Who was the British General who died at the Battle of Coruña in 1809?
Battle of Alcantara (1809) British generals concluded the Convention of Cintra in which the French occupying army was transported back to France by British ships. Sir John Moore and his British army departed from Portugal in October 1808, intending to help the Spanish nation throw off Emperor Napoleon's yoke. Moore's expedition ended with his death at the Battle of Corunna on 16 January 1809. Nevertheless, his army won a tactical victory over the pursuing French, allowing the soldiers to be evacuated by the British navy. Napoleon's strategy for early 1809 called for an invasion of Portugal by three columns. He ordered Marshal Nicolas Soult's
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