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A Cavalry Officer in the Corunna Campaign 1808-1809
Alexander Gordon (1781–1872), 1913
Named on the page for Battle of Corunna.
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16 January 1809
Battle of Corunna
IN THE CORUNNA CAMPAIGN
THE JOURNAL OF A CAVALRY OFFICER IN THE CORUNNA CAMPAIGN
THE CORUNNA CAMPAIGN
A CAVALRY OFFICER IN THE CORUNNA CAMPAIGN
INTRODUCTION
His journal, now in the possession of his grandson, Mr. Arthur Gordon, C.M.G., of Ellon, seems to supply something that has up to the present time been wanting in the history of the Corunna campaign ; for though many diaries and journals have been published, they deal chiefly with the doings of the other arms, and we know but little of the work of the cavalry during the advance and retreat. The story of hardship, gallantry, and privation here set down has the advantage of
CORUNNA CAMPAIGN
THE JOURNAL OF A CAVALRY OFFICER IN THE CORUNNA CAMPAIGN
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