The battle after Kestheven King Ethelred and Alfred marched against the Danes. The Danes tactics where splitting into two squares so the Saxons did the same marching forward in two squares. But they stayed in there trenches for to long because Ethelred wasn't done with mass and he gave orders no movement was to be made without him and his mass done. But Alfred took his square and attacked but after awhile they where being overwhelmed but Ethelred finished mass and came out with the fresh square and sweeped the Danes from the battlefield. Though he died to wounds even though a valiant thane tried to protect him.
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