Battle of Corunna
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The Battle of Corunna, 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-Ge
Portrait of Sir John Moore by Thomas Lawrence. Moore commanded the British forces at Corunna
Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, the French commander
French dragoons by Hippolyte Bellangé
French Infantry by Hippolyte Bellangé
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore was a British Army officer and Whig politician who represented Lanark Burghs in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1784 to 1790. He is known for his military
Battle of Corunna
…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 during the Peninsular War, which was part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. Doggedly pursued by the French under Soult, the British…
Moore's father, the 8th Duke of Hamilton, and a young John Moore, painted in Rome by Gavin Hamilton, 1775–76
The Battle of Alexandria by Philip James de Loutherbourg. Moore is amongst the officers gathered around the fatally wounded Ralph Abercromby.
Statue of Sir John Moore in Glasgow, 1819, designed by John Flaxman