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... marches to Hastings . Harold marches to London and collects troops A. D. 1066 Sept. 20 24 99 " " 25 27 28 29 Oct. I - 12 12 , 13 " " 14 Harold marches from London and encamps on Senlac Battle of Senlac . Edgar chosen King ; Edwin and ...
... marches to Hastings . Harold marches to London and collects troops A. D. 1066 Sept. 20 24 99 " " 25 27 28 29 Oct. I - 12 12 , 13 " " 14 Harold marches from London and encamps on Senlac Battle of Senlac . Edgar chosen King ; Edwin and ...
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... marched , still north - east , to Ethandun , that is Edington , not far from Trowbridge and Westbury , where he fought the great battle . At Edington there is a very fine church , but that was not built till many hundred years after ...
... marched , still north - east , to Ethandun , that is Edington , not far from Trowbridge and Westbury , where he fought the great battle . At Edington there is a very fine church , but that was not built till many hundred years after ...
Page 136
... marched back as fast as they could to Chester . I mention this , because the Chronicle adds , what sounds very strange , that Chester was now a deserted place . This was still in 894 . There was a great deal of fighting almost all over ...
... marched back as fast as they could to Chester . I mention this , because the Chronicle adds , what sounds very strange , that Chester was now a deserted place . This was still in 894 . There was a great deal of fighting almost all over ...
Page 216
... marches to and fro , all the parts of the country that they ravaged and all the towns that they burned ; but you should mark that they now get far away from the sea , burning Oxford and Northampton and other quite inland places . I will ...
... marches to and fro , all the parts of the country that they ravaged and all the towns that they burned ; but you should mark that they now get far away from the sea , burning Oxford and Northampton and other quite inland places . I will ...
Page 226
... Cnut and Eadric harrying on the other . But Cnut marched straight through Mercia and came to York while 1 It is so in the Encomium Emma . Uhtred and Edmund were away . So when they heard 226 OLD ENGLISH HISTORY FOR CHILDREN .
... Cnut and Eadric harrying on the other . But Cnut marched straight through Mercia and came to York while 1 It is so in the Encomium Emma . Uhtred and Edmund were away . So when they heard 226 OLD ENGLISH HISTORY FOR CHILDREN .
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