10 SEPTEMBER 1937, Page 21

BRUNANBURH

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In his "Marginal Comments "(September 3rd), Mr. E. L. Woodward remarks that "the English people have forgotten everything about" the battle of Brunanburh, and that "such is the oblivion into which this feat of English arms has fallen that no one can say where the battle was fought." While this is, no doubt, true in general, Mr. Woodward may be interested to know that an article on "The Site of the Battle of Brunan- burh," by Dr. A. H. Smith appeared this year in London Medieval Studies. Dr. Smith supplies evidence in favour of the second of Mr. Woodward's suggestions for the site of the battle, viz., Bromborough.—Yours faithfully, Bedford College, University of London. P. G. THOMAS.