Battle of Corunna

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The Battle of Corunna was a 1809 engagement of the Peninsular War in which British forces under Sir John Moore fought a rearguard action against French troops led by Marshal Nicolas Soult, enabling the British army’s evacuation from Spain.

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Battle of Corunna canonical 15
Battle of Corunna (La Coruña) 1
Battle of Coruña 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Corunna (La Coruña)
linked to: Battle of Corunna

Battle of Coruña
linked to: Battle of Corunna
associatedWith Duke of Wellington’s later Peninsular campaigns
belligerent French Empire
linked to: First French Empire

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
BritishCommanderRank Lieutenant-General
BritishForceRole rearguard for embarkation
campaign Moore’s Corunna campaign
combatant British Army
French Army
commander Marshal Nicolas Soult
linked to: Nicolas Soult

Sir John Moore
conflict Napoleonic Wars
countryAtTime Kingdom of Spain
date 16 January 1809
followedBy French consolidation in northwestern Spain
FrenchCommanderFullName Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult
linked to: Nicolas Soult
FrenchObjective destroy or capture retreating British army
hasCause British retreat to the coast during Peninsular War
hasParticipant First French Empire
United Kingdom
historicalPeriod early 19th century
involves Royal Navy evacuation fleet
location A Coruña
Galicia
Spain
memorializedBy Moore’s monument in A Coruña
notableDeath Sir John Moore
notableFeature fighting on heights outside Corunna
objective cover British evacuation by sea
opposingCommanderRank Marshal of France
outcome British army embarked for England
partOf Peninsular War
precededBy British retreat from Sahagún to Corunna
relatedEvent Battle of Lugo
Battle of Talavera
result British tactical victory
French strategic advantage in Spain
successful British evacuation
shipEvacuationPoint Port of Corunna
linked to: Port of A Coruña
strategicSignificance preserved core of British field army for later Peninsular campaigns
theatre Iberian Peninsula
typeOfAction rearguard action
year 1809

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Nicolas Soult notableBattle Battle of Corunna
Sir John Moore battle Battle of Corunna
Corunna knownFor Battle of Corunna
Corunna wasSiteOf Battle of Corunna
George Brown participatedIn Battle of Corunna
subject linked to: General Sir George Brown
42nd Regiment of Foot foughtIn Battle of Corunna
42nd Regiment of Foot battleHonour Corunna
linked to: Battle of Corunna
Battle of Corunna alsoKnownAs Battle of Coruña
linked to: Battle of Corunna
Battle of Corunna alsoKnownAs Battle of Corunna (La Coruña)
linked to: Battle of Corunna
Peninsular War hasPart Battle of Corunna
Sir John Moore diedIn Battle of Corunna
subject linked to: John
95th Rifles notableEngagement Battle of Corunna
The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna historicalEventDepicted Battle of Corunna
52nd Regiment of Foot battle Battle of Corunna
Thomas Sidney Beckwith battle Battle of Corunna
Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch notableBattle Battle of Corunna
subject linked to: Thomas Graham