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See also:BARCLAY DE TOLLY, See also:MICHAEL ANDREAS , called by the Russians MICHAEL, See also:PRINCE BOGDANOVICH (1761–1818), See also:Russian See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, was See also:born in See also:Livonia in 1761. He was a descendant of a Scottish See also:family which had settled in See also:Russia in the 17th See also:century. He entered the Russian See also:army at an See also:early See also:age. In 1788–1789 he served against the See also:Turks, in 1990 and 1794 against the Swedes and Poles. He became See also:colonel in 1798 and See also:major-See also:general in 1799. In the See also:war of 18o6 against See also:Napoleon, Barclay took a distinguished See also:part in the See also:battle of See also:Pultusk and was wounded at See also:Eylau, where his conduct won him promotion to the See also:rank of lieut.-general. In 18o8 he commanded against the Swedes in See also:Finland, and in 18og by a rapid and daring See also:march over the frozen Gulf of See also:Bothnia he surprised and seized Umeo. In 1810 he was made See also:minister of war, and he retained the See also:post until 1813. In 1812 Barclay was given command of one of the armies operating against Napoleon. There was very keen opposition to the See also:appointment of a foreigner as See also:commander-in-See also:chief, and after he was defeated at See also:Smolensk the outcry was so See also:great that he resigned his command and took a subordinate See also:place under the See also:veteran See also:Kutusov. Barclay was See also:present at See also:Borodino, but See also:left the army soon afterwards. In 1813 he was re-employed in the field and took part in the See also:campaign in See also:Germany. After the battle of See also:Bautzen he was reinstated as commander-in-chief of the Russian forces, and in this capacity he served at See also:Dresden, See also:Kulm and See also:Leipzig. After the last battle he was made a See also:count. He took part in the invasion of See also:France in 1814 and at See also:Paris received the See also:baton of a field marshal. In 1815 he was again commander-in-chief of the Russian army which invaded France, and he was made a prince at the See also:close of the war. He died at See also:Insterburg in See also:Prussia on the 14th (16th) of May 1818.
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