Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

Battles of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

Baltic German general (1761-1818)

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1814: 9 battles and 1 siege across 6 present-day countries, most in Poland (4), Germany (2), Russia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,088 km apart end to end, 343 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the Sixth Coalition (4), War of the Fourth Coalition (2), French invasion of Russia (2).

Battle of PragaBattle of CzarnowoBattle of PułtuskBattle of VitebskBattle of Fère-ChampenoiseBattle of EylauBattle of SmolenskBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBattle of KulmBattle of EylauBattle of SmolenskBattle of BautzenBattle of DresdenBattle of KulmBerlinKyivViennaStockholmGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtHamburgBrussels500 km51.967N, 18.074E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 1 engagements1806: 2 engagements1807: 1 engagements1812: 2 engagements1813: 3 engagements3 in 18131814: 1 engagements17941814
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Praga, 1794Battle of Czarnowo, 1806Battle of Pułtusk, 1806Battle of Eylau, 1807Battle of Smolensk, 1812Battle of Vitebsk, 1812Battle of Bautzen, 1813Battle of Dresden, 1813Battle of Kulm, 1813Battle of Fère-Champenoise, 181417941814
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1794Battle of PragaWarsaw, PolandRussian victory
23 December 1806Battle of CzarnowoCzarnowo, Poland30 km NWFrench victory
26 December 1806Battle of PułtuskPułtusk, Poland37 km NEFrench victory
7 February 1807Battle of EylauKaliningrad, Poland190 km NImperial French Victory
1812Battle of SmolenskSmolensk, Russia736 km EFrench victory
26 July 1812Battle of VitebskVitebsk, Belarus128 km WFrench victory
20 May 1813Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany1,137 km WFrench victory
26 August 1813Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany51 km WFrench victory
29 August 1813Battle of KulmChlumec, Czech Republic39 km SECoalition victory
25 March 1814Battle of Fère-ChampenoiseFère-Champenoise, France741 km WCoalition victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, копия Serge Lachinov (обработка для wiki), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.