“The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna” poem 1817 Charles Wolfe (Bransby Williams recites)
“The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna” by Charles Wolfe (1791-1823) was published in 1817.
It is recited here by Bransby Williams on Edison Blue Amberol 23031.
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
We buried him darkly at dead of night,
The sods with our bayonets turning,
By the struggling moonbeam's misty light
And the lanthorn dimly burning.
No useless coffin enclosed his breast,
Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him;
But he lay like a warrior taking his rest
With his martial cloak around him.
Few and short were the prayers we said,
And we spoke not a word of sorrow;
But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead,
And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought, as we hollow'd his narrow bed
And smooth'd down his lonely pillow,
That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head,
And we far away on the billow!
Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that 's gone,
And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him—
But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on
In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
But half of our heavy task was done
When the clock struck the hour for retiring;
And we heard the distant and random gun
That the foe was sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down,
From the field of his fame fresh and gory;
We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone,
But we left him alone with his glory.
This poem is based on an incident in the Peninsular War, which was part of the generation-long war between France, under Napoleon, and pretty much everyone else in Europe.
The peninsula was Iberia, which is to say, Spain and Portugal.
Napoleon engineered a coup d'etat in Spain in early 1808, but the Spanish were restless, a popular insurrection began, and the British tried to fight with the Spanish against the French.
The Spanish were difficult allies, and a British army under Sir John Moore was forced to retreat to the port of Corunna on Spain's northwestern tip, from where they were to be evacuated back to Britain.
The retreat had discipline and morale problems. The terrain and weather were bad. When they reached Corunna on January 11, 1809, the British troopships that were to evacuate them had not yet arrived, so Sir John had to organize defenses and fight a battle against the French.
In the battle he was mortally wounded.
The poet Robert Southey wrote an account of these events. His account was read by Charles Wolfe, a young country parson at a place named Donaghmore, in Ireland. Wolfe then wrote this poem, in 1814, when he was 22 years old. The poem was published in a provincial Irish newspaper three years later. Lord Byron discovered it five years after that, admired it tremendously, but did not know who had written it. Wolfe was not conclusively identified as the author until after his death from TB in 1823, at age 31.
John Moore
On 12 August 1961 John Moore's remains were exhumed and conveyed under Army Guard to Castlebar. On 13 August 1961, after funeral mass in Castlebar, Moore's remains were re interred at The Mall in Castlebar at a state military funeral attended by President Éamon de Valera, the Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, several TDs, the ambassadors of Spain and France, and some of John Moore's living descendants. The inscription over Moore's grave reads:
Ireland's first president and a descendant of St Thomas More, who gave his life for his country in the rising of 1798 ... By the will of the people exhumed and re interred here with all honours of church and state.
Anglo Spanish Historic Events 5
Lest we forget the battle of Elvina of the 16th of January 1809, this video is to tell of the bravery of the commander of the combined armies of Spain and Britain, Lt General Sir John Moore, was struck by a bouncing cannon ball on the high ground, marked by a green cross on the attached chart. Severely wounded, Sir John was carried back to La Coruna by his Scottish highland troops, and following his death, they buried him in a temporary grave. But the commander of the opposing French armies, Marshal Soult, was so impressed with Sir John's bravery, he ordered that the general should be moved to a special tomb overlooking the harbour, which had just seen the largest evacuation ever, and would remain so, until the British were lifted off the beaches of Dunkirk in WWII. We must also remember that the famous poem by Irishman Charles Wolfe, has it's own Spanish version by Rosalia de Castro. Lastly but not least, Sir John Moore, already wounded 17 times in various parts of the Empire, became known for the humilty he always displayed in battle. At Elvina, before being struck down, with sword drawn, stood over a wounded French drummer boy, who pleased for mercy. Have no fear lad. No British soldier will harm you, said Moore in his fluent French.
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First stop of our #ACorunaCityTour: San Carlos garden. The tomb of Sir John Moore.
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Holland America Line's cruise ship Koningsdam in the port of A Coruña, Spain on September 21, 2017 as part of the 31-Night Iberian Adventures & Passage to America Cruise. Views of the harbor and Old Town of A Coruña, Castle of San Antón, Garden of San Carlos with tomb of Sir John Moore, Santo Domingo Monastery, Santa María del Campo Collegiate Church, María Pita Square with City Hall and the Tower of Hercules, an ancient Roman lighthouse.
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En 1808, la rivalidad de Napoleón con Gran Bretaña condujo a una desafortunada intervención en Portugal y España, que desencadenó una revuelta nacionalista contra los franceses. En el Imperio de Bailén, Napoleón sufrió su primera gran derrota, y aunque el propio Napoleón llegó a España para reafirmar el dominio militar francés, no pudo evitar la fuga del pequeño ejército británico de Sir John Moore, después de su victoria defensiva en La Coruña el 16 de enero de 1809. El ejército británico regresaría, bajo un nuevo liderazgo, para desempeñar un papel importante en su caída.
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El Castillo de San Antón es un castillo del siglo XVI
HISTORIA
O Castelo de San Antón é un castelo do século XVI que xunto ao hoxe desaparecido Castelo de San Diego se situaban estratexicamente para defender a cidade da Coruña. Foi declarado Monumento Histórico Artístico en 1949 e dende 1994 pasou a ser considerado como Ben de Interese Cultural. Dende a súa inauguración en 1968, alberga o Museo Arqueolóxico e Histórico da Coruña.
Está situado á entrada do porto da Coruña nunha minúscula illa (hoxe en día é unha península).
Na planta baixa, que eran as antigas dependencias da gornición do castelo, expóñense pezas dos diversos períodos da Prehistoria e Historia Antiga de Galicia, procedentes na súa maior parte de escavacións arqueolóxicas en depósitos da provincia.
Na planta alta, que ocupa a chamada Casa do Gobernador, onde residiron galegos ilustres como Juana de Vega e o seu marido o Xeneral Mina, recórdanse algúns fitos da historia da cidade: expedición da Armada Invencible e posterior ataque de Drake en 1589, con intervención heroica de María Pita, o capitán Juan Varela, o capitán Troncoso e outros moitos coruñeses.
Na Coruña tivo lugar o 16 de xaneiro de 1809 a batalla de Elviña na que faleceron dous xenerais. Por parte dos británicos o tenente xeneral xefe daquel Exército Sir John Moore, e por parte francesa o xeneral de brigada Ives Manigaul-Gaulois. Tamén se conservan a capela da Virxe do Rosario e a súa sancristía anexa.
Transmítolle o agradecemento dende esta páxina, ao técnico do museo Arqueloxico e Historia do Castelo da Coruña: Don Julio López-Amado. Pola súa simpatía e bo facer e o coidado deste precioso museo, non plasme no libro de agradecementos por despiste, pero dende este medio doulles as grazas.
HISTORIA
El Castillo de San Antón es un castillo del siglo XVI que junto al hoy desaparecido Castillo de San Diego se situaban estratégicamente para defender la ciudad de A Coruña. Fue declarado Monumento Histórico Artístico en 1949 y desde 1994 ha pasado a ser considerado como Bien de Interés Cultural. Desde su inauguración en 1968, alberga el Museo Arqueológico e Histórico de A Coruña.
Está situado a la entrada del puerto de A Coruña en una minúscula isla (hoy en día es una península).
En la planta baja, que eran las antiguas dependencias de la guarnición del castillo, se exponen piezas de los diversos períodos de la Prehistoria e Historia Antigua de Galicia, procedentes en su mayor parte de excavaciones arqueológicas en yacimientos de la provincia.
En la planta alta, que ocupa la llamada Casa del Gobernador, en donde residieron gallegos ilustres como Juana de Vega y su marido el General Mina, se recuerdan algunos hitos de la historia de la ciudad: expedición de la Armada Invencible y posterior ataque de Drake en 1589, con intervención heroica de María Pita, el capitán Juan Varela, el capitán Troncoso y otros muchos coruñeses.
En A Coruña tuvo lugar el 16 de enero de 1809 la batalla de Elviña en la que fallecieron dos generales. Por parte de los británicos el teniente general jefe de aquel Ejército Sir John Moore, y por parte francesa el general de brigada Ives Manigaul-Gaulois. También se conservan la capilla de la Virgen del Rosario y su sacristía anexa.
Le transmito el agradecimiento desde esta página, al técnico del museo Arqueloxico e Historia do Castelo de A Coruña: Don Julio López-Amado. Por su simpatía y buen hacer y el cuidado de este precioso museo, no plasme en el libro de agradecimientos por despiste, pero desde este medio les quedo agradecido.
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HISTORY
The Castle of San Antón is a sixteenth-century castle next to the now defunct San Diego Castillo of strategically stood to defend the city of A Coruña. It was declared a Historic Artistic Monument in 1949 and since 1994 has come to be regarded as a Cultural Interest. Since it opened in 1968 , houses the Archaeological Museum and Historical La Coruna.
It is located at the entrance of the port of La Coruna on a tiny island ( today is a peninsula ) .
On the ground floor , which were the old buildings of the garrison of the castle, parts of the various periods of Prehistory and Early History of Galicia, mostly from archaeological excavations at sites in the province are exposed.
Expedition of the Armada and subsequent attack of Drake: Upstairs , occupying the Governor's House Call , where resided illustrious Galician as Juana de Vega and her husband General Mina , some milestones in the history of the town are remembered in 1589, with heroic intervention of María Pita.
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The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and Bourbon Spain (with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland allied with the Kingdom of Portugal), for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when the French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807, and escalated in 1808 when France turned on Spain, previously its ally. The war on the peninsula lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814, and is regarded as one of the first wars of national liberation, significant for the emergence of large-scale guerrilla warfare.
The Peninsular War overlaps with what the Spanish-speaking world calls the Guerra de la Independencia Española (Spanish War of Independence), which began with the Dos de Mayo Uprising on 2 May 1808 and ended on 17 April 1814. The French occupation destroyed the Spanish administration, which fragmented into quarrelling provincial juntas. The episode remains as the bloodiest event in Spain's modern history, doubling in relative terms the Spanish Civil War.A reconstituted national government, the Cortes of Cádiz—in effect a government-in-exile—fortified itself in Cádiz in 1810, but could not raise effective armies because it was besieged by 70,000 French troops. British and Portuguese forces eventually secured Portugal, using it as a safe position from which to launch campaigns against the French army and provide whatever supplies they could get to the Spanish, while the Spanish armies and guerrillas tied down vast numbers of Napoleon's troops. These combined regular and irregular allied forces, by restricting French control of territory, prevented Napoleon's marshals from subduing the rebellious Spanish provinces, and the war continued through years of stalemate.The British Army, under then Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the 1st Duke of Wellington, guarded Portugal and campaigned against the French in Spain alongside the reformed Portuguese army. The demoralised Portuguese army was reorganised and refitted under the command of Gen. William Beresford, who had been appointed commander-in-chief of the Portuguese forces by the exiled Portuguese royal family, and fought as part of the combined Anglo-Portuguese Army under Wellesley.
In 1812, when Napoleon set out with a massive army on what proved to be a disastrous French invasion of Russia, a combined allied army under Wellesley pushed into Spain, defeating the French at Salamanca and taking Madrid. In the following year Wellington scored a decisive victory over King Joseph Bonaparte's army in the Battle of Vitoria. Pursued by the armies of Britain, Spain and Portugal, Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, no longer able to get sufficient support from a depleted France, led the exhausted and demoralized French forces in a fighting withdrawal across the Pyrenees during the winter of 1813–1814.
The years of fighting in Spain were a heavy burden on France's Grande Armée. While the French were victorious in battle, their communications and supplies were severely tested and their units were frequently isolated, harassed or overwhelmed by partisans fighting an intense guerrilla war of raids and ambushes. The Spanish armies were repeatedly beaten and driven to the peripheries, but they would regroup and relentlessly hound the French. This drain on French resources led Napoleon, who had unwittingly provoked a total war, to call the conflict the Spanish Ulcer.War and revolution against Napoleon's occupation led to the Spanish Constitution of 1812, later a cornerstone of European liberalism. The burden of war destroyed the social and economic fabric of Portugal and Spain, and ushered in an era of social turbulence, political instability and economic stagnation. Devastating civil wars between liberal and absolutist factions, led by officers trained in the Peninsular War, persisted in Iberia until 1850. The cumulative crises and disruptions of invasion, re ...
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