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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.
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.
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.
On 16 January 1809, A Coruña was the site of the Battle of Corunna during the Peninsular War, in which British troops fought against the French to cover the embarkation of British troops after their retreat. In this battle Sir John Moore was killed.
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 ...
1809: Battle of Castellón: 1 Jan: Spain defeats France Battle of Uclés: 13 Jan: France defeats Spain Travancore rebellion: Battle of Quilon: 15 Jan: British East India Company defeats the army of Travancore: Peninsular War: Battle of Corunna: 16 Jan: French defeat British commander Sir John Moore: Siege of Zaragoza: 19 Dec 1808 - 20 Feb 1809
He commanded a division during the advance into Spain and commanded the British left at the Battle of Corunna in 1809, succeeding to overall command when Sir John Moore was killed. [1] Later that year he commanded the reserve army during the Walcheren Campaign. [1]
[25] [26] Jean-de-Dieu Soult drove the British out of Spain in the Battle of Corunna in January 1809. [26] In the beginning of 1809, the French client kingdom of Spain, ruled by Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte, controlled much of Spain and northern Portugal. [27]