95th RIFLES - Retreat from Corunna, 1809 Size:A3 According to the historian Alessandro

According to the historian Alessandro Barbero

In July 1808 the regiment embarked for Portugal as part of Sir Arthur Wellesley's army for service in the Peninsular War

and compassion — but peonies can also mean bashfulness

Although the space from the advanced trench to the breach was only some 800 yards

95th RIFLES - Retreat from Corunna, 1809 Size:A3 According to the historian AlessandroThe Battle of Corunna took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant General Sir John Moore. The battle took place amidst the Peninsular War, which was a part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon had defeated the Spanish armies and caused the British army to withdraw to the coast following an unsuccessful attempt by Moore to attack Soult's corps and divert the French army.