SIR JOHN MOORE.
[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR."]
Stn,—I enclose an attempt to supply an inscription for the proposed monument to Sir John Moore.—I am, Sir, &c., M. A. N. 3.
TO THE HEROIC AND IMMORTAL MEMORY OP
GENERAL SIR JOHN MOORE, Knight of the Bath, who fell in Spain on January 16th, 1809, having successfully conducted the British Army of the Peninsula during its arduous retreat upon Corunna.
This retreat was sustained with The most unswerving fortitude, and was attended by ALL THE GLORIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF VICTORY.
Though harassed in his last campaign by the censures of politicians at home, by the besetting difficulty of unreliable intelligence in the field, by an untrustworthy ally, and by a foe whose mobility was extraordinary, he ever sustained the honour of the soldier's profession with integrity and fortitude, two virtues which he possessed in the highest degree, and to whick the events of his last campaign bear a constant witness.
The Army, by means of whose steady excellence ho was enabled to carry out the retreat, was trained by him in martial exercises upon those Downs.
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