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Old. Guthrum quickly defeated Burgred and placed a puppet on the throne of Mercia. The Danes now controlled East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, with only Wessex continuing to resist.

875The Danes settled in Dorset, well inside Alfred's Kingdom of Wessex, but Alfred quickly made peace with them.

876The Danes broke the peace when they captured the fortress of Wareham, followed by a similar capture of Exeter in 877.

877Alfred laid in a siege, while the Danes waited for reinforcements from

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