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| Tango01 | 24 Feb 2020 9:45 p.m. PST |
…came to England. "Napoleon didn't get the English. As he drove the British army out of Spain in the first weeks of 1809, and finally closed in under what was left of the redcoats on the beaches near La Coruña in the country's far north-west, he witnessed a small incident that opens a window on his mind. As the horses of the retreating British fell victim to disease and exhaustion, their riders shot their mounts by the roadside to prevent them falling into enemy hands…."
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| Brechtel198 | 25 Feb 2020 5:16 a.m. PST |
The only problem is that Napoleon was not at Corunna. Soult was in command at Corunna, not Napoleon. The farthest north Napoleon got was to Astorga which is about 130 miles southeast of Corunna. The battle occurred on 15 January and Napoleon left Spain on the 17th because of the new threat from Austria. He arrived in Paris on 24 January. |
| Tango01 | 25 Feb 2020 11:16 a.m. PST |
You are right Kevin!….
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
