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{{Era|Timeline}}{{WP-REAL|Battle of Reading (871)}} | {{Era|Timeline}}{{WP-REAL|Battle of Reading (871)}} | ||
{{Battle Infobox | |||
|prev = [[Viking Capture of York]] | |||
|next = [[Battle of Ashdown]] | |||
|image = ACV BB - Reading.jpg | |||
|conflict = [[Viking expansion]] | |||
|date = c. 4 January 871 | |||
|place = [[Reading]], [[Berkshire|Bearroscire]], [[Wessex]] | |||
|result = Viking victory | |||
|side1 = [[Wessex|West]] [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxons]] | |||
|side2 = [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Vikings]] | |||
|commanders1 = *[[Æthelred I, King of Wessex|Æthelred]] | |||
*[[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] | |||
|commanders2 = *[[Bersi|Bagsecg]] | |||
*[[Halfdan Ragnarsson]] | |||
|casual1 = Heavy losses | |||
|casual2 = Unknown | |||
}} | |||
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 '''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> | ||
==Battle and aftermath== | |||
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="ACV BB"/> | 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="ACV BB"/> | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 8 September 2022
The Battle of Reading was a military engagement between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings in Reading, during the Viking conquest of England. It took place in 4 January 871, just four days prior to the Battle of Ashdown.[1]
Battle and aftermath
The Saxons, commanded by Æthelred and his younger brother 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 "where ashes fall".[1]
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