Event: Battle, FlightAnonymi 1008.attack with others on Anonymi 968 at Benfleet

Notes:

*For the complete details of this battle, see also the following Event.

Persons associated with this Event:

• Participant:   Anonymi 1008 (Very small part of the people who went eastwards in AD 893 when Alfred 8 went toward Exeter) : Anonymi 1008 with Anonymi 977 and Anonymi 978 put the here (Anonymi 968) to flight. They broke down the fortification and took all that was in it, both in goods, women and also children (Anonymi 979).The ships they either completely broke up or burned or brought them to the fortification at London or to Rochester.
• Participant:   Anonymi 977 (Inhabitants of London, fl. 893)
• Participant:   Anonymi 978 (Those who came from the west to assist)
• Participant:   Anonymi 968 (The part of Anonymi 133 who went east to the Continent) : The here (Anonymi 968) was put to flight.
• (Other):   Anonymi 979 (Women and children seized at Benfleet) : The women and also the children (Anonymi 979) within the fortification were taken by Anonymi 1008, Anonymi 977 and Anonymi 978.

Locations associated with this Event:

• Rochester: ( ), now Rochester, Kent
• London [Lundenbyrig]: (Burh), now London, Middlesex
• [Benfleet]: (Geweorc), now Benfleet, Essex