text:  They remember that one of the Russian armies was placed under the command of Field-marshal Barclay de Tolly a general descended from an ancient Scottish family which had been settled for some generations in Russia but who was in every respect to be considered as a native Russian being born a subject of the Tsar and having during a long life of service in the Russian army gradually reached the highest military rank and acquired a well-earned and universal reputation as an able strategist and a brave man