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rdfs:label
  • Battle of Cynwit
rdfs:comment
  • A party of Vikings led by Ubbe Ragnarsson, brother of Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson, landed on the coast at Combwich with 23 ships and twelve hundred men. There they observed that a number of English Thanes and all of their men had taken refuge in the fort of "Cynwit" for safety.
Strength
  • 1200
  • Unknown
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Partof
  • the Viking invasions of England
Date
  • 878
Commander
Casualties
  • Unknown
Result
  • Decisive West Saxon victory
combatant
Place
  • may be Cannington, Somerset, but this is uncertain
Conflict
  • Battle of Cynwit
abstract
  • A party of Vikings led by Ubbe Ragnarsson, brother of Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson, landed on the coast at Combwich with 23 ships and twelve hundred men. There they observed that a number of English Thanes and all of their men had taken refuge in the fort of "Cynwit" for safety.