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The Battle of Fulford was fought on the outskirts of the village of Fulford, [1] just south of York in England, on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway, also known as Harald Hardrada, [a] a claimant to the English throne and Tostig Godwinson, [b] his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar. [3] [4]
Later in the year he returned, accompanied by King Harald Hardrada of Norway at the head of a huge Norwegian army, which defeated Edwin and Morcar at the Battle of Fulford near York (20 September). Harald and Tostig were in turn defeated and slain by Harold Godwinson 's army, five days later at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (25 September).
Harald's army then encountered the earls Morcar and Edwin; they fought against Harald's invading army two miles (3 km) south of York at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September. The battle was a decisive victory for the invaders, and led York to surrender to their forces on 24 September.
That was the case at the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814) in which the British regulars, well trained and with good morale, charged less well-trained American troops and forced them to flee, despite being outnumbered 12 to 1, and was a noted feature of the Battle of Kapyong, [4] where a full Chinese division of 10,000–20,000 were successfully ...
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Fulford is a headquarters for the Royal Military Police. Fulford was the site of the Battle of Fulford won by the invading Vikings in 1066, a precursor to the nearby Battle of Stamford Bridge lost by the Vikings, and then the Battle of Hastings in Sussex won by the invading Normans in the following weeks.
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Gafulford (alternatively Gafulforda, Gafolforda or Gavelford [1]) is the site of a battle in South West England known from the first entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 823 AD (usually corrected to 825 AD): "Her waes Weala gefeoht Defna aet Gafulford". [2] A translation is: "there was a fight between the Weala and the Defna at Gafulford".