Hungarians, led by a guide from Berengar of Friuli, ambush Margrave Adalbert of Ivrea, Count Palatine Odelrich and Count Giselbert of Bergamo and their armies from the back, killing and capturing many including the three leaders.
Inter agendum autem contigit Hungarios Veronam his ignorantibus advenisse, quorum duo reges Dursac et Bugat amicissimi Berengario fuerant. Adelbertus denique marchio atque Odelricus comes palatii, Gislebertus etiam comes pluresque alii dum in montanis Brixianae civitatis, quae L miliariis Verona distat, conventicula ob Berengarii deiectionem haberent, rogavit Berengarius Hungarios, ut, si se amarent, super inimicos suos irruerent. Hi vero, ut erant necis avidi, bellandi cupidi, a Berengario mox praeduce accepto per ignotas vias a tergo hos usque adveniunt tantaque illos tunc celeritate confodiunt, ut nec induendi quidem sumendive arma spatium habere quirent. Captis igitur caesisque multis Odelricus palatii comes, qui se non inviriliter defenderat, occiditur, Adelbertus autem marchio et Gislebertus vivi capiuntur.
Translation :
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Edition :
Liudprandi Liber Antapodoseos, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), 5th Ed. Darmstadt 2002, 244-495.
Remark :
long-term consequence: Adalbert disguises himself as a common soldier and convinces the Hungarians to be ransomed for a low sum, while Giselbert is recognized, beaten and humiliated, described in: " "
