Barclay de Tolly

[ ber-klahy duh tohl-yee; Russian buhr-klahy dyi taw-lyi ]

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Prince Mi·kha·il Bog·da·no·vich [prins, mi-kah-, eel, bog-, dah, -n, uh, -vich, myi-, kh, uh-, yeel, buhg-, dah, -n, uh, -vyich], 1761–1818, Russian field marshal: commander in chief against Napoleon I in 1812.

Barclay de Tolly

/ ˈbɑːklɪ də ˈtɒlɪ; barˈklai də ˈtɔlj /

Barclay de TollyMikhail, Prince17611818MRussianMILITARY: general Prince Mikhail (mixaˈil). 1761–1818, Russian field marshal: commander in chief against Napoleon in 1812

Barclay de Tolly had decided to vary, for once, his tactics by staying for a day his retrograde movement.

He had proposed that plan to Barclay de Tolly and now wished to propose it to Kutuzov.

Barclay de Tolly was twice obliged to send him away from the army.

Wolzogen had come from Barclay de Tolly to report on the progress of affairs on the left flank.

In the foremost place, immediately under the icons, sat Barclay de Tolly, his high forehead merging into his bald crown.

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