

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Tempsford, battle of, c.918. Edward the Elder and his sister Æthelfleda, lady of the Mercians, launched a sustained counter‐attack upon Danish‐held territory. In c. 918 he stormed a large Danish camp at Tempsford, east of Bedford, killing the leader Guthrum II. Danish resistance in East Anglia crumbled.
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