Corunna 1809
Subtitle: Sir John Moore's Fighting Retreat (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: February 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780275986209
Subjects: History; Warfare & Defence; History - Military / War; Military; Military - Napoleonic Wars; History / Military / General; Military - General; Campaigns; La Coruna, Battle of, La Coru; La Coruäna, Battle of, La Coruäna, Spain, 1809; Moore, John,; Peninsular War, 1807-1814; Spain
First sentence: The Corunna campaign arose from the determination of the British government to continue its opposition to Napoleon by supporting the inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula in their attempt to resist French occupation.