 The 10th-century historian Æthelweard noted that the fleet of the Great Heathen Army arrived "from the north" in 865 and wintered in East Anglia.This suggests that the invasion was launched from Laithlind, though the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" refers to the invaders as Danes, and they are often linked to a band of Vikings who pillaged northern France between 845 and 865.Ingware's army is reported to have crossed the Humber the following year and captured York, the capital of Northumbria.