Two FRENCH PRIVATEERS BEAR DOWN UPON THE SEA-HORSE from the book ' With Moore at Corunna ' by George Alfred Henty, illustrated by Walter (Wal) Paget, Publication date 1897 Publisher New York : C. Scribner's Sons. [The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña or La Corogne), in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. The battle took place amidst the Peninsular War, which was a part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. It was a result
Two FRENCH PRIVATEERS BEAR DOWN UPON THE SEA-HORSE from the book ' With Moore at Corunna ' by George Alfred Henty, illustrated by Walter (Wal) Paget, Publication date 1897 Publisher New York : C. Scribner's Sons. [The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña or La Corogne), in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. The battle took place amidst the Peninsular War, which was a part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. It was a result of a French campaign, led by Napoleon, which had defeated the Spanish armies and caused the British army to withdraw to the coast following an unsuccessful attempt by Moore to attack Soult's corps and divert the French army.]
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Location: A Coruña, Spain
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