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Regional661 CE

Battle of Pontesbury

United Kingdom

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Pontesbury (661), part of the Anglo-Saxon Territorial War. Mercia defeated Wessex.

Belligerents2

  • Mercia
  • Wessex

Conflict graph

PART OFWars of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

Sources

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

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