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They withdrew to Mercia, but, in January 878, made a sudden attack on Chippenham, a royal stronghold in which Alfred had been staying over Christmas, " and most of the people they killed, except the King Alfred, and he with a little band made his way by wood and swamp, and after Easter he made a fort at Athelney in the marshes of Somerset, and from that fort kept fighting against the foe ".
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They were, however, able to avoid the more substantial control which Mercia exerted over smaller kingdoms.
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They also built at least two defensive ditches Offa's Dyke, built by King Offa of Mercia between 760-780, and the earlier Wat's Dyke.
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They went back to Eisenach, where in January 1711 Amalie Louise gave birth to a daughter.
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