Battle of Derby
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battle-of-derby-175-13734753
title:
Battle of Derby
text:
In July 917, Æthelflæd launched her first offensive foray and selected the fortress at Derby as her target. At that time the local ruler had probably joined with the armies from Northampton and Leicester in a number of raids to attack Mercia. Aethelfled took advantage of the weakened burh and successfully assaulted the town in July 917; the whole region subsequently being annexed into English Mercia. Derby was the first of Five Danelaw Burgh's to be defeated by Aetheflead's Army in the "liberati
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Derby
date created:
2016-06-08T18:17:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T08:53:42Z
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13
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