Corunna 1809

<P class=ecxmsonormal style=MARGIN: 0.75pt 0in 16.2pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold>Dr. Brian Kieran has shed more light on Sir John Moore and his heroic retreat during 1808 -1809 through the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags /><st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Galicia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=on>Mountains</st1:PlaceType> in the middle of Winter to Corunna in <st1:place w:st=on><st1:country-region w:st=on>Spain</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The tragic events of the retreat are graphically described leading to the sombre death of Sir John Moore at the moment of Victory. The one British Army of the time escaped through their evacuation from Corunna from Napoleon and ultimately his Marshals. <st1:City w:st=on>Moore</st1:City>'s skilful campaign caused Napoleon to return to <st1:place w:st=on><st1:City w:st=on>Paris</st1:City></st1:place> as he could not bear the thought of being defeated or outrun by the More's military skill.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN><st1:place w:st=on><st1:City w:st=on>Moore</st1:City></st1:place>'s death occurred at the height of the battle at Corunna and he was aware of the victory before he died a painful death. More's death gave rise to the composition of a number of poem's yet the most famous was written by an Irishman; in <st1:place w:st=on><st1:country-region w:st=on>England</st1:country-region></st1:place> it became a children's Memorial to a Great Man.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>But he lay like a warrior taking his rest<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>With his martial cloak around him.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><st1:place w:st=on><st1:City w:st=on><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>Moore</SPAN></st1:City></st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB> could have been given no greater honour at that time when Soult ordered the firing of a salute of Cannon</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=mso-ansi-language: EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>