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愛丁頓戰役
丹麥人與威塞克斯王國的戰役的一部分

愛丁頓戰役紀念碑ref>UK Inventory of War Memorials. The Memorial stone plaque reads:

TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF ETHANDUN FOUGHT IN THIS VICINITY MAY 878 AD WHEN KING ALFRED THE GREAT DEFEATED THE VIKING ARMY, GIVING BIRTH TO THE ENGLISH NATIONHOOD. UNVEILED BY THE 7TH MARQUESS OF BATH 5TH NOVEMBER 2000.

An additional inscription reads:

THIS STONE, PRESENTED BY F. SWANTON AND SONS, NORTH FARM, WEST OVERTON, IS A SARSEN STONE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT KINGSTON DEVERILL, THE AREA WHERE KING ALFRED RALLIED SAXON LEVIES FROM HAMPSHIRE, WILTSHIRE AND SOMERSET TO MARCH AGAINST GUTHRUM'S VIKING ARMY BASED AT CHIPPENHAM.

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日期878年5月
地點
威爾特郡 愛丁頓
結果 Decisive West Saxon victory
參戰方

West Saxons

Danelaw Vikings
指揮官與領導者
Alfred the Great Guthrum the Old
兵力
2900 3500
傷亡與損失
560 1200


條目名稱愛丁頓戰役
愛丁頓戰役發生在公元878年5月的英格蘭,具體時間可能是6日至12日之間,作戰雙方分別是阿爾弗雷德大帝率領的威塞克斯軍隊和古斯倫率領的丹麥軍隊。戰役以威塞克斯方面取勝告終,並簽署了《韋德莫爾條約》,條約確認了雙方領土的劃分,古斯倫接受基督教的洗禮,並認阿爾弗雷德大帝為義父。

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