Regional779 CE

Battle of Bensington

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United Kingdom

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Bensington (779), part of the Anglo-Saxon Territorial Wars. Mercia defeated Wessex.

Belligerents2

Mercia
Wessex

Conflict graph

PART OFWars of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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