{"id":3552,"date":"2021-12-08T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T10:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/napoleon.open-ideas.info\/curiosidades\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T12:27:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T11:27:35","slug":"curiosities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/napoleon.visitcoruna.com\/en\/curiosities\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t<h1>Interesting Facts<\/h1>\t\t\t\n\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu curiosidades (EN)\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/SiteNavigationElement\">\n\t\t<ul id=\"menu-menu-curiosidades-en\"><li id=\"menu-item-3563\"><a href=\"#Lady-Hester-Stanhope\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Lady Hester Stanhope<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3587\"><a href=\"#Egipto-and-Waterloo\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Egipto and Waterloo<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3555\"><a href=\"#The-German-Legion-in-A-Coruna\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">The German Legion in A Coru\u00f1a<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3565\"><a href=\"#The-Quest-for-Gold\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">The Quest for Gold<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3573\"><a href=\"#Poem-by-Rosalia-de-Castro\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Poem by Rosalia de Castro<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3571\"><a href=\"#Poem-by-Charles-Wolfe\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Poem by Charles Wolfe<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<h2>Lady Hester Stanhope<\/h2>\n\t<p>Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) was a British aristocrat and adventurer. Legend has it that she was the fianc\u00e9e of General Sir John Moore and, every year on the anniversary of the Battle of Elvi\u00f1a, her ghost pays a visit to her beloved soldier&#8217;s grave.<\/p>\n<p>The life of Lady Hester Stanhope needs no literary embellishment because her true adventures surpass any fiction imaginable. A woman who served as the first lady for her prime minister uncle, travelled on her own in the Middle East, lived as a Bedouin, became de facto leader of some Druze tribes, and died living as a vagrant, certainly deserves a true account of her accomplishments. Lady Hester is among those distinguished women in history who broke away from society&#8217;s conventional stereotypes and whose intense personality and determination allowed her to live a free and adventurous life.<\/p>\n<p>John Moore was a good friend of the Stanhope family and two of Lady Hester&#8217;s brothers, Charles and James, served as his aides-de-camp. However, there is no evidence of a relationship beyond friendship between her and Moore-perhaps they had been very discreet. There are only indications of Lady Hester&#8217;s supposed infatuation through some correspondence after an illness that impaired her faculties.<\/p>\n<p>The demise of Charles Stanhope and John Moore in the Battle of Elvi\u00f1a, as well as her uncle, Prime Minister William Pitt, dealt a heavy blow to Lady Hester and marked the beginning of her adventurous life.<\/p>\n<p>As for the large ghostly silhouette that visits the grave, the inventors of the myth were aware that Lady Hester was 180 cm tall, an unusual height for her time, but they overlooked the fact that her brother Charles also died the same day as Moore in the Battle of Elvi\u00f1a, whom the inconsiderate ghost seems to have forgotten.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/napoleon.visitcoruna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/egipto-en.png\" alt=\"egipto-en\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"320\" width=\"800\" title=\"egipto-en\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<h2>Egipto and Waterloo<\/h2><h5>LIVES ENTWINED<\/h5>\n\t<p>It is a little-known fact that a large part of the British army which was fighting against the French force in Galicia had already confronted Napoleon&#8217;s troops in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The famous Egyptian Campaign was the cradle of a legend that would linger on for two hundred years. During the military expedition to Egypt, Napoleon was still a general with no political power, and yet he was able to act as a political and military leader. Though the campaign was unsuccessful, it created an aura of glory around the general who surrounded himself with scientists, painters and writers that would contribute to disseminating his exploits.<\/p>\n<p>It was in Egypt that the two armies came face to face for the first time. In the years that followed, their paths would cross several times more. John Moore led the 52nd regiment in Egypt, repeatedly fighting the French Revolutionary Army.<\/p>\n<p>The next encounter took place during the invasion of Galicia followed by the Battle of Elvi\u00f1a\u2015also known as the Battle of Corunna\u2015where the Scottish corps fought the French army. &#8220;My brave Highlanders, remember Egypt!&#8221;, said British General John Moore to his countrymen.<\/p>\n<p>Moore was killed in the battle and was buried in A Coru\u00f1a. However, a clever strategy allowed his army to embark for England and create one last chapter in history.<\/p>\n<p>The army that was deteriorating due to illness, privation and exhaustion, as per Moore&#8217;s letters to the command headquarters, needed rest and recovery before being able to fight again. The same army ended up playing a fundamental role in the final battle that saw multiple alliances bring an end to the Napoleonic era: The historical Battle of Waterloo.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2>THE GERMAN LEGION IN A CORU\u00d1A<\/h2>\n\t<p>When Napoleon occupied Hanover in 1803, many of its troops expatriated to the United Kingdom. There, they ended up forming what was called the King&#8217;s German Regiment as a light infantry unit, which was subsequently joined by the cavalry and artillery, and finally came to be known as the King&#8217;s German Legion. This legion, formed mainly by German personnel, fought alongside the British army, first under the command of Sir John Moore and later under the Duke of Wellington. The King&#8217;s German Legion finally fought at Waterloo before being disbanded in 1816 when most of its members returned to Hanover.<\/p>\n<p>Soult was reviled in Spain especially because of the looting of artworks that he carried out in Seville in the name of King Joseph Bonaparte under the pretext of founding a national museum in Madrid. This deplorable act was performed in a city like Seville, which was not taken by force, since it had capitulated and, therefore, was supposed to be fully respected. But on the contrary, Soult acted as a predator of the most precious paintings treasured by the city. He stole around a thousand works from the religious buildings and stored them in Seville&#8217;s Alc\u00e1zar (royal palace). To make matters worse, he illegally took the best paintings that were to his liking and later shipped them to Paris, where he ostentatiously exhibited them in his residence. He was a greedy man who made a great fortune and, undoubtedly, used the aesthetic value of these artworks to achieve his prominent social status.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2>The Quest for Gold<\/h2>\n\t<p>It is said that the British army had brought along a huge shipment of gold. The gold coins were intended to pay the British troops and to buy provisions and material when necessary. The need to change the military strategy led the British to retreat throughout Castile and carry the gold that never came to be used. Although most of the soldiers managed to return to the United Kingdom, the gold never arrived. Some say that it was being transported in one of the ships that the French cannons sank while attacking the British ships during their departure. The remains of several shipwrecks have been discovered in front of the Castle of San Ant\u00f3n; however, an in-depth investigation has not been possible.<\/p>\n<p>Others believe that it was buried somewhere in the district of Los Ancares. Sunken or buried, one thing is for sure, the gold has not appeared in all these years even though many a scholar has gone to great lengths to find the long-lost treasure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/napoleon.visitcoruna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rosalia-de-castro-3.jpg\" alt=\"rosalia-de-castro-3\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"717\" width=\"1037\" title=\"rosalia-de-castro-3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<h2>Poem by<br \/>Rosalia de Castro<\/h2>\n\t\u00a1Cu\u00e1n lejos, cu\u00e1nto, de las oscuras nieblas,<br \/>\nde los verdes pinos, las fervientes olas<br \/>\nque nacer lo vieron!&#8230; de los paternos lares,<br \/>\ndel cielo de la patria que lo alumbr\u00f3 mimoso,<br \/>\nde los lugares, \u00a1ay! por \u00e9l queridos, \u00a1cu\u00e1n lejos!&#8230;<br \/>\nvino a caer, bajo enemigo golpe<br \/>\npara no levantarse nunca m\u00e1s, \u00a1cuitado!<br \/>\n\u00a1Morir as\u00ed en playas extranjeras,<br \/>\nmorir tan joven, abandonar la vida<br \/>\nno harto todav\u00eda de vivir y ansiando<br \/>\ngozar del fruto que cultivado hubiera!<br \/>\n\u00a1Y en lugar de las hojas del laurel altivo<br \/>\nque del h\u00e9roe coronan la viril cabeza,<br \/>\nbajar hasta la tumba silenciosa y muda!&#8230;\n\u00a1Oh blancos cisnes de las britanas islas,<br \/>\noh arboledas que borde\u00e1is, galanas,<br \/>\nlos mansos r\u00edos, las riberas verdes,<br \/>\ny los frescos campos donde John corriera!&#8230;<br \/>\nSi a vosotros, un amargo gemido quejumbroso<br \/>\nlleg\u00f3 de aquel que en el postrer aliento<br \/>\nos dijo \u00a1adi\u00f3s! con amorosas ansias<br \/>\nvolviendo hacia vosotros el pensamiento \u00faltimo,<br \/>\nque de su mente se escapaba, inerme,<br \/>\n\u00a1con qu\u00e9 pesar, con qu\u00e9 dolor sin nombre<br \/>\ncon qu\u00e9 extra\u00f1eza sin igual dir\u00edais<br \/>\ntambi\u00e9n \u00a1adi\u00f3s\u00a1 al que tan lejos, tanto,<br \/>\nde la patria, solo, hasta la eternidad bajaba!\nY el gran sill\u00f3n, la colgadura inm\u00f3vil<br \/>\ndel para siempre abandonado lecho;<br \/>\nla fr\u00eda ceniza del hogar sin lumbre,<br \/>\nla blanda alfombra que leal conserva<br \/>\ndel pie del muerto una se\u00f1al visible,<br \/>\nel perro que al amo ausente aguarda<br \/>\ny lo busca errante por los yermos caminos,<br \/>\nlas crecidas yerbas de la alameda oscura<br \/>\npor donde anta\u00f1o \u00e9l se solazaba,<br \/>\nel siempre id\u00e9ntico murmullo de la fuente<br \/>\nen que al atardecer sentar sol\u00eda&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a1C\u00f3mo hablar\u00edan sin parar de Moore,<br \/>\ncon su callado, afligido lenguaje,<br \/>\nlos ojos, ay, de quienes le lloraban!<br \/>\n\u00a1Ya nunca m\u00e1s, ya nunca m\u00e1s, oh triste,<br \/>\nha de volver donde por \u00e9l aguardan!<br \/>\nParti\u00f3 valiente, a combatir con gloria.<br \/>\n\u00a1Parti\u00f3, parti\u00f3!&#8230;, y no volvi\u00f3, pues la muerte<br \/>\nle seg\u00f3 all\u00e1 en campos extranjeros,<br \/>\ncual flor que cae donde su simiente<br \/>\nno encuentra tierra en la que echar ra\u00edces.\nLejos ca\u00edste, pobre John, de la tumba<br \/>\ndonde con los tuyos descansar pensaste.<br \/>\nEn tierra extra\u00f1a tus restos a\u00fan duermen<br \/>\ny aquellos que te amaron y de ti se acuerdan,<br \/>\nal mirar las olas del velado Oc\u00e9ano,<br \/>\ndolientes dir\u00e1n, en sus playas nativas:<br \/>\n&#8211; \u00a1All\u00e1 est\u00e1 \u00e9l, tras ese mar brav\u00edo;<br \/>\nall\u00e1 qued\u00f3, quiz\u00e1s, quiz\u00e1s por siempre;<br \/>\ntumba adonde nadie va a llorar cobija<br \/>\nlas amadas cenizas que nosotros perdimos!&#8230;<br \/>\nY los tristes vientos y las calladas brisas<br \/>\nque los muertos aman si apartados duermen<br \/>\ndel solar patrio, a refrescarte vienen<br \/>\nen las c\u00e1lidas noches de verano y traen<br \/>\npara ti en las alas cari\u00f1osas quejas,<br \/>\nblandos suspiros, amorosos ecos,<br \/>\nalguna l\u00e1grima sin enjugar, que moja<br \/>\nla seca piedra del mausoleo fr\u00edo,<br \/>\nde tu pa\u00eds alg\u00fan perfume agreste.\n\u00a1Pero qu\u00e9 hermosa y sin igual morada<br \/>\nle cupo en suerte a tus mortales restos!&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a1Quisiera Dios que para ti no fuera<br \/>\nnoble extranjero habitaci\u00f3n ajena!&#8230;<br \/>\nPues no hay poeta, enso\u00f1ador esp\u00edritu,<br \/>\nno puede haberlo, que al ver en el oto\u00f1o<br \/>\nla mar de seca amarillenta hoja<br \/>\nque con amor tu mausoleo guarda;<br \/>\ncontemplando en las frescas ma\u00f1anas<br \/>\ndel mes de Mayo las sonrosadas luces<br \/>\nque alegres siempre a visitarte vienen,<br \/>\nno exclame: &#8220;\u00a1Ojal\u00e1 cuando muera, pudiera yo<br \/>\ndormir en paz en tal jard\u00edn florido,<br \/>\ncerca del mar&#8230; del cementerio lejos!&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\nPues jam\u00e1s oyes, Moore,<br \/>\nllantos amargos, quejumbrosos rezos,<br \/>\nni los otros muertos a convocarte vienen,<br \/>\npara que con ellos en la callada noche<br \/>\nla incierta danza de los sepulcros bailes.<br \/>\nTan s\u00f3lo el dulce aliento del brote que se abre,<br \/>\nde la flor que esboza su \u00faltimo adi\u00f3s,<br \/>\ntravieso rebullir, infantil risa<br \/>\nde hermosos ni\u00f1os que a esconderse vienen<br \/>\nsin sentir miedo tras del sepulcro blanco.<br \/>\nY alguna vez, \u00a1muchas quiz\u00e1s\u00a1, suspiros<br \/>\nde ardiente amor que el viento lleva d\u00f3nde<br \/>\ns\u00e1belo Dios&#8230; por sin igual compa\u00f1a<br \/>\ndichoso tienes en la postrera estancia.<br \/>\n\u00a1Y el mar, el mar, el mar brav\u00edo que ruge<br \/>\ncual ruge aquel que te arrull\u00f3 en la cuna,<br \/>\nvive a tu lado, viene a besar las piedras<br \/>\nde un suelo amante que con amor te guarda,<br \/>\ny alrededor de ti deja crecer las rosas!\n\u00a1Descansa en paz, descansa en paz, oh, Moore!<br \/>\nY vosotros que le am\u00e1is, de vuestro honor celosos,<br \/>\nhijos de Albi\u00f3n, quedad tranquilos.<br \/>\nHidalga tierra es esta tierra nuestra -tanto<br \/>\ncomo Dios la quiso hacer hermosa-, bien sabe<br \/>\nhonrar a quien honra merece,<br \/>\ny honrado as\u00ed, cual mereci\u00f3, fue Moore.<br \/>\nNo est\u00e1 solo en su tumba: un pueblo<br \/>\ncon su respeto compasivo vela<br \/>\npor el extra\u00f1o a quien traidora muerte<br \/>\nalejado mantuvo de los suyos, y a otros<br \/>\nvino a solicitar postrer asilo.\nCuando del mar atraves\u00e9is las ondas<br \/>\ny a vuestro hermano a visitar veng\u00e1is,<br \/>\naplicad al sepulcro el cari\u00f1oso o\u00eddo,<br \/>\ny si sent\u00eds removerse las cenizas<br \/>\ny si escuch\u00e1is indefinibles voces<br \/>\ny si entend\u00e9is lo que esas voces dicen,<br \/>\nvuestra alma sentir\u00e1 consuelo.<br \/>\n\u00a1\u00c9l os dir\u00e1 que alrededor del mundo<br \/>\ntumba mejor que la que hall\u00f3 no hallara<br \/>\nexcepto el amoroso abrazo de los suyos!\n\tNot a drum was heard, not a funeral note,<br \/>\nAs his corse to the rampart we hurried;<br \/>\nNot a soldier discharged his farewell shot<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the grave where our hero we buried.<br \/>\nWe buried him darkly at dead of night,<br \/>\nThe sods with our bayonets turning;<br \/>\nBy the struggling moonbeam&#8217;s misty light,<br \/>\nAnd the lantern dimly burning.<br \/>\nNo useless coffin enclosed his breast,<br \/>\nNor in sheet nor shroud we wound him;<br \/>\nBut he lay like a warrior taking his rest<br \/>\nWith his martial cloak around him.<br \/>\nFew and short were the prayers we said,<br \/>\nAnd we spoke not a word of sorrow;<br \/>\nBut we steadfastly gaz&#8217;d on the face that was dead,<br \/>\nAnd we bitterly thought of the morrow.<br \/>\nWe thought, as we hollow&#8217;d his narrow bed,<br \/>\nAnd smooth&#8217;d down his lonely pillow,<br \/>\nThat the foe and the stranger would tread o&#8217;er his head,<br \/>\nAnd we far away on the billow!<br \/>\nLightly they&#8217;ll talk of the spirit that&#8217;s gone,<br \/>\nAnd o&#8217;er his cold ashes upbraid him,-<br \/>\nBut little he&#8217;ll reck, if they let him sleep on<br \/>\nIn the grave where a Briton has laid him.<br \/>\nBut half of our heavy task was done<br \/>\nWhen the clock struck the hour for retiring;<br \/>\nAnd we heard the distant and random gun<br \/>\nThat the foe was sullenly firing.<br \/>\nSlowly and sadly we laid him down,<br \/>\nFrom the field of his fame fresh and gory;<br \/>\nWe carved not a line, and we raised not a stone-<br \/>\nBut we left him along with his glory!\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/napoleon.visitcoruna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/charles-wolfe-3.jpg\" alt=\"charles-wolfe-3\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" title=\"charles-wolfe-3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t<h2>Poem by<br \/>Charles Wolfe<\/h2><h5>The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna<\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting Facts Lady Hester Stanhope Egipto and Waterloo The German Legion in A Coru\u00f1a The Quest for Gold Poem by Rosalia de Castro Poem by Charles Wolfe Lady Hester Stanhope Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) was a British aristocrat and adventurer. 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