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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809. French II Corps d'Armée. Commander-in-chief: Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult.
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.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore KB (13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809), also known as Moore of Corunna, was a senior British Army officer. He is best known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna , in which he repulsed [ 1 ] a French army under Marshal Soult during the Peninsular War .
Battle of Corunna order of battle; F. Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro order of battle; O. Battle of Orthez order of battle; S. Battle of Saguntum and Siege of Valencia ...
This is a list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are listed in chronological order by starting date (or planned start date).
He was promoted captain and lieutenant-colonel on 14 May 1801. He served in Portugal and Spain in 1808, and was present at Corunna, and he commanded the light companies of the guards in the Walcheren expedition of 1809. He became colonel in the army on 25 July 1810, and embarked for Cadiz in command of the third battalion on 30 May 1811.
When the head of the British forces in the Peninsula, Sir John Moore, was killed in the Battle of Corunna in January 1809, [41] the British Army having been driven from the Peninsula in disarray, [42] Wellesley sent the Secretary of War a memo insisting that a British force of no less than 30,000 British troops should be sent to defend and ...
The Battle of Albuera by William Barnes Wollen.Destruction of Colborne's brigade during the 1811 Battle of Albuera. Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC (Ire) (16 February 1778 – 17 April 1863) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.