The Saxon shouts rose louder and louder as the Danes in vain endeavoured to break through their line.

The monks fought stoutly, and many a fierce Norseman fell before their blows.
The Danes, who had not expected so firm a resistance, began to hesitate, and Algar giving the word, the Saxons took the offensive, and the line pressed forward step by step.

The archers poured their arrows in a storm among the Danish ranks.

These fell back before the onslaught.

Already three of their kings and many of their principal leaders had fallen, and at last, finding themselves unable to withstand the impetuous onslaught of the Saxons, they turned and fled in confusion towards their camp.