Famous English and British Battles and Wars 59 AD to Present …
Filed Under (Blackwater/Xe Blog Posts) by webmaster on 09-02-2010
Soldiers in the trenches of the First World War would often quote that they fought for each other. It makes us English a united culture, the. … The Battle of Maldon AD 991Took place on the shores of the River Blackwater in Essex. There was a heroic stand by the Anglo-Saxons against the Viking invasion which ended in utter defeat for Brithnoth and his men. The battle’s progress is related in a famous Anglo-Saxon poem, only part of which survives. …
