CENTENARY OF CORUNNA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 41, 13 March 1909, Page 6

CENTENARY OF CORUNNA.

.WREATHS PLACIOI) ON GRAVK Or' Silt JOHN MOORE.

(•■■Mirations of the centenary uf Hie death of Sir John .Moore, the hero of the si niggle against XapoleonVi force on January 10. The largest assembly at the grave included tile British residents and many Spai)i-:h ollicers. The Hrili'sh Consul placed a laurel wreaUl on tin: tomb in the name of the llritish Army. Iteprcsentatiyes of the Spanish Army and Navy also brought wreaths. liter, at the BritiMl Consulate, sixty S||kiuish ollicers Were entertained U| lunch, and cordial and complimentary speeches were wade. At night there was a torchlight procession. A large l.'iiion Jack, together with laurel wreaths and flowers, was placed on the Sir John Monro memorial in SI. Paul's Cathedral on January Hi, when a memorial service, conducted by Canon Xcwbolt and Canon Clarke, was held. sir John Moore was born in Glasgow, and Ids statue Ivy Vlnxinan, casts from cannon taken from the enemy, stands in George square. For the decoration of the statue wreaths of laurel were sent from Ciirragh Camp liv Colonel Burton ami the ollicers of the Black Watch (42nd Highlanders) and by the sergeants of the. same regiment: from Aldershoi by Colonel Cordon aj!<3 the. officers of tiie Cordon Highlanders ; by the Gordon Highlanders' Association in Glasgow' : and by the Glasgow Corpcration.