95th RIFLES - Retreat from Corunna, 1809 Size:A3 Although the space from the

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

I can still vaguely remember Button A and Button B and the clunk of old coins

Paul McCartney and John Lennon performing on stage at the  ABC Theatre in Huddersfield on 29th November 1963

In April 1815 the 3rd Battalion sailed to Ostend and were quartered in Brussels until the 16th of June when they were ordered to the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras

The men of the 95th were armed with the 'Baker' rifle (and a clumsy sword bayonet which they disliked and only used as a last resort)

95th RIFLES - Retreat from Corunna, 1809 Size:A3 Although the space from theThe 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.