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Sentence Examples
Once at Corunna, the British troops regrouped and turned the tables on Napoleon.
Several months after Corunna, the British sent another army to the peninsula under the future Duke of Wellington.
Subsequently under Sir John Moore, he took part in the retreat to Corunna and the final battle there.
This expedition, led by Sir Francis Drake and John Norreys raided Corunna but withdrew from Lisbon after failing to coordinate its strategy effectively with the Portuguese.
Examples from Classical Literature
Corunna stands on a peninsula, having on one side the sea, and on the other the celebrated bay, generally called the groyne.
Sailing from Corunna, and passing by the Canaries, they came to the coast of Brasil, where they discovered an island in lat.
The battalion was sent to Corunna in Spain on October 8 of 1808 but fought an unsuccessful campaign against Napoleon.
When it stopped outside his home in Corunna Place, Bridge of Don, she fell out.
Five minutes after, the commander called the second lieutenant, who returned immediately, ordering the head to be put towards Corunna.
There are stops at Le Havre, La Corunna, Vigo, Lisbon, Malaga and Genoa.
Between Ferrol and corunna communication is maintained by steamer and diligence.
There are to be seen, too, the miradores, glazed frontages for which corunna is celebrated.
The French drummer who saved his life at corunna is never forgotten.
It was thus in the retreat upon corunna fell Colonel Lefebvre.
At corunna things were pretty well even, but we had our backs to the wall.
At corunna they stood in General Fraser's division, on the right.
From corunna they proceeded to Lisbon before returning to Falmouth.
Besides our three selves, there wasn't an Englishman in corunna.
Moore's retreat to corunna was a tragedy from start to finish.
