Barclay’s War
David Chandler, 19 March 1981
The Commander: A Life of Barclay de Tolly
by Michael Josselson and Diana Josselson.
Oxford, 275 pp., £12.95, June 1980,0 19 215854 6 Show More
by Michael Josselson and Diana Josselson.
Oxford, 275 pp., £12.95, June 1980,
“... him to the end of his days, it earned him the rank of Lieutenant-General and – the truly vital point – brought him into personal contact with Tsar Alexander for the first time (at Memel in April 1807). The Tsar was impressed by the forthright views of this unknown soldier, and sent his personal surgeon to tend his wounds. After the fresh disaster ... ”