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Há 2 dias · Following his victory at Talavera, Wellesley was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 26 August 1809 as Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, in the County of Somerset, with the subsidiary title of Baron Douro of Wellesley.
Há 3 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 4 dias · Waterloo is a historical war film depicting the epic battle between Napoleon Bonaparte and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. The movie features a stellar cast of talented actors bringing to life these iconic figures in history.
Há 1 dia · This book was the first episode of the TV series, but despite its unorthodox conception, it is still distinctly on brand as a Cornwell novel. At the beginning of the televised story, Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington. Sharpe is a ranker, an enlisted or conscripted man, who has achieved the rank of ...
Há 5 dias · The first two rectors of the new church were Dr. Gerard V. Wellesley (whose name is still retained in Wellesley Street), brother of the Duke of Wellington, and the Rev. Charles Kingsley, father of Charles Kingsley, Canon of Westminster, and author of "Alton Locke," &c.
Há 1 dia · It was this British love for games that had led Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, allegedly to proclaim that “The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton,” meaning that Great Britain’s military success was a result of the values taught in the nation’s public schoolyards.
