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Excerpts from a Napoleonic War Bulletin on Corunna
A chaotic dispatch details French and Spanish actions around Corunna in 1809. It reports traitors named by Napoleon, troop movements, battles, bombardments, captures, and victories against the English retreat, including prisoner counts, cannon taken, and magazines burned or seized, with notes on fleets and ports.
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Napoleon
Italy
Rhine
Afantado
Hicar
Medina Coeli
Santa Cruz
Fernah Nunez
Altamira
Catel
Naples
Kingdom of
Holland
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Bonaparte
Madrid
England
Juntas
Vairaponip
Dalmatia
Betanzos
Roth
Mero
Burgo
Franceschi
Sela
Corunna
Santiago
Yerilla
St. Margaret
St. Philip
Merinet
Elvina
Jordan
Hamilton
Fontaney
Spain
Moore
Baird
Aflorga
Crawford
Corunaa
Que
M. Bougars
M. Tabourea
Ditor
Portugal
G. Franceschi
St. Jago Campostella
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