First published in the _Newry Telegraph_, an Irish paper, in 1817, under
the initials C. W.
Sir John Moore (1761-1809) was commander of an English army of
twenty-four thousand men in Spain against a French force of eighty
thousand under Soult. At the battle of Corunna, January 16, 1809, the
English army won a doubtful victory in which their leader was killed.
After burying him at dead of night, the English troops embarked for
their own country.
[106] =Corunna= is a city in northwest Spain.