Battle of Sandwich (851)
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The Battle of Sandwich was a naval battle that occurred in 851 between the West Saxons led by Æthelstan and the Danish Vikings. It resulted in a West Saxon victory. The most important source of information comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which recorded that: "...And the same year king Athelstan and Elchere the ealdormen fought on shipboard, and slew a great number of the enemy at Sandwich in Kent, and took nine ships, and put the others to flight; and the heathen men, for the first time, remained over winter in Thanet."
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Battle of Sandwich (851)
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Battle of Sandwich
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the Viking invasions of England
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The Battle of Sandwich was a naval battle that occurred in 851 between the West Saxons led by Æthelstan and the Danish Vikings. It resulted in a West Saxon victory. The most important source of information comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which recorded that: "...And the same year king Athelstan and Elchere the ealdormen fought on shipboard, and slew a great number of the enemy at Sandwich in Kent, and took nine ships, and put the others to flight; and the heathen men, for the first time, remained over winter in Thanet."
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West Saxon victory
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At least nine ships