Today on 23rd Sept 1803 General Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, lead the British attack at the Battle of Assaye during the Second Maratha War, opening the way for the British conquest of Central India.
Pic by J.C. Stadler

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A sombre 14 September 1852, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington passed away at Walmer Castle, he was 83 years old.

He had likely suffered a series of strokes overnight & his condition deteriorated.

He was moved from his bed to a chair where he expired at 3pm.

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ラスト、アーサー・ウェルズリー将軍(Arthur Wellesley)のデフォルメです!

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Hullo, my trashy frands. Pwsm might be on vacation for the rest of the week, but he is sending you the wellest of well wishes.

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"The Dead Earth" by J.H. Rosny aîné … excellent translation available from Wellesley Early SF Series

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Alternatively, last month's mini-meltdown of a show, celebrating and alongside a barrel of brilliant music is up, available & at on the chart bizarrely : https://t.co/0uZNB26slo

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Abe Welles is the foster father of Ellie and a specialist in life magic. He patrols the Thistlewood, and tends to those who are injured within the spiky forest. He taught Ellie how to make potions at a young age, and keeps an eye on the nearby Ravaged Fortress.

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➡️ No cinema, por exemplo, a trama do capitão Ahab e sua tripulação foi adaptada várias vezes. A mais conhecida é a de 1956, dirigida por John Huston e tendo no elenco grandes nomes como Gregory Peck e Orson Welles.

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Remembering Mexican Goddess, Dolores del Rio on her birthday. According to Marlene Dietrich she was the most beautiful woman in Hollywood and the first latina to make it big there.

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Near disaster the French night attack before Talavera, 27 July 1809

Surprised, the 87th & 88th Regiments fell back, although the 60th stood firm.

Wellesley rode forward, withdrawing the 24th, 31st & 45th Regiments, where they drove back the advancing French columns.

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On this day in 1812, a Coalition army under Gen. Arthur Wellesley (future Duke of Wellington) defeated a French army under Marshal Auguste de Marmont at the Battle of Salamanca, one of the most significant engagements of the Peninsular War.

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Some recent portraits I think are pretty bad ass, and worthy of consideration. You can get your own right now, I'll draw anything, I'm desperate and cranky, imagine how Orson Welles must have sounded when he ran out of Fudgsicles -- that's me right now, I have such cravings

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Orson Welles for
I’m on team cutie.

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Here’s a drawing I did of actress Joi Lansing who is in the most iconic opening shot in cinema in Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil

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Grick No Bouken
Ez a Gamba sztorikhoz enyhén kapcsolódó Saitou adaptáció sajnos csak egy rongy minőségű angol szinkronnal érhető el a neten, aminek megvan a maga böjtje ugyanis Orson Welles(!) alakítását leszámítva aki egy galamb volt (XD) elég gagyi a szinkron, viszont->

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Watercolour of HMS Wellesley (1815), a three-masted, 74-gun ship of the line sailing along a rocky coastline before a good wind.
Painting by unknown artist, 1841.
NMM, Greenwich, London (ID: PAD6107)

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welles, kubrick, cassavetes, lynch.

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Fought the Battle of Grijó 10-11 May 1809.

The French force held the heights of Grijó, south of Porto.

Wellesley skirmished forward, with KGL, Portuguese, also Light Infantry & 95th Rifles from the Battalion of Detachments.

The pressure threatened the French flanks.

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