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Corunna 1809 : Sir John Moore's Fighting Retreat by Philip Haythornthwaite (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101855329689

ISBN-139781855329683

eBay Product ID (ePID)1888934

Product Key Features

Book TitleCorunna 1809 : Sir John Moore's Fighting Retreat

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / Napoleonic Wars, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Modern / 19th Century

Publication Year2001

IllustratorHook, Christa, Yes

GenreHistory

AuthorPhilip Haythornthwaite

Book SeriesCampaign Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number83

Dewey Decimal940.2/742/094611

Table Of ContentSpain: October 1808 The Opposing Commanders The Opposing Armies Moore's advance The Emperor arrives Sahagun Benavente A Hard Road Brought to Bay The ultimate price Aftermath Corunna Today Glossary Bibliography Index

SynopsisThe retreat to Corunna is one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna. This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Finally at Corunna Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.