The Siege of Alabu occurred in the year 395, the next siege of war between the relocating tribes and the next attempt to profit from the enemy settlement. The Danes, under the command of King Danur, attacked from the south the settlement of the Jutes of Alabu while the king of the Getwulf was on the march to the Geats. Danur grabbed the settlement and robbed him, which strengthened the reputation of the king of the Danes.
Background[]
It was 395 a year. From the east came the great danger in the face of the Huns. Tribes relocated to the west robbing those who fall in order to survive. In Zeland, there lived a tribe of Danes. In the past, it quarreled with uthas and gethes. King Danur often participated in campaigns on Jutland and Sweden. In 395, the tribe was poor in crop failure, the cold would soon come. And Danur gathered an army and decided to rob a settlement of a neighboring Jutes tribe Alabu.
Siege[]
Shot jutes
King Danur and his army landed south of Alabu. At this time, while the king Getwulf and the heir son Gutulf came to the north, the garrison was few in number. So Danur attacked immediately. King sent the cavalry west to the market to break up a squad of spearmen, and spearmen to the center, burn the towers and smash the garrison infantry, while the king remained in the forest with the gunners. Meanwhile, an admiral of the Jutes garrison fleet Torgnir landed in the forest on the right flank of the small rivers. The cavalry defeated a detachment of Jutes javelin throwers and attacked from the rear the Jutes infantry, who were defeated at the tower, was already defeated and was soon defeated. Having understood everything, the garrison commander, Hrodmar, went to the last battle. And in the forest, Danes spear throwers shot the seamen of Torgnir. As a result, the landing and counterattack failed. Hrodmar fiercely fell, and the city was taken.