Battle of Benfleet

Quand

894

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

51.55° N, 0.56° E

Description

894 battle between Vikings and Wessex

894 battle between Vikings and Wessex

The Battle of Benfleet was an 894 battle between the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons commanded by Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, the son and son-in-law of Alfred the Great respectively. The battle was part of a campaign started by the Vikings in 892 to raid and potentially occupy lands in England, having been defeated by the armies of France.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Отряд викингов переправился через Темзу и стали призывать валлийцев к восстанию »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source