Surprise night attack on Alfred's court
01/06/878 AD defeated
Alfred flees the attack with a few retainers and took shelter in the marshes of Somerset, staying in the small village of Athelney. Then, according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, over the next few months he built up his force and waged a guerrilla war against Guthrum
Subjects Who or What defeated?
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Guthrum (the Old, Guðrum, Æthelstan) Viking Leader, King of E...
Objects To Whom or What was defeated?
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Alfred the Great Person
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