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... heathens at Wicga's Hill and great slaughter was made there , and he won the victory . And that same year King Athelstan and Ealdorman Ealhhere annihilated a great army at Sandwich in Kent and seized nine ships and scattered the rest ...
... heathens at Wicga's Hill and great slaughter was made there , and he won the victory . And that same year King Athelstan and Ealdorman Ealhhere annihilated a great army at Sandwich in Kent and seized nine ships and scattered the rest ...
Page 113
... heathen army covertly traveled at night and devastated all of eastern Kent . In this year [ 866 ] , Æthelred , King Æthelbert's brother , succeeded to the West Saxon kingdom . And in that same year , a great hostile army [ known as the ...
... heathen army covertly traveled at night and devastated all of eastern Kent . In this year [ 866 ] , Æthelred , King Æthelbert's brother , succeeded to the West Saxon kingdom . And in that same year , a great hostile army [ known as the ...
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... heathen army at Wilton , and for a long while during the day fought off the host ; but then the Danes had possession of the battlefield . And during this year , nine pitched battles were fought against the enemy army in this kingdom ...
... heathen army at Wilton , and for a long while during the day fought off the host ; but then the Danes had possession of the battlefield . And during this year , nine pitched battles were fought against the enemy army in this kingdom ...
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