Battle of Meretun
The Battle of Meretun (or Merton) between a West Saxon army led by King Æthelred and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great, and a Viking army took place on 22 March 871 at an unknown location in Wessex, probably in one of the modern counties of Dorset, Hampshire, or Wiltshire.
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| Part of the Viking invasions of England | |||||||
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| Wessex | Vikings | ||||||
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