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Show Historic Battlefield ' (.'orunna is the name of a place famous fa-mous In the history of I'.ritish arms Corunna Is a small hut flourishing seaport sea-port with a good harbor, situated on '. the northwestern coast of Simla. Inr-I Inr-I Ir.g the early years of the Peninsula I war, carried on to free Spain and Portugal from Napoleon, Sir John i Moore, with a small British army, fell i back u;wm Corunna when pursued by I two armies, each larger than his own. The enemy was nnahle to cut off his mtreat, and having reached Corunna, Moore turned upon his reirsuerp nnd Inllictcd upon them a signal defeat, but Moore was killed j-.ist as vMory j was secured. This was on January i 10. It 11. |