Battle of Corunna
The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña, Elviña or La Corogne) took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. The battle took place amidst the Peninsular War, which was a part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. It was a result of a French campaign, led by Napoleon, which had defeated the Spanish armies and caused the British army to withdraw to the coast following an unsuccessful attempt by Moore to attack Soult's corps and divert the French army.
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Battle of Corunna
The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña, Elviña or La Corogne) took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. The battle took place amidst the Peninsular War, which was a part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. It was a result of a French campaign, led by Napoleon, which had defeated the Spanish armies and caused the British army to withdraw to the coast following an unsuccessful attempt by Moore to attack Soult's corps and divert the French army.
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Bitwa pod La Coruñą – starcie ...... a Coruña i opuścili Hiszpanię.
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La bataille de La Corogne (ou ...... u maréchal Jean-de-Dieu Soult.
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La batalla de Elviña (también ...... de Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult.
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La battaglia di La Coruña (tal ...... aneamente la penisola iberica.
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300 sick abandoned
900 dead or wounded
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United Kingdom
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1809-01-16
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Britishtactical victory
Frenchstrategic victory
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12,000 infantry
15,000 infantry
3,200 cavalry
9 to 12 guns
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Death of Sir John Moore at the Battle of Corunna
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A Batalha da Corunha, também c ...... a vida no decurso do combate.
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Am 16. Januar 1809 bekämpften ...... zurück und verließen Spanien.
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Bitwa pod La Coruñą – starcie ...... a Coruña i opuścili Hiszpanię.
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De slag bij A Coruña was een v ...... se legeraanvoerder John Moore.
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La bataille de La Corogne (ou ...... u maréchal Jean-de-Dieu Soult.
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La batalla de Elviña (también ...... de Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult.
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La battaglia di La Coruña (tal ...... aneamente la penisola iberica.
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The Battle of Corunna (or A Co ...... ps and divert the French army.
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Bataille de La Corogne
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Batalha da Corunha
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Batalla de Elviña
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Battaglia di La Coruña
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Battle of Corunna
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Bitwa pod La Coruną
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Schlacht bei La Coruña
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Slag bij A Coruña
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