When we left off, the Danes had occupied Reading, fortified it for several days, and then sent a detachment West along the river Kennet\u2026 In response, Ealdorman AEthelwulf of Berkshire had raised the local Fyrd, killed one of the Danish lords, and for the first time in a very long time, at Englefield, the West [\u2026]
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