Margrave Gero and his men quickly build three bridges across the Raxa, allowing the army of King Otto the Great to attack and rout the tired Slavic army.
Margrave Gero I. the Great Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: calling for help, Direct Consequence: victory
At Gero cum amicis Ruanis miliario ferme uno a castris descendens hoste ignorante tres pontes celeriter construxit et misso nuntio ad imperatorem totum exercitum revocavit. Quo viso barbari et ipsi obviare legionibus contendunt. Pedites barbarorum dum longiorem viam currunt et certamen ineunt, fatigatione dissoluti militibus citius cedunt; nec mora, dum fugae presidium quaerunt, obtruncantur.
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Widukindus monachus Corbeiensis - Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), Darmstadt, 16-183.