Battle of Cynwit Ealdorman of Devon and the English forces not only succeeded in killing Ubba, but they also captured the "Hrefn", the Raven banner. While the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" only briefly mentions the battle, it does draw attention to the capture of the banner, which is interesting considering that it does not single out any other trophy captured by the English in the many other victories they had against the Danes. The battle appears in "The Marsh King", a children's historical novel by C. Walter Hodges, where its location is called "Kynwit". Although this novel is about King Alfred, it gives due credit
Battle of Horodok (1655) Potocki surrendered to King of Sweden Charles X Gustav, on October 28, 1655. Battle of Horodok (1655) The battle of Gródek Jagielloński or battle of Horodok took place during the Russo-Polish War (1654–67) on 29 September 1655. Russian and Ukrainian Cossack forces under Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev and Bohdan Khmelnytsky engaged a Polish–Lithuanian army under Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki near Gródek Jagielloński, which at that time was part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s Ruthenian Voivodeship (now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). Polish forces were defeated and forced to retreat, losing their supplies to the Russians. The Russians advanced, besieging Lwow, and Potocki with the remains