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Corunna
[1842127209]

Corunna
Author: Hibbert, Christopher
Publisher: Pheonix Press
Year: 2003
ISBN: 1842127209
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 210 pages. The Battle of Corunna saved a British army from annihilation and resulted in the tragic death of one of England's finest generals. Setting out from Lisbon in the autumn of 1808, Sir John Moore had marched his army into Spain against Napoleon. He found himself so outnumbered and with no hope of assistance from the ineffectual Spanish armies, that he decided to withdraw to the coast. After a 250 mile retreat across the mountains of Galicia under appalling weather conditions he eventually reached the port of Corunna. Here he turned and drew up his depleted forces to face Marshal Soult's massive army; and though mortally wounded in the ensuing battle, he lived long enough to learn that the French had been checked and that his own army would be able to embark in safety.
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