Nortmanni vero cum infinita multitudine monasterium nostrum ingressi VII. Kal. Ianuarii ipsum monasterium et civitatem, exceptis aecclesiis, et vicum monasterii et omnes villas in circuitu V. Kal. lanuarii, interfectis omnibus quos invenire poterant, igne cremaverunt omnemque terram usque Sumnam pervagati sunt, capta praeda infinita hominum, pecudum et iumentorum.
Translation :
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Edition :
B. von Simson, Annales Xantenses et Annales Vedastini (MGH SS rer. Germ., 12), 1909, 40-82.
Remark :
context: The city and the monastery are burned as part of this attack, while the area is plundered and many people are captured. The Northmen continue to plunder in West-Francia and return to Arras later in the year to raid it again.
Notes :
For the related plunder and capture, please refer to: "Northmen capture people, horses and livestock in the area of Arras and to the Somme."
For the second attack on Arras two months later, please refer to: "Northmen return to Arras, killing the population and devastating the area."
