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	Corunna : Battle of Corunna : Napoleonic Wars : Peninsular War : Moore : Soult
		More than 5000 British had died during the cruel march and while discipline had been strained to breaking point, the need to hold the French off while the troops were evacuated by ship to England brought the professionalism back.
		Led by Sir John Moore, the redcoats formed a series of defensive lines with the key position being the small village of Elvina.
		The battle for the village was ferocious and it took several hours for the British to drive off the attackers.
	www.napoleonguide.com /battle_corunna.htm (230 words)

	notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The battle for the village (16 January 1809) was ferocious and it took several hours for the British to drive off the attackers.
		Corunna was a victory for Britain, and the fact that Moore died during the battle, opened the way for the return of Wellington as commander.
		During the battle Wellington adopted his favoured tactic of hiding his true strength from the enemy and used the concentrated firepower of cannons and muskets.
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	Business Software Review : Article 'Battle of Elvina' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Alphabetical list of historical battles (see also Military history, List of battles): NOTE: Where a year has been used to disambiguate battles it is the year when the battle started.
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	The Cruel War in Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The battle of Fuentes de Onoro and especially at Talavera were near disasters.
		According to British admirer of Wellington Jac Weller the Battle of Busaco was "a technical defeat although claimed as victory" and the allignement of troops at Talavera was not very well thought.
		Of all the bigger battles only Salamanca was the only one where Wellington not deliberately set out to fight "at that place and at that time." Majority of the sieges were failures for Wellington.
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	Battle of Elvina - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Battle of Elvina - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Battle of Elvina contains research on
		Battle of Elvina, 1809, Battles of the Napoleonic Wars and Battles of the United Kingdom.
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	McGonagall Online: The Battle of Corunna
		The key to the British position was the village of Elvina.
		He was carried to the rear by his grieving highlanders, where he died a few hours later constantly asking for news of the battle.
		Battle at Corunna - A first-hand account by Sir Charles Napier of the 50th Regiment.
	www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk /poems/lpgcorunna.htm (1071 words)

	The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		According to Weller the Battle of Busaco was "a technical defeat although claimed as victory" and the allignement of troops at Talavera was not very well thought.
		Of all the bigger battles only Salamanca was the one where Wellington not deliberately set out to fight "at that place and at that time." Majority of the sieges were failures for Wellington.
		Except one or two battles there were no concentrations of guns to break enemy's line or to support a massive attack of infantry or cavalry as did the French.
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	Battle of Eckmühl - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Battle of Eckmühl - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Battle of Eckmühl was fought on April 22 1809, and resulted in a French victory under Marshal Davout and Napoleon Bonaparte against the Austrians under the Archduke Charles.
		Battle of Eckmühl, 1809, Battles of the Napoleonic Wars and Battles of Austria.
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	La Coruna / A Coruna, Spain
		In 1589 an English fleet commanded by Sir Francis Drake appeared in the bay and attacked the town; the attack was beaten off thanks to the courage of a local heroine named María Pita, but the town suffered much destruction.
		During the Napoleonic wars, in 1809, a British and Spanish army under the command of Sir John Moore was defeated in a battle at Elviña, just outside the town, in which Moore was killed.
		During the fight for a liberal constitution at the beginning of the 19th Century La Coruña was always on the side of the liberal forces.
	www.planetware.com /spain/la-coruna-a-coruna-e-gal-corun.htm (343 words)

	The Battle of La Coruna in The Peninsular war
		Corunna is a battle honour for the regiments marked *.
		The French took Elvina but were driven out by the 42nd Highlanders and the 50th Foot.
		Lying stricken, Sir John enquired as to the state of the battle and was reassured that the French had been beaten back.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/peninsula-coruna.htm (1856 words)

	Battle of Elvina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Elvina was fought on January 16 1809 and resulted in a French victory marshall Soult against the British under General (who was killed in action).
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	[minstrels] The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna -- Charles Wolfe
		The last two lines of the second verse, in particular, are among my favourite pieces of verse, both for the image and the sound of the words.
		Notes: The battle of Corunna was part of the Peninsular War January 16, 1809: Sir John Moore, given command, takes the small British army through Portugal and into Spain to support the rumoured Spanish uprising and relieve Madrid.
		21, 1823, Queenstown, County Cork Irish poet and clergyman, whose "Burial of Sir John Moore" (1817), commemorating the commander of the British forces at the Battle of Corunna (La Coruqa, Spain) during the Peninsular War, is one of the best-known funeral elegies in English.
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	Elvina Elvis. Priscilla. Elvina. Other. Elvina Is A Small Humanoid Similiar To Elvis In Construction. Cl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Elvina is a small humanoid similiar to Elvis in construction.
		Elvina Courts 1 1 The information listed was: Elvina Courts, age 28, female, born in Prussia.
		Elvina Gulley (?) Elvina married Willie E. Gulley, son of Ben Gulley and Pearl Stanton.
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	THE PART PLAYED BY THE 42ND IN THE CORUNNA CAMPAIGN 1808-1809
		Elvina contained a cluster of scattered houses each surrounded by dry stone garden walls thus forming a labyrinth of narrow ways.
		Mermet was to carry Elvina and turn the British right; Merle was to support him by attacking the British centre; and far away on the British left Delaborde was to take Piedralonga.
		The Battle of Elvina was at an end and as night fell both parties withdrew from the village by mutual consent.
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	Napoleon Series Battle Lists: Peninsular War
		First there was a Junta that organized the defense but later when the French were to the doors of the city passed over the command to the Marques de Lazan.
		Battle of River Oitaben (Battle of Ponte Sampaio)
		In fact no battle or combat because all the books, Napier, Oman and Fortescue agree that it fell without a shot fired.
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	Battle of Lawfeld (1747) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Lawfeld was fought on July 2 1747 and resulted in a French victory under Marshal Saxe against the British under the Duke of Cumberland.
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	Peninsular Campaign: Battle at Corunna DATE 1808
		More were lost to too much drink, stragglers and exhaustion in the short distance from Lugos to Betanzos that in the entire first of the march.They could finally see the sea and arrived in Corunna on the 11th.
		There were some with the opinion that the French, having not pressed an attack at Lugo, would let them leave without battle.
		The ships that they could see when distant turned out to not be their transport ships.
	www.georgianindex.net /peninsularWar/corunna.html (486 words)

	CALDORA: Chapter 6: Fight or be Trampled
		With Elvina awake and trailing behind him, he hid his white hair under the hood of a dark green cloak.
		Elvina flew into the cave as a faint twinkle of light.
		The Acora knew Raven to be one of the very few people in Caldora who went into battle praying for an honorable death, so this suicidal behavior was not overly surprising.
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		Gained distinction at the battle of Alexandria as he led the 28th and 42nd regiments.
		Leading role in the landing and second battle of Aboukir.
		Moore exclaimed during the capture of Elvina at the battle of Corunna.
	www.students.dsu.edu /margadj/98.htm (2002 words)

	Mail Tribune Online - Obituaries
		She was born on March 3,1934 in Braddock, ND.
		Elvina Sletton of Mesa,AZ, Dorothy Renfer(Leonard)of Phoenix, Or, Diann Fraedich (Harlin) of Enderlin, ND, one brother-in-law Denton Berntson of Nome, ND; one sister-in-law, Mavis Buchholz of Susanville,CA.
		She is preceded in death by her parents, brother, Marvin, sister Paulette; and two nephews Troy, and Daron.
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	GALICIA GUIDE \| A Coruna Exploration \| Spain
		Unfortunately, the Spanish, like the French with the Battle of Waterloo (please forgive the insult if you are Spanish), have tried to muddy the history books, and now claim that Drakes invasion failed.
		Regretably for the Corunan's, archives of what actually happened are held in various museums across Spain and Drake, officially representing the British Sovereign, was in fact successful.
		The Coruna connection between Spain and England continued (this time fighting on the same side) in the 19th century when, after a battle against the French (the battle of Elviña), the body of the English General, Sir John Moore, was buried in La Coruna in the Garden of "San Carlos".
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	Encyclopedia: Battle of Almonacid
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		The Battle of Almonacid was fought on August 11, 1809 during the Peninsular War and resulted in a French victory under General Sebastiani against the Spanish under General Venegas.
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