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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Corunna (La Coruna), Spain, 16 January 1809. View from the sea of the Battle of Corunna, an engagement in the Peninsular War. Retreating from a much larger French army, the British under General Sir John Moore were able to hold the French off long enough to be evacuated by sea. Moore was mortally wounded in the battle.