Editing Battle of Reading

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The '''Battle of Reading''' was a military engagement between the [[Anglo-Saxons]] and the [[Vikings]] in [[Reading]], during the [[Viking expansion|Viking conquest]] of [[England]]. It took place in 4 January 871, just four days prior to the [[Battle of Ashdown]].<ref name="ACV BB">''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers]]'' – [[The Dust Settles]]</ref>

The Saxons, commanded by [[Æthelred I, King of Wessex|Æthelred]] and his younger brother [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]], suffered great losses, though the Æthelred and Alfred managed to flee. The Vikings, under the orders of [[Halfdan Ragnarsson]], burned the corpses of their enemies in a great pyre before giving chase to their escaping enemies, meeting them "[[Ashdown|where ashes fall]]".<ref name="ACVBB 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Blood Brothers]]'' – [[The Dust Settles]]</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers]]''

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