Battle of Corunna

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battle military engagement

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Corunna	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Corunna (La Coruña) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Coruña NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Duke of Wellington’s later Peninsular campaigns ⓘ
belligerent	French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
BritishCommanderRank	Lieutenant-General ⓘ
BritishForceRole	rearguard for embarkation ⓘ
campaign	Moore’s Corunna campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Marshal Nicolas Soult NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime	Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	16 January 1809 ⓘ
followedBy	French consolidation in northwestern Spain ⓘ
FrenchCommanderFullName	Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult NERFINISHED ⓘ
FrenchObjective	destroy or capture retreating British army ⓘ
hasCause	British retreat to the coast during Peninsular War ⓘ
hasParticipant	First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
involves	Royal Navy evacuation fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	A Coruña NERFINISHED ⓘ Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorializedBy	Moore’s monument in A Coruña ⓘ
notableDeath	Sir John Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	British retreat from Sahagún to Corunna ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Lugo NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	British tactical victory ⓘ French strategic advantage in Spain ⓘ successful British evacuation ⓘ
shipEvacuationPoint	Port of Corunna NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicSignificance	preserved core of British field army for later Peninsular campaigns ⓘ
theatre	Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfAction	rearguard action ⓘ
year	1809 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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 ⓘ

General Sir George Brown → participatedIn → Battle of Corunna ⓘ

subject surface form: George Brown

29 (Corunna) Battery, 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery → namedAfter → Battle of Corunna ⓘ

42nd Regiment of Foot → foughtIn → Battle of Corunna ⓘ

42nd Regiment of Foot → battleHonour → Battle of Corunna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corunna