条目名称是 爱丁顿战役
爱丁顿战役发生在公元878年5月的英格兰,具体时间可能是6日至12日之间,作战双方分别是阿尔弗雷德大帝率领的威塞克斯军队和古斯伦率领的丹麦军队。战役以威塞克斯方面取胜告终,并签署了《韦德莫尔条约》,条约确认了双方领土的划分,古斯伦接受基督教的洗礼,并认阿尔弗雷德大帝为义父。
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爱丁顿战役 |
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丹麦人与威塞克斯王国的战役的一部分 |
爱丁顿战役纪念碑ref>UK Inventory of War Memorials. The Memorial stone plaque reads:
TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF ETHANDUN FOUGHT IN THIS VICINITY MAY 878 AD WHEN KING ALFRED THE GREAT DEFEATED THE VIKING ARMY, GIVING BIRTH TO THE ENGLISH NATIONHOOD. UNVEILED BY THE 7TH MARQUESS OF BATH 5TH NOVEMBER 2000.
An additional inscription reads:
THIS STONE, PRESENTED BY F. SWANTON AND SONS, NORTH FARM, WEST OVERTON, IS A SARSEN STONE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT KINGSTON DEVERILL, THE AREA WHERE KING ALFRED RALLIED SAXON LEVIES FROM HAMPSHIRE, WILTSHIRE AND SOMERSET TO MARCH AGAINST GUTHRUM'S VIKING ARMY BASED AT CHIPPENHAM. </ref> |
日期 | 878年5月 |
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地点 | 威尔特郡 爱丁顿 |
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结果 |
Decisive West Saxon victory |
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参战方 |
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West Saxons |
Danelaw Vikings |
指挥官与领导者 |
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Alfred the Great |
Guthrum the Old |
兵力 |
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2900 |
3500 |
伤亡与损失 |
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560 |
1200 |
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