Everything about Battle Of Reading 871 totally explained
» See also Siege of Reading (1642-1643), Battle of Reading (1688)
The first
Battle of Reading was a
battle on
January 4 871 near
Reading in what is now the
English county of
Berkshire. The battle occurred when
Ethelred of Wessex and his brother
Alfred the Great attacked a
Danish army, which was invading Britain and was camped near Reading. Although many Danes were killed, the Saxons under Ethelred were defeated and driven from the field with great losses.
According to the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a
West Saxon ealdorman named Aethelwulf was killed here. Aethelwulf had been the victorious West Saxon leader four days earlier at the
Battle of Englefield.
The description of this battle in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the first mention of the town of Reading.
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