That Alfred's soul was on fire that morning, on finding himself once more at the head of a force he could rely on and before the enemy he had met so

A popular legend is found in the later chroniclers which relates that at this crisis of his fortunes Alfred.Continuing Alfred the Great's

The monkish legend goes on to tell that on the next morning the King crossed to the mainland in a boat.Continuing Alfred the Great's Reign,with a

in those miserable days the commonest necessaries of life were hard enough to come by for the King and his few companions.Continuing Alfred the

First a dense fog and then a great storm came on, bursting on the south coast with such fury that the pagans lost no less than one hundred of their

There must have been some few days of harassing suspense, for we cannot suppose that Alfred was not aware of the movements of his terrible

Foolish king's thanes, turned into King Popinjays by pagans and left to play at government on such terms, are not pleasant or profitable objects in

"This year," says the Saxon Chronicle, "nine general battles were fought against the army in the kingdom south of the Thames.Continuing Alfred the