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| Viking ship 9th century |
Bardr mac Imair"Viking Tyrant" died after a raid on St. Cianan monastery
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| Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, by Jean-Joseph Dassy |
The Frankish army from Ghent started to move. King Louis of West Francia won a battle the 3rd August against the vikings at Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu south of the Somme river.
The victory had no effect, vikings continued to raid Bonn and Cologne and they controlled large land areas, they made a base at Elsloo. Gudrød captured the Frankish royal town of Nijmegen.
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