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Embarkation at Corunna and Moore’s Death Commentary
Supplement to the London Gazette describes the Corunna embarkation of the British army under Sir John Moore and the death of General Moore. It notes naval and land operations, the retreat, and the heavy losses on both sides, with praise for officers and officers’ gallant actions amid harsh conditions. It also reports Rear-Admiral De Courcy’s dispatch on the embarkation, the storm, and the fate of several ships and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunaasam
Tieveping
Haedaeng
Corunna
Curzon
Gosselin
Lays
Riming
Serrett
Hawkins
Digby
Carden
Mackensie
Royal Navy
de Courcy
Bower
Bowen
Shepherd
Fit. Ludha
Hill
Beresford
Uyant Geat Aml
Ark
Great Britain
Thivajany
Spain
Duero
Coruna
Lord Wm. Bentinck
Manningham
Leids
Brigade of Guards
Sta
Clinton
Shade
Lam
Napier
Napier and
Stanhope
Winch
Maxwell
Fane
Griffith
Guards
Miller
Williams
John Moore
Welfe
Wolfe
John Hope
Sir David Baird
Admiralty Office
Michael de Conrey
The
White
Wellesley Pate
Admiralty
Sam. Hood
Vitra
Alfred
Hindostan
Vigo
Alten
Craufurd
J. Moore
David Baird
Greaer
Samuel Hood
London
Cockburne
Lord Castlereagh
Hope
Spithead
Endymion
Ville de Paris
Portsmouth
Burnaby
Calcott
Ferrigan
Allen
Hay
Peat
Kennedy
Croker
18Th Dragoons
Bishop
New
Hames
Killikelley
Hogg
Clarke
76Th
Copeland
Bolton
Inglish
10Th
Prince’s) Light Dragoons
Palman
Falmouth
Leigh
Marquis de Romana
Orese
Oporto
Plantagenet
Champion
Corinna
Star
Primrose
Cavendish
Duncanfield
Waldegrave
7Th Light Dragoons
Gibraltar
Drummond
Seville
Supreme Board
Aranjuez
Andalusia
Purvis
Cadiz
Atlas
Madrid
Badajos
Buonaparte
National Bank
Walloon Guards
Medinaeli
Altamira
Transtamara
Infantado
Fernan- Nunea
Osuna
Santa Cruz
Retiro
Branes
Marquis de St. Simon
Foncarral
Marquis of
Count de ‘Trantamara
Caste’-France
Beon
France
Plymouth
Corunna Bay
Gorn
Lisbon
Duke of
Sussex
St. James’s
Menon
India
Persia
Harry Burrard
East India House
Britannia
Admiral Gardner
Goodwin Sands
Ehoré
Blake
Ceneral
Lord Paget
Eclaing
John Moa
England
Earl of Hopeton
Lady Melville
Holland
Prevost
Halifax
West Indies
Barbados
Martinique
Duke of Manchester
Jamaica
House of Assembly
Tht
West India
Fort Augusta
Darley
Ellis
Carmiche
Tim
Deptford