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Há 1 dia · Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Há 1 dia · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Combined British , Dutch and Hanoverian forces were under the supreme command of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . The order of battle included below reflects all units of the Anglo-allied Army including those that were not present for the battles themselves (units spread across the area or on garrison duty).
Há 3 dias · 1- Birth and early years of the Duke of Wellington, 1769-88. Arthur Wellesley was born in Dublin, the fifth son of an Irish nobleman in 1769. He attended prep school in London and went on to study at Eton. He spent a year at military school in Angers in France before joining the British Army at 18 years old. Coincidentally, he was born in the ...
Há 4 dias · However, it was his younger brother, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who would leave the most indelible mark on Apsley House and transform it into a center of political and social influence. Following his momentous victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Duke of Wellington returned to England as a national hero.
Há 2 dias · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by Thomas Lawrence. By the end of 1812, the large army that had invaded the Russian Empire, the Grande Armée, had ceased to exist. Unable to resist the oncoming Russians, the French had to evacuate East Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.
Há 2 dias · In the Peninsular War, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, renewed the Anglo-Portuguese advance into Spain just after New Year in 1812, besieging and capturing the fortified towns of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and crushing a French army at the Battle of Salamanca.
Há 3 dias · It’s a grim June day and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, surveys the aftermath of the bloody Battle of Waterloo. 50,000 casualties lay strewn about the field, the wounded scream and the smell of gunpowder fills the air.
