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That region is well adapted for ambuscades by reason of the thick forests that cover it; and as the army was advancing in the long line of march necessitated by the narrowness of the road, the
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raiders who laid an ambush by hiding in the woods on top of a high mountain while
Frankish troops were crossing the mountain pass. Subsequently, the raiders attacked the rear guards of the Frankish army on their way down into the valley. According to Einhard, Eggihard, the King's steward; Anselm
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the rear guard in charge of it, and hurled them down to the very bottom of the valley . In the struggle that ensued they cut them off to a man; they then plundered the baggage, and dispersed with all speed in every direction under cover of approaching night.
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in 824. The clash was to have further reaching consequences than those of the 778 engagement: the immediate establishment of the independent
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