Battle of Corunna

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The Battle of Corunna was a 1809 engagement of the Peninsular War in which British forces under Sir John Moore fought a rearguard action against French troops led by Marshal Nicolas Soult, enabling the British army’s evacuation from Spain.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Corunna canonical 15
Battle of Corunna (La Coruña) 1
Battle of Coruña 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Corunna (La Coruña) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Corunna

Battle of Coruña ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Corunna
associatedWith Duke of Wellington’s later Peninsular campaigns ⓘ
belligerent French Empire ⓘ
linked to: First French Empire

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
BritishCommanderRank Lieutenant-General ⓘ
BritishForceRole rearguard for embarkation ⓘ
campaign Moore’s Corunna campaign ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
commander Marshal Nicolas Soult ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Soult

Sir John Moore ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
date 16 January 1809 ⓘ
followedBy French consolidation in northwestern Spain ⓘ
FrenchCommanderFullName Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas Soult
FrenchObjective destroy or capture retreating British army ⓘ
hasCause British retreat to the coast during Peninsular War ⓘ
hasParticipant First French Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
involves Royal Navy evacuation fleet ⓘ
location A Coruña ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
memorializedBy Moore’s monument in A Coruña ⓘ
notableDeath Sir John Moore ⓘ
notableFeature fighting on heights outside Corunna ⓘ
objective cover British evacuation by sea ⓘ
opposingCommanderRank Marshal of France ⓘ
outcome British army embarked for England ⓘ
partOf Peninsular War ⓘ
precededBy British retreat from Sahagún to Corunna ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Lugo ⓘ
Battle of Talavera ⓘ
result British tactical victory ⓘ
French strategic advantage in Spain ⓘ
successful British evacuation ⓘ
shipEvacuationPoint Port of Corunna ⓘ
linked to: Port of A Coruña
strategicSignificance preserved core of British field army for later Peninsular campaigns ⓘ
theatre Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
typeOfAction rearguard action ⓘ
year 1809 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicolas Soult → notableBattle → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
Sir John Moore → battle → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
Corunna → knownFor → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
Corunna → wasSiteOf → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
George Brown → participatedIn → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
subject linked to: General Sir George Brown
42nd Regiment of Foot → foughtIn → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
42nd Regiment of Foot → battleHonour → Corunna ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Corunna
Battle of Corunna → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Coruña ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Corunna
Battle of Corunna → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Corunna (La Coruña) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Corunna
Peninsular War → hasPart → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
Sir John Moore → diedIn → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
subject linked to: John
95th Rifles → notableEngagement → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna → historicalEventDepicted → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
52nd Regiment of Foot → battle → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
Thomas Sidney Beckwith → battle → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch → notableBattle → Battle of Corunna ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas Graham