The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna - C. Wolfe

218 The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna
The two-hundred and eighteenth poem in the collection. (* additional details below)

NOTES FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK:

After the capture of Madrid by Napoleon, Sir J. Moore retreated before Soult and Ney to Corunna, and was killed whilst covering the embarcation of his troops. His tomb, built by Ney, bears this inscription—"John Moore, leader of the English armies, slain in battle, 1809."