Napoleonic Wars engagement

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The Napoleonic Wars engagement at Corunna was a 1809 battle in northwestern Spain during the Peninsular War, where British forces under Sir John Moore fought a rearguard action against the French to enable the evacuation of the British army.

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instanceOf Napoleonic Wars engagement ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult ⓘ
Sir John Moore ⓘ
conflictOf Peninsular War ⓘ
followedBy British evacuation by sea ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Battle of La Coruña ⓘ
hasCampaign Corunna campaign ⓘ
linked to: Corunna
hasCasualties British casualties ⓘ
French casualties ⓘ
hasCountry Spain ⓘ
hasDate 16 January 1809 ⓘ
hasDomain military history ⓘ
hasEra Napoleonic era ⓘ
hasForceType British expeditionary force ⓘ
French field army ⓘ
hasFront Peninsular front of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
linked to: Peninsular War
hasLocation A Coruña ⓘ
Corunna ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ
northwestern Spain ⓘ
linked to: northwest Spain
hasLogistics evacuation by transport ships ⓘ
hasMemorial monument to Sir John Moore in A Coruña ⓘ
hasObjective cover evacuation of British army ⓘ
hasOutcome British army preserved ⓘ
British forces withdrawn from Spain ⓘ
hasPrimaryWeaponry muskets and artillery ⓘ
hasSignificance boosted British public sympathy for Sir John Moore ⓘ
enabled continued British participation in Peninsular War from Portugal ⓘ
hasStrategicContext British intervention in Iberia against Napoleon ⓘ
French invasion of Spain ⓘ
hasTactic defensive position covering harbor ⓘ
hasTerrain coastal area ⓘ
hills overlooking Corunna harbor ⓘ
hasTheater Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
hasType rearguard action ⓘ
hasWeather winter conditions ⓘ
hasYear 1809 ⓘ
involves Royal Navy evacuation fleet ⓘ
notableEvent death of Sir John Moore ⓘ
opposedForce French Army of Galicia ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
precededBy British retreat to Corunna ⓘ
result British tactical victory ⓘ
strategic French advantage in northern Spain ⓘ
successful British evacuation ⓘ

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Corunna → wasSiteOf → Napoleonic Wars engagement ⓘ