Excerpt from Memoirs of the Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley, K. P.; K. G.; D. C. L, Vol. 3 of 3: Successively Governor-General and Captain-General of India; British Ambassador in Spain; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; And Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; Comprising Numerous Letters and Documents, Now First Published From Original Mss Army under Sir John Moore. - Want of the Means of Subsist ence - Bravery of the British Soldiers - Defeat of the French at Corunna. - Moore slain. - Baird grievously wounded. - Necessity of a Change in the whole System of Operations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.