Battle of Tempsford
| date | 917 |
|---|---|
| place | Tempsford, England |
| output | Anglo-Saxon victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
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Guthrum II †, |
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| Troop strength | |
| Unknown | Unknown |
| losses | |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
The Battle of Tempsford took place in England in 917 .
In 917, the group of Danes based in Huntingdon moved to Tempsford in Bedfordshire . Other Danes from the Kingdom of East Anglia followed them. They built and fortified a new burh there , which was to serve as an advanced base of operations for attacks on English territory. Later that year, after the Danes failed to attack Bedford , they were attacked by an English force led by King Edward the Elder . This attack was part of the large-scale offensive in 917 on the Danish territories in East Anglia and the southeastMercia . The Burh was stormed and a Danish king, presumably that of East Anglia, was killed along with Earl Toglos and Mannas and many of their followers. The rest were captured.
literature
- Michael Swanton (Ed.): The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Second edition, London 2000, pp. 101-2.
Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 14 ″ N , 0 ° 17 ′ 46 ″ E