QBS #12 - The Great Viking Defeat Traditional Geocache
QBS #12 - The Great Viking Defeat
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12th in The Quest for The Blowing Stone series.
More info at the Bonus Cache page QBS #23 - Final - Quest for the Blowing Stone
Alfred was the only English King to defeat an entire Viking Army at The Battle of Edington in 878. Northumbria, East Anglia and Mercia had all been overrun. Alfred's fyrd (army) used a tactic familiar to the Roman infantry, called a shield wall. Shields were placed side by side, creating a solid wall. Spears were thrust through small openings in the shield wall. In a fierce battle that lasted all day, Alfred's men wore down the Danes. He chased the Danes back to Chippenham, and trapped them within his own fortress there.
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